Mascot nearly ruins Aussie music legend's act

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Team, it's bully to beryllium with you connected a Monday again.

Super Rugby Pacific disconnected to a flyer, Rugby World Cup astir the corner, a caller Wallabies coach. There's a spot goin' on.

As we did present past year, I'll rotation retired a fewer easy-to-read spots from crossed the play that was.

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MARCH BLEDISLOE

The Brumbies v Blues crippled was an implicit belter successful the baking prima astatine AAMI Park.

Both Nic White and Dalton Papalii described the lucifer arsenic having a trial lucifer strength and prime astir it.

I had the payment of catching the crippled from the sideline and some of the collisions were truthful willing, they'd echo retired from the middle.

The signifier play was incredibly speedy and referee Ben O'Keefe kept the gait of the crippled up wonderfully.

It each made for the astir entertaining scoreless fractional of Super Rugby ever played. Speaking of Bledisloes, we're backmost to Melbourne for a nighttime astatine the MCG successful July.

HORSING AROUND

It was the conscionable up nary of america ever imagined happening, but erstwhile Aussie Icon Daryl Braithwaite was booked to execute astatine Super Round, Channel 9 producing wizard Cam Elkin acceptable astir organising thing precise special.

Ahead of his Sunday set, Brumby Jack yet got the accidental to conscionable the fable of Aussie music. Braithwaite got the gag consecutive up but astir came unstuck erstwhile helium went successful for a hug with BJ.

In his heightened state, Brumby Jack cannoned his alternatively ample caput into Braithwaite's jugular which had him gasping for air.

Thankfully helium was OK and went connected to present a prime set.

Turns retired Braithwaite is besides a legit rugby fan. He grew up cheering Randwick astatine Coogee Oval and adjacent performed astatine the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

TATTOO WHO

The Melbourne Rebels person picked up a bully 1 successful fashionable Italian winger Monty Ioane. The nephew of Wallabies speedster Digby Ioane moves similar his uncle and has a akin property to spell with it.

I caught up with him pre-season for a chat and was blown distant by immoderate of the ink he's got connected his legs. Get this for a tally of tattoos, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan and Bruce Lee.

When asked, 'Why? Why Elvis?' helium simply responded… 'Because he's cool.'

Hard to argue.

Donaldson finishes classy NSW try

GOOD LUCK

Saturday night's clash betwixt the Fijian Drua and Waratahs was not for the soft.

Following the tragic nonaccomplishment of squad subordinate Ratu Pasikali Bale Naevo, the Drua came retired firing. Every tackle made connected the men successful entity bluish was laced with pain.

What added to the theatre was the immense Fijian instrumentality basal who made a deafening 'OOOOOOO' dependable from the stands, perfectly timing it to the infinitesimal of impact.

There was 1 tally of defence successful the archetypal fractional that saw them marque six consecutive ascendant hits, each 1 leaving a Tah totalled.

If that's a marker laid successful Melbourne, tin you ideate however ferocious it's going to beryllium erstwhile they big successful Suva? Good luck to each you travelling sides, it's not going to beryllium pleasant.

ALL OVER THE SCHOUPP

Best onfield absorption from the play has to spell to Brumbies prop Blake Schoupp who won a important breakdown punishment precocious successful the game.

The large feline went berserk arsenic I'm definite galore of his nine teammates did astatine Southern Districts.

Schoupp's clip successful the Shute Shield has been good documented and he's a large illustration of what tin beryllium achieved done patience astatine that level.

Here's hoping we spot much graduates from nine comps astir the state who've good and genuinely earned their shot.

SBW sledged for sideline manner choice

SKY SWAP

With six games successful 3 days, Channel 9 and Stan needed to telephone connected immoderate back-up endowment from their counterparts astatine Sky Sport NZ.

Legendary caller Grant Nisbett, All Blacks fable Mils Muliaina and Super Rugby Champion Joe Wheeler each made the travel implicit and starred crossed the marathon broadcasts.

Wheeler is simply a due quality who famously did a unrecorded transverse successful NZ with semi-naked team-mate Fumiaki Tanaka sprawled crossed his lap.

The likeable erstwhile fastener led the complaint distant from AAMI parkland too, with a country of the lowest pub successful Melbourne present named aft him.

YOUR SHOUT

Finally, which long-established Aussie rugby journo landed a six-leg Super Round multi turning $20 into $3000?

The writer successful question past legged it retired of Melbourne earlier anyone could inquire them to outcry a fewer post-tournament beers.

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