It’s a big week in sport, with State of Origin I, Socceroos vs Ghana, the NBA Conference Finals and the First Test between Australia and the Windies all on in the next 3 days. Plus our mixed netball semi-final this weekend.
Due to the constraints of frequent flyer points, turvey.com will only be able to be in attendance at only 1 of these 4 defining sporting moments of the year 2008.
Yes that’s right, I will be there tonight - Wednesday 21st May, Homebush Olympic Stadium, 8:05pm.
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Well, what did you think of the big announcement yesterday? No, not the budget - the naming of the NSW Team for State of Origin I.
No Hindmarsh, no Kite, no Anasta, no Lyon.
But the biggest shock was in the Queensland camp - where there was No Room at the Inn for the NRL’s most in-form player; Scott Prince.
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Are you going out to the Centenary Test tomorrow night?
If you are - according to yesterday’s paper - you’d be one of less than 10,000 people who have bought tickets to the match. This week, early reports of low ticket sales resulted in a predictable roundabout of ‘public apathy’ articles in the press, followed by repeated ‘calls to arms’ to the fans by players and coaching staff, followed by more reports of ticket sales, etc.
But it’s really not that big a deal.
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Hypothetical question - you’re in Redfern and find $1000 in cash lying on the street, do you;
a) pretend to ignore it
b) pick it up and keep it
c) give it to the cops
d) donate it to the Rabbitohs
Of course, if this ever actually did happen, all 4 options would be manifestly unwise. But the last thing you would want to do is give any more money to the incompetent millionaires running things at South Sydney.
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I didn’t see any of you down at the Prime Minister’s 2020 Summit last weekend, by which I can only assume none of the many turvey.com readers are among the best 1000 people in the country. Which is a pity.
Perhaps you all thought 2020 Summit was all about the Twenty20 Indian Premier League which started last weekend also - yes, it was all a little confusing.
So it’s just as well I took time out of my busy schedule of watching sport, playing sport and waiting for my nephew to arrive to attend on your behalf. Welcome Sam.
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Did you realise the IPL starts this weekend?
Channel 10, which bought the rights back when the Indian Premier League was still in concept stage, will be showing the opening match live at 11:30pm Friday night, and the second match in prime time 7:30pm Saturday.
For the third match, starting at 1am Sunday morning between Glenn McGrath’s team and Shane Warne’s side, tape it instead.
Sure, we may be firmly ensconced in the footy season, but who can resist the exciting and exotic lure of Twenty20 cricket? Not the Indians, that’s for sure. Brace yourself, cause this is going to be infectious.
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Last Saturday night I went out on Cleveland St for dinner with family and friends. When we finished it was only around 9 o’clock so we wandered into the local pub to watch the footy. The NSW Waratahs were playing the Auckland Blues, and were on TV. The Canberra Raiders were playing the Gold Coast Titans, and were on TV. But the Sydney Swans, who were playing the Brisbane Lions, were not.
There were 6 of us, a spare TV, and a half-empty pub. But when we asked to get the Swans match put on for us, it was refused. Seriously.
It’s probably inappropriate to single out the pub involved, except to say that it was a Hotel in Surry Hills. A ‘Hotel’ in ‘Surry Hills’.
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Like most other rugby league fans, I wasn’t really surprised with the headline on Tuesday’s TV bulletin that said ’Dragons appoint new Head Coach’. Although I was stunned by the followup of ‘Brian Goorjian signed for 3 years’. Now that would be interesting.
I have met Goorjian, the best coach currently in the NBL and the most accomplished coach the Boomers have had since losing the Gold Medal game at the 1996 Olympics. And wouldn’t it be an interesting experiment if Goorjian were to take on the coaching role with an NRL team, or if someone like Kevin Sheedy were appointed to the Australian Cricket Team?
Certainly be much more interesting than the tepid and predictable coaching roundabout we see every year.
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Hope you all had a terrific Easter long weekend - although with such a shocking bunch of NRL results, it’s unlikely that your footy tipping was any good. I got 1. One.
My sister-in-law got zero, so it could have been worse. Although she is pregnant and therefore has a perfect excuse. Me? I’ve got nothing.
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Well, what a start to the new rugby league season.
As usual, all the talk arising from a superb opening round to the 2008 Premiership which saw an impressive victory by the Titans, an amazing comeback by the Eels, and a gutsy upset by the Sharks, has instead focussed on bad news.
Everybody’s talking about either Nathan Brown’s future as coach, or Benji Marshall’s future as a commentator instead of a player. Or about the tackle that pulverised Craig Wing.
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