Sports stars...

NZ's "national game" is rugby. In the news this past couple mornings has been the consequences of team members from the "Canterbury Crusaders" celebrations following their win in the "Super 14" competition. (The Super 14 comprises 14 franchise teams from NZ, Australia and South Africa)

One of the bigger guys, Chris Masoe, must have got a bit too much turps in him and became a bit on the cranky and belligerent side. To cool him off, Tana Umaga (a very senior and well respected international player) grabbed a handbag off a woman and banged Masoe over the face with it...

Here is the follow up comment now doing the rounds.


The pre-game challenge (haka)




...and...







the game winning run-Tana himself...



Update 1

The offending handbag was sold on e-Bay for some NZD22,000. IQ in inverse proportion to money involved I suspect.


Update 2

There is apparently a 30 sec video of the incedent now being sold on e-Bay.


Ho Hum!!