I'll give you navigators, Ted!
October 31, 2008
Maybe, it's the economic doom, maybe it's the ordinary weather, maybe it's the election or maybe it's a mixture of all three.
Whatever the case, things feel a tad gloomy. That's why I reckon it's entirely warranted to take a light-hearted look at the sporting world at this moment in time.
Accordingly, I have a rugby team with a difference that I want to present to you. It's a team based on the latest catch-cry from Graham Henry and co. When asked why Dan Carter had been put at 2nd five for the test against Australia in Hong Kong, Henry replied that it gave his team the important addition of "an extra navigator".
That remark got me thinking. Maybe, the ultimate rugby team would be one comprised completely of navigators.
So I put my research hat on and came up with what I believe has to be the deadliest navigational outfit. The following were all superb navigators but displayed other essential qualities as well.
Fullback: Christopher Columbus. A stout defender.
Wings: Sir Francis Drake, Vasco de Gama. Both quick off the mark.
Centre: Ferdinand Magellan. Linked well with his subordinates.
2nd Five: Dan Carter. Primarily, a navigator as we have just been told.
1st Five: Stephen Donald. Carter's navigational buddy.
Halfback: Marco Polo. Short and tenacious.
No. 8: Brad Butterworth. One hell of a navigator as recent history has shown.
Openside: Sir James Cook. Smart and took a wide berth.
Blindside: Sir Walter Raleigh. Rarely seen but highly effective.
Locks: Sir Edmund Hillary, Sherpa Tenzing. Both loved climbing to the highest.
Props: David Livingston and Robert Scott. Rugged and durable.
Hooker: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Would throw in as straight as he flew.
There you have it. A team that Graham Henry would undoubtedly approve of when it came to specialist navigational skills. Can you add to or improve upon my selections?
EXCUSE THE SNIGGERS.
While concentrating on the fun thing, I'm finding it impossible not to poke plenty of it at the Aussie cricket team's endeavours in India.
We're now witnessing an outfit which is having to swap its traditional arrogance with outsized slices of humble pie as it shows all the skills involved in bringing a pea-shooter to a gunfight.
It also has to be said that their bowling inadequacies are again showing up just how much of a colossus that Shane Warne was in their armoury.
Whatever the case, things feel a tad gloomy. That's why I reckon it's entirely warranted to take a light-hearted look at the sporting world at this moment in time.
Accordingly, I have a rugby team with a difference that I want to present to you. It's a team based on the latest catch-cry from Graham Henry and co. When asked why Dan Carter had been put at 2nd five for the test against Australia in Hong Kong, Henry replied that it gave his team the important addition of "an extra navigator".
That remark got me thinking. Maybe, the ultimate rugby team would be one comprised completely of navigators.
So I put my research hat on and came up with what I believe has to be the deadliest navigational outfit. The following were all superb navigators but displayed other essential qualities as well.
Fullback: Christopher Columbus. A stout defender.
Wings: Sir Francis Drake, Vasco de Gama. Both quick off the mark.
Centre: Ferdinand Magellan. Linked well with his subordinates.
2nd Five: Dan Carter. Primarily, a navigator as we have just been told.
1st Five: Stephen Donald. Carter's navigational buddy.
Halfback: Marco Polo. Short and tenacious.
No. 8: Brad Butterworth. One hell of a navigator as recent history has shown.
Openside: Sir James Cook. Smart and took a wide berth.
Blindside: Sir Walter Raleigh. Rarely seen but highly effective.
Locks: Sir Edmund Hillary, Sherpa Tenzing. Both loved climbing to the highest.
Props: David Livingston and Robert Scott. Rugged and durable.
Hooker: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Would throw in as straight as he flew.
There you have it. A team that Graham Henry would undoubtedly approve of when it came to specialist navigational skills. Can you add to or improve upon my selections?
EXCUSE THE SNIGGERS.
While concentrating on the fun thing, I'm finding it impossible not to poke plenty of it at the Aussie cricket team's endeavours in India.
We're now witnessing an outfit which is having to swap its traditional arrogance with outsized slices of humble pie as it shows all the skills involved in bringing a pea-shooter to a gunfight.
It also has to be said that their bowling inadequacies are again showing up just how much of a colossus that Shane Warne was in their armoury.
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