RAG62

Can't resist........

England beat Australia in the one day cricket today. Hoorrah. Absolutely brilliant....in fact we didnt just beat them we whipped their ass

Even when we move out to Aus (from England), I don't think I will ever be able to support Aus over England or Great Britain. After so many years of watching England struggle against the Aussies, I just can't see myself cheering Aus on when they play "the mother country", just becasue I live there.

I know this may sound disloyal to my intended new host country but sporting prejudices is a hard one to overcome. Norman Tebbit once said that the test to see if someone is English is if they support England at cricket. Using that analogy then I would never be able to consider myself a true Australian, though I would support Aus when they play any other country.

Am I the only one that feels like this?

wmoore

Nowt wrong with that. I can imagine meself cheering the green and gold on most of the time but never against England / Britain as you say.

RAG62

Trouble is , for rugby I prefer NZ to Aus!

wmoore

Ah....

JayDeee

If your English mate your English no matter what. The hubby (Australina) is sooo gutted and I'm loving it

wmoore

Hehe Make the most of it I reckon...

jad n rich

Hope not! There is nothing worse than a newly arrived Pom suddenly being an aussie twang and all. Jeez you spent what 40 years as a Pom why would you suddenly support Australia. Your a Pom its your blood you might enjoy living in Australia but you wont be an aussie, Youll still be a Pom to an aussie even if you spent the next 40 years over here.

JayDeee

Not been a bad year though, 1st the rugby then this. We'll keep quiet about the football eh

gedge

I was in the office bright and early this morning before everyone else.
Printed off the BBC story Super England stun Aussies and stuck it up on the wall.

I don't follow cricket and I'm overly patriotic, but I just know that when the Aussies beat England I'd get no end of stick so it's time for some payback!

tonyk38

A South African once said to me that the only country they hate playing at sport is Australia. He said, and these are his words, that this is because they 'rub your nose in it when they win, and sulk when they don't'.

Despising most sports as I do, (is cricket a sport? ), I'm not particularly bothered one way or the other, except Footie or Rugby. Like others, I think supporting Aus when they play England or the Republic of Ireland would be one of the hardest and almost unnatural things to do even after years of living there. And I speak as someone who is quite happy to 'go native' in practically every other sense of the word.

renth

He he, good idea, thanks for the link. I'm printing a few off myself.

A few months back I slipped in a picture of Martin Johnson holding the World Cup aloft in to a presentation to about 80 people. I did the old "how did that get in there" routine.

Like another poster said if you are a Pommy, you'll always be a Pommy - nothing wrong with that. You can still love Australia, be a citizen and cheer the green an gold against anyone, bar England.

bmxboon

I dont care who wins what at whatever sport, as long as its not england heheheh!

Badge

When England play Australia in Rugby Union I will shout for England.

It's the only sport I care about.

Any other sport, I will admire and folllow the Australian game. (I didn't say I would necessarily support it).

(Incidentally, I tend to support a team because I've been following them, and taking an interest in them; not where they come from. eg I even have a watch over SA when they played Australia in the TriNations.)

BM

Ceri

I had problems with the rugby world cup final ..lol. I couldn't support either.. as both are as bad as each other.

I did not want Aus to win ( very bad winners, and very bad losers .. they don't half go on if they win at anything , and if they lose.. talk about whinge! sorry but Aussies are the worst whingers.. they'd give England a goo d run for their money in a whinging game) , I also did not want England to win either .. it's too ingrained in me .. lol

Best thing to do is not watch them and find a pub which hasn't got a TV , and drown your sorrows lol ( it's better than watching a game between the two with little tries) , They are as bad as each other sometimes , it's probably why they dislike each other .. it's like looking into a mirror at themselves. Too alike.


I'm ducking ( minorities are out numbered on this board..lol , they're out numbered in Uk too by around 50 mill English to 9 mill of welsh, Scottish and N.Irish combined )

ahh well...lol ( I've got laugh at it all ,sorry.. if you don't laugh you'll cry ..lol!)

cheers

Muzza04

At least next year there will be no problem who to support with the British Lions Tour of NZ. For once.

Well if Woodward refrains from picking a total english test 15 team.