Australia's Weekly Sports News Review

Volume 1, Edition 7             -        Monday, 15th May 2000        -             www.theskink.com

Issue of The Week
Q. Is it morally wrong that this woman's body is used to promote sport?

Gene Warfare

South African Institute of Sport charged with cloning top sportsman

Pretoria, Wednesay:  Fresh from the 'Hansiegate' match-fixing scandal South African sport has been rocked by accusations of cloning, with 'Boys From Brazil'-like horror stories surfacing like so many rejected sperm denied their ultimate goal.

Sportsmen In a Test Tube - The Pollock embryos 28 years on…

A. No. If it were we'd all be blind.

Sean Pollock - Who Made You?

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Gosper Kiddy to Light
Flame, Open Games

Jack Nicholson Reveals
Rugby Heritage

Athens, Friday: IOC Vice President and constantly surprised receiver of goods Kevan Gosper has hit back at charges of nepotism after the appointment of daughter Sophie as the first to carry the Olympic Flame from Greece.

Gosper Shocked to Get Stuff Again...

Jack Nicholson's Rugby wisdom has been recorded. After a Beverly Hills 'Masters' tournament the ex-front rower propped up the bar and held court over a gaggle of wide-eyed backs. The Skink was there. Sort of.  Anyway, Jack's Rant:

"Son, in this world there are scrums. And in those scrums you need props."

Jack's rant continued...

Yianna Souleles, about the only person to come out of this sordid affair with any dignity...well, apart from you and me. And everyone not on the Greek Olympic Committee. And not Kevan Gosper.  Apart from them everyone came up smelling of roses, dignity intact. Bloody good on us.

Tom Jones be damned--Rugby ranks have laid claims to their own aging legend with an eye for the ladies  and delusions of youth.

Harrigan Changes Rules

Homebush Stadium, Wednesday: State of Origin referee Bill Harrigan's decision to reinstate the 'knock back' law during the first State of Origin match between NSW and Queensland has angered and stunned members of the  Rugby League community.

Tallis outburst in perspective...

Mungo Hall of Fame

Big Gordy: Angry and confused--And no wonder after a knock-back was called for the first time since 1987.

The Skink's Mungo Hall of Fame has captured the imagination of Australian and international sports fans.

Nominations have flooded into the Skink's MHOF Hotline and it's going to take an elite Mungo to gain inclusion into this very select club.

Here is a selection of the nominations.

Mungo made good...due to his passing Ozzie didn't earn inclusion in this exclusive club but it wasn't for lack of trying. Honourable  mention.

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Moffet's War on Rugby

Sydney, Wednesday: David Moffet's bold strategy to attract rugby players to the game he once described as 'five tackles and a kick' has been met with amused forbearance by his former colleagues.

Moffet recently announced plans to make Rugby players ineligable under League's salary cap, actions that were widely seen as an indication of the ailing code's inability to attract players, supporters, sponsors, ball boys, cheerleaders, hotdog salesman and anybody bar stupid

Mundine Proclaims Himself President of New Country

'Manland' sovereignty problems similar to East Timor

The prime target, Super Jonah...but It'll take more than money to get Rugby players over these days and when all is said and done what else does League offer? A challenge? Yes. But a challenge from  the Leo Wanker get across the road before the lights go green school of achievement. Good luck Moffy.  Idiot.

Redfern, Thursday: Controversial ex-St.George 5/8 and now professional boxer Anthony Mundine has annexed himself from Australia and declared himself the new President of 'Manland'.

Continued...

Not Everyone Wants To Emigrate - 'Rabbitoh Ross' Gets Nasty in Verse

Running mates?...Mundine wants Ricky Walford to be his VP because he's 'blood'. Walford admitted he shared Mundine's aboriginality but denied he was also a fuckin idiot.

fat pie-eating fools who constantly yell stupid things out during games and spray their spittle in ever widening spittley spray spheres.

Or something.

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