I despise the jingoistic, bombastic attitude of most Aussies toward sport at which we excel, the "win at any cost against theAB/Poms/everyone" mentality can remove any enjoyment of the technicalities of the game.
Night Owl
Agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment but not with your use of the term 'most'.
We have a sizeable number of bogons certainly; usually found hanging around one day cricket matches and the like.
Enough to attract the media's attention but by no means representative of most Australians that I know.
(In fact a quick survey of the last two 'Australians' to post here finds a 100% positive attitude towards the sporting achievements of all nations
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Personally, I know bugga all about rugby other than from what I've gleaned from too many years in front of the TV...but I'll be enjoying the contest on Saturday, regardless of the outcome.
(And good luck to the Kiwis tonight.)