Australians taking defeat well as always

[Lady Whistledown]

I thought that Symonds was in fact of Aboriginal descent and, as such was close to probably being the only " Australian " in the team.

Born in Birmingham & adopted by Australian parents at about 2 years old if I recall correctly.

We did try & nick him when it turned out he might actually be good, but he declared himself a "fair dinkum Aussie". A fact illustrated by his chronic drinking problem

 

[Lady Whistledown]

In fact Aboriginal sportsmen & women are noticeable by their absence from Australia's national teams (cue Tyrone Biggums no doubt).

Cathy Freeman is one....er...am I right in thinking Yvonne Goolagong was another? Can't think of any others.

 

[tedebear]

Hilarious Edna....

 

[withdeanwombat]

Have to say I'd prefer English players in the England team,though of course there is a longish history of this not being the case.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

They can't do sarcasm very well, what a bunch of losing convicts.

 

[Buffalo Seagull]

In fact Aboriginal sportsmen & women are noticeable by their absence from Australia's national teams (cue Tyrone Biggums no doubt).

Cathy Freeman is one....er...am I right in thinking Yvonne Goolagong was another? Can't think of any others.

Totally untrue...Aboriginal and Torres Strait are over-represented in most of the high profile sports compared to their percentage of the overall population (around 2.5%)...especially NRL and AFL teams (the two most popular sports in Aboriginal communities).
In these codes especially it's not uncommon to have 20-25% of a team made up of indigenous players.

Australia's 100m record holder, Patrick Johnson, is indigenous...as is Kyle Van Der Kuyp (110m hurdles record holder and Olympic finalist) and John Steffenson (current 400m Commonwealth champion). Australia's greatest ever boxer Lionel Rose is Aboriginal, as is its best ever rugby player, Mark Ella (so are his brothers coincidently)

 

[OzMike]

Never heard a mention of it till late in the day, they kept very quite about it here; I didn't though.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

They would have a point if they were not Australians who seem to forget that the vast amount of the ANZACS were born in England, Ireland Scotland & Wales when they have a commemoration. But there we go. By they way, what is Kepler Wessels doing these days. Its not our fault that all SAFAS bring their kids up wanting o play for England.

Utter Bullshit.

The vast majority of ANZACS were born and bred Aussies and Kiwis.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Never heard a mention of it till late in the day, they kept very quite about it here; I didn't though.

That's because it's football season.

And when it's footy season nobody gives a f*** about cricket.

And that's the truth of it.


AFL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cricket

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

In fact Aboriginal sportsmen & women are noticeable by their absence from Australia's national teams (cue Tyrone Biggums no doubt).

Cathy Freeman is one....er...am I right in thinking Yvonne Goolagong was another? Can't think of any others.

That's a pretty bad call Edna

Just in case you are interested.

Patrick Mills and Nathan Jawai both play in the NBA and are in our National basketball team.

Travis Dodd and Jade North have played in our national Soccer Team.

Nova Peris Kneebone won an olympic gold medal winner in our women's hockey team.

Jason Gillespie is probably the most famous aboriginal cricketer.

Chad Reed is one of the best Supercross riders in the world.



As someone has already mentioned the vast majority of aboriginal men/boys play either AFL or one of the Rugbys.

And in those sports they are some of the best ever.

They wont appear in alot of sports as representatives because in the areas they reside most of those sports arent played there due to population size, remoteness and lack of suitable playing fields for certain sports.

The truth is if you are a promising aborignal athlete of any sort you'll get snapped up by the AIS (Australian Institure of Sport) and put straight into a program to train them up to elite level, all at no cost to the kid.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

They can't do sarcasm very well, what a bunch of losing convicts.

We just won the Monaco Grand Prix.

That's more prestigious

 

[Lewes' best seagull]

God bless em. And when was the last time a true native of Australia turned out for them I wonder?

 

[bhaexpress]

We just won the Monaco Grand Prix.

That's more prestigious

In a British car.

 

[Trufflehound]

In a British car.

Owned by Austrians.

 

[Wozza]

In a British car.

And, of course, like many successful Australians, he lives in England.

 

[Trufflehound]

Driven by a French engine and running on Japanese tyres...

 

[bhaexpress]

Owned by Austrians.

Ironic to think that McLaren are named after the late Bruce McLaren (he started the team) he, like Jack Brabham, was Australian.

 

[OzMike]

Isn't Tim Cahill Aboriginal or part Aboriginal

 

[Buffalo Seagull]

Isn't Tim Cahill Aboriginal or part Aboriginal

Samoan I think

 

[Chicken Run]

That's a pretty bad call Edna

Just in case you are interested.


Jason Gillespie is probably the most famous aboriginal cricketer.

Get your facts right, he is half aboriginal half Greek