whew, what a day. i had to work until 3pm instead of my usual sunday 1pm clock-off, so i missed the arse-end of just about every game/race possible. i caught up, though, with a few odds and ends, thanks to Sports Tonight.

Hoppa, Hoppa, Hoppa. You fucktard. When was the last time this guy used his bonce for gameplay?! John Hopoate, winger for the Manly Sea Eagles, has muffed up YET again. Only last week, this not-so-lovable player had verbally abused a 14yo ball boy after Manly's win against the NZ Warriors. I'm not going to get into the bum-poking. Ok, maybe just a bit.

"I think I know the difference between a wedgie and someone sticking their finger up my bum," - Peter Jones, Nth Queensland Cowboy.

I just put that in because it still makes me laugh my arse off. Solid GOLD. Apologies, I digress.

What I am pissed off about is this careless high tackle that Hopoate's managed on Cronulla Shark's forward, Keith Galloway. I had a chuckle when I heard about it on Sports Tonight (more 'tsk, hoppa, you dickface,' not 'tsk, galloway, you're too tall anyways'), but when I saw it, I couldn't believe it. Galloway is a TALL guy at 196cm, I think Hopoate missed the perineum by just a smidgen, and this time he went up... uh... externally.

We've got the NRL trying to do the right thing by everybody and cleaning up the game (Bulldog's season ticket holders signing a fan code of conduct upon ticket purchase), and we get this bullshit from a repeat offender, mostly unwarranted, and nearly certainly unprompted by other players. How many more incidents like these are we going to have to see before Hopoate gets pulled from playing rugby league altogether? Last I heard, the NRL board was threatening a final warning, but what the hell has a warning ever done for him before? I think the slaps on the wrists aren't working...

It's not that I don't like Hopoate - I don't, but that's not the point. The point is, this guy is clearly has a screw loose, and doesn't seem to find any remorse in anything he's ever done. He's not only endangering other player's (and ball boys) safety, but he's also ruining the game for devoted rugby league fans.

Good luck seeing the day that the NRL's produces a clean season, on-field and off.

Sorry if this is all gobbledy-gook, It's now 12.22am and I'm tired and pissed off with the sad state of affairs the footy's in... I should be kipping, yo.

Onto non-footyness, I can't find my last payslip. I need it, and I've turned this place upside down, kinda like Gloria Estefan with her beat-turning, but with more topwise-action, not quite as much 'oomph.' Hey, it's sparrowfart, give me a break.

There's also the news that Doggies lost to the Cowboys 24-12, but eh. We're allowed an off-week.