It was a while ago, before even Jonah Lomu was famous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Were_Warriors_(film)

I think he’s a selfish arrogant git who’s so far up himself I’m surprised he can walk. I don’t like the way he treated Kim Clijsters, and I don’t like his wife either.

NZers have a thing about Aussie arrogance, which is an unfair and inaccurate stereotype, but when we see it it’s an occasion you can justly accuse us of that confirmation bias we were discussing on another post. 🙂 We see it in Hewitt. (And Shane Warne!)

Having said that, he’s the epitome of the Aussie battler. He never gives up, and he works really hard. I can’t fault him in that area.

LOL! What did LLeyton Hewitt to do you?

I was at university when he got to number one, and whilst I do not like tennis, I just for some reason started liking him, maybe because I was young and at that age you like people who you think are cool, and I liked his style, and have liked him ever since.

Hehe 🙂

(Hmmm, don’t remember that movie)

Just for you AU, here’s a Kiwi joke about the English rugby team (I don’t know if you know/remember the movie Once Were Warriors with Temuera Morrison): https://www.facebook.com/ImALovableChap/photos/a.435972396425608.95131.435970329759148/1003163573039818/?type=3&theater

Personally I love to see Lleyton Hewitt beaten more than just about every other Aussie sportsperson, and as a Kiwi I absolutely adore seeing Australia getting beaten at anything!

NZ is a tiny country at the bottom of the world with only 4.6 million people! We’re always the underdogs! You should love it that we beat all the big flash countries at so many sports, including you Poms. 😀

I agree cricket can be elitist, byt the truth is, cricket doesn’t have much of a following, and so cricket fans tend to be very welcoming towards other fans.

You mean you don’t like a 0-0? 😀 … strangely, that’s what makes football so exciting to me, it isn’t high scoring. I am not saying I like a 0-0, but when there are too many goals in a game, I don’t like it either. Too much of anything (apart from making love) isn’t a good thing, right? 🙂

The last Rugby game I saw was in 2003 when we beat the Aussies in the final in their back yard – I’m so glad they got revenge, now all the smug Rugby fans can shut up! I also dislike the All Blacks because they seem to be the best and beat everyone, I vaguely remember when I was at school and there was that Jonah Lomu (sp) guy and I think he was like the Maradona of rugby, and I prefer the underdogs, so I am hoping the Aussies give you a hammering in the final, which is actually quite funny because usually I want the Aussies to lose in sports (Apart from Lleyton Hewitt who I like)!

Yeah! They used to be the “Cherry Blossoms,” but changed it when they realized how that was perceived in other cultures. They have a cherry blossom on their uniforms, which is, of course, a national symbol.

I know rugby has the reputation of being an elitist sport in England and Scotland, and maybe other places, but not New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and many others. The reason League became more working class than Union here was simply because it went professional much earlier so those who needed the money were more likely to play it. Especially when I was younger, you could guarantee at least one really vicious brawl would break out at a League match even at the upper levels.

If anything is elitist is cricket, but I love that too.

The reason I don’t enjoy soccer so much is that it’s low scoring which I find a bit boring, and being the best team doesn’t count that much towards whether you actually win. The bad soccer fans have spoiled it too.

I feel a bit sorry for English rugby – here was their chance to showcase their game to soccer aficionados, and they got stuck in the Pool of Death and, well, died.

I’m so glad we’re out, hopefully most of the nation can now not be distracted by it and concentrate on the football again!