Sportsfreak and the Dropkicks are all over six word stories. Let it never be said sportreview.net.nz is afraid of borrowing others’ ideas, so here’s my six word stories of New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup campaigns.
1987 – Kirwin beats fifteen. Win, never again.
1991 – Grizz and Hart – who’d have thought?
1995 – Lomu! Lomu! Don’t drink the coffee!
1999 – Adidas, painted jet, fail to ease pain.
2003 – Can Carlos take his chance? No.
2007 – Rest, reconditioning and rotation really wrong.
1987: No South Africa and at home
1991: Over the hill and on the turps.
1995: The team got poisoned, Merts choked.
1999: “Ref, the French are hurting us.”
2003: When the coach spoke another language.
2007: Too clever by half Mr. Henry