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BAY BADGER: What's the story with the return of the rat?
02.08.2008
The Badger's snout is twitching this week with the scent of a story involving rats, nuts and seabirds.
It's a murky tale (or is that "tail"?) which involves Steamers management having to backtrack and find out what Ruki "The Rat" Tipuna is doing for the rest of the season.
After leaving the mercurial halfback out of their initial squad, it seems Tipuna might again be in hot demand by the Steamers, who are set to be stung by a Welsh raiding party.
The Badger thanks the kind (though illiterate) texter who tipped us off with this gem after Thursday's game:
"Dont go nutty! Boyos can w8 til da bay win comp!"
* * *
What's happened to the Badger's eighth-favourite correspondent, referee Kelly Greer? It seems he's thrown his whistle out of the cot following a damning report after the Rangiuru-Greerton meltdown a month or so back.
Greer's written report to the judiciary, after sending off four Rangiuru players and ending the game, contained some interesting observations:
"I don't know whether it was because he was short and suffered an inferiority complex of stature, but it was my impression that No.12 viewed this whole incident as a chance to either improve his self esteem or at the very least prove to his peers that despite being short, he can still kick and punch with the best of them."
It earned him a critical bollocking at the hands of the judiciary, and the Badger suspects Rangiuru midfielder Mikaere Whareaorere won't be sending Mr Greer Christmas cards this year.
* * *
On a happier note, apparently the current Steamers crop are a pretty tight bunch, as witnessed by their gutsy 8-7 win over Tasman this week.
Performances like that are likely to win fans back - just not from the Reporoa possum population, who suffered a serious setback recently.
A posse of Steamers turned up on injured mate Wayne Hughson's family farm a few weeks back and set about eradicating the varmints.
The good news is none of the Steamers were injured during the night raids, mainly through prop James McGougan's outstanding firearm safety skills.
* * *
While the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union has announced it is reducing staff numbers, one of the few who kept his job is tossing it in voluntarily.
Tauranga-based development manager Craig Sandlant, who avoided the initial cull, has now secured a coaching job in Portugal.
Now the Badger is no mathematician, but if you have six development roles, make five redundant and then lose another, does that equal no development?
02.08.2008
The Badger's snout is twitching this week with the scent of a story involving rats, nuts and seabirds.
It's a murky tale (or is that "tail"?) which involves Steamers management having to backtrack and find out what Ruki "The Rat" Tipuna is doing for the rest of the season.
After leaving the mercurial halfback out of their initial squad, it seems Tipuna might again be in hot demand by the Steamers, who are set to be stung by a Welsh raiding party.
The Badger thanks the kind (though illiterate) texter who tipped us off with this gem after Thursday's game:
"Dont go nutty! Boyos can w8 til da bay win comp!"
* * *
What's happened to the Badger's eighth-favourite correspondent, referee Kelly Greer? It seems he's thrown his whistle out of the cot following a damning report after the Rangiuru-Greerton meltdown a month or so back.
Greer's written report to the judiciary, after sending off four Rangiuru players and ending the game, contained some interesting observations:
"I don't know whether it was because he was short and suffered an inferiority complex of stature, but it was my impression that No.12 viewed this whole incident as a chance to either improve his self esteem or at the very least prove to his peers that despite being short, he can still kick and punch with the best of them."
It earned him a critical bollocking at the hands of the judiciary, and the Badger suspects Rangiuru midfielder Mikaere Whareaorere won't be sending Mr Greer Christmas cards this year.
* * *
On a happier note, apparently the current Steamers crop are a pretty tight bunch, as witnessed by their gutsy 8-7 win over Tasman this week.
Performances like that are likely to win fans back - just not from the Reporoa possum population, who suffered a serious setback recently.
A posse of Steamers turned up on injured mate Wayne Hughson's family farm a few weeks back and set about eradicating the varmints.
The good news is none of the Steamers were injured during the night raids, mainly through prop James McGougan's outstanding firearm safety skills.
* * *
While the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union has announced it is reducing staff numbers, one of the few who kept his job is tossing it in voluntarily.
Tauranga-based development manager Craig Sandlant, who avoided the initial cull, has now secured a coaching job in Portugal.
Now the Badger is no mathematician, but if you have six development roles, make five redundant and then lose another, does that equal no development?
The player drain to Europe just gets bigger and bigger...
