| In what’s been a
difficult fortnight for Scottish sport, fans were sent reeling when the two national
teams, fitba’ and that other one, wi’ the fitba’ that looks like its been
aw’ squashed, actually managed to win a couple of games each. Scottish rugby
players, touring upsidedownworld, were particularly flummoxed at the end of the Samoa game
when coach Williams had to gently tell the players that since we’d scored more points
than the Samoans that mean that we’d won. Fully expecting to queue up for a chocolate
medal under the sign that says "Gallant, plucky, perennial losers" the Scots
lads had to be directed instead towards the sign saying "We won! Christ all bloody
mighty, we actually won!" |
Normal service is
expected to be resumed next weekend when we face the full Aussie squad but that inevitable
defeat will not be witnessed by full-back Chris Paterson who will miss the rest of
Scotland's tour of Australasia after fracturing a cheekbone in the 38-3 win over Samoa. Apparently
he’s letting the little matter of a triple fracture of his coupon stop him dying for
his country. The girl.
Meanwhile, elsewhere on planet sport, a poll of Scots found that fully a third
canvassed would be supporting England in the up-coming Euros. A later poll is expected to
confirm that fully a third of Scots lie their heads off when polled. |
