Wests Tigers
As the finals near and we sort the footballing wheat from the chaff, let us pause to salute those players who are neither exquisitely talented nor thrilling to watch.
The ones who are Commodores, not footballing Ferraris. The players who have to buy their own drinks in nightclubs, and probably even queue to get in.
That is not to denigrate their contribution. Not by a long stretch. Average players are the infantry who make the generals look good. They are the quiet guy in the office toiling away uncomplainingly while the suits are out to lunch.
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Last weekend I watched one of the best games of rugby league ever played.
At the end of the Tigers v Roosters match I just sat frozen in my chair starring at the field with my mouth open like some kind of busted sideshow clown. It wasn’t so much anger or sadness that the Tigers had lost - it was shock at what had just transpired.
Like most games of this magnitude, this one had its fair share of controversial (that’s code for completely crap) refereeing decisions that cost the Tigers the game, but ultimately I was glad to be present. But this isn’t really about the Tigers loss, or even the Roosters, it’s actually about the Canberra Raiders.
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