here's my view on it - the reason hunt got everyones goat was that he originally said he'd rather play for Q'land than the kiwis - no mention of the Oz team. A few took exception to playing for a state rather than a country - Mark Geyer was one who thought that was a joke. Being a kiwi my whole life - I couldn't give a fat rats who they choose to play for. Guys like Mason and Thurston are aussies in my book - doesn't matter where they were born. they sound like aussies and have no real connection to NZ. IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU'RE BROUGHT UP. Benji was brought up a kiwi IN aussie so when he hit the big time he was always gonna be a kiwi. I knew a guy who lived in my city till he was 9 then went to Perth till the age of 30 - he considers himself a kiwi - unfortunatley he sucks at sport!!
Axeman - I wouldn't mind doing that swap by the way.
To finish off - it does sound weird having a guy called Timana Tahu in the aussie team!
lol i enjoyed the game only because i have a nz guy living with us and he got cut. also he tried to say that lockyer and tahu were both born in nz lockyer in otago especially. little did he know i knew lockyer's from roma and tahu born in melbourne. lol good game though. great conversion by big ben kennedy know for some salt into this guys wounds lol
i really think the Roos are gonna take em to school on Friday?!? going on the tri nations final result and new players in the team, you would expect it to be close, but for some reason i just think we are gonna cream em!!