Crook Kangaroos Cancel Training
The Kangaroos have been forced to cancel their training today due to a virus that has swept through the camp…again.
Unconfirmed rumours are circulating suggesting the hotel rooms of up to five players resemble the scene from the Exorcist where the girl is violently vomiting and then crab walking down the stairs. People passing through the hotel lobby around dinner time last night said they saw someone dressed in green and gold that looked a little bit like Josh Mansour spewing into the water-feature of the hotel and then relieving himself like a dog in the nearby pot plants.
This isn’t the first time the virus has been present in the team environment, with Greg Inglis unable to complete the first game of the tournament for the Australian team. He played the first half, scored a try but did not return after halftime as he was stuck on the toilet with a bucket going like a bat out of hell at both ends.
Always angry Greg Bird was forthcoming mentioning his teammates should be right before Saturday and that this minor set back will not be used an excuse. The Kangaroos come up against the in-form Kiwis for another bite of the cherry which they were most certainly denied on the opening night of the tournament. Mentioning how their combinations have had a chance to grow, a very optimistic Bird said “hopefully we can get a win.”
Those worked on combinations will mean nothing if the five quarantined players do not recover in time for Saturdays Four Nations final.
Of course this could all be an elaborate plan to bluff their way to Four Nations final victory. The crafty Tim Sheens is a big fan of the short side play at scrum time, and it wouldn’t at all surprise us if he is trying to lure the Kiwis into a false sense of security. The other side of the coin is that the Australians are very nervous about the game and are looking for a back up plan just in case they do fall short.
As fans of the game, we can only hope for one or two out comes. The five players recover in time, we see a beautiful game of footy and the best team on the day wins. The second is all five players recover or tell management that they are right to go, get hit heavily in a tackle and spew up last weekends lunch all over the park much like Jack De Belin when Timana Tahu whacked him proper in the guts. Wishful thinking!