erilyn | Hurricanes 19 Waratahs 14

I am fucking ropeable. It's one thing to lose the game (and the chance to host the semi-final next week) to a better team. And the Hurricanes played very well at times, they were certainly moving the ball around very quickly and their defense was virtually impenetrable.

It's a completely different matter to lose to a team that is playing by a completely different set of rules (ie very few) because the referee is that fucking incompetent. Honestly, I would be embarassed to be a Hurricanes fan after that display, it was disgusting. Offside constantly, dangerously high tackles, professional fouls etc. If there was any justice, there would have been more than two players sent off.

My throat is sore from all the hollering and screaming I did. I haven't heard such a vocal crowd all season - pity so much of it was (not unreasonable) screaming at the ref.

Here's hoping for a better ref next week, when we play again in the semi. We might win, they might win, as long as its a level playing field.

Of course, the Waratahs prep would have been completely disrupted by the news this afternoon that the fucking moron Wendall Sailor has been suspended indefinitely, (rumoured to be to testing positive for a banned substance, further rumoured to be a recreational drug, further rumoured to be cocaine, all to be taken with large grain of salt, naturally). His rugby career must be all but over now, he was on his last chance as it was.