It's just that the TdF riders don't go fast enough. You never see a fan trying to chase a WRC car, do you?

Don't be so sure

Why not just say you don't like cricket and be done with it?

What Naly said.

I don't like cricket (oh no), but…

You really don't understand the appeal of the Ashes?? Why not just say you don't like cricket and be done with it?

Hadyn does say that, on a very regular basis, but is making a huge effort to try and get into it.

I'm loving the various incarnations of 'throbbing forehead' thunderous looks that this series is inducing in Ricky Ponting ........

Dude looks more like George Bush Jr every day.

Part of the Ashes appeal for me, (as well as seeing the Aussies getting beaten) is that the grounds are so damn…

I'm loving the various incarnations of 'throbbing forehead' thunderous looks that this series is inducing in Ricky Ponting ........

One of the best laughs I've had in a while was the look on his face after that beautifully dropped slips catch .....

Needed some police officer to stick his arm out as they ran past chasing the cyclist. "Oops sorry son! Didn't see you there. What were you doing running on the road anyway?"

While understandable, that's a bit of an unfortunate comment, as a 61-year old lady was killed by police…

What other sport allows spectators onto the field of play, to hit, throw things at, and get in the way of, shoot the players, and cross the road fatally?

That was nuts wasn't it? Needed some police officer to stick his arm out as they ran past chasing the cyclist.

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What other sport allows spectators onto the field of play, to hit, throw things at, and get in the way of, shoot the players, and cross the road fatally?

That was nuts wasn't it? Needed some police officer to stick his arm out as they ran past chasing the cyclist.…

If anyone has a right to be upset about the fans, it's the cyclists. After the most recent climb, I don't want to watch anymore.

I saw Contador lash out at one of those idiots. What morons.

A friend who does some work for WADA tells me that the race against new doping techniques isn't one they're doing well in.…

Off topic, but I like their kit too.

@richardllewellyn here's one for your [[http://sportreview.net.nz/2009/06/09/kicking-a-dingo-when-hes-down/|cubicle…

Not really. I don't much care for the English either

I'm conflicted.

As a seven year resident in Australia (though neither a permanent resident nor citizen), I really should support the Aussies... and I might, were it not for the fact that they're an arrogant bunch led by a moaning…

past the basic appeal of 'beat the Aussies'

While I think Freddie Flintoff is a bit of a posing knob, I'm loving the various incarnations of 'throbbing forehead' thunderous looks that this series is inducing in Ricky Ponting ........

It's not about growing the brand, enhancing the franchise, and optimising market share going forward. If you don't understand the Ashes,…

I simply cannot understand how he survived a Mancunian upbringing without getting his pretty face regularly smashed.

He didn't have a Mancunian upbringing. He's from Leytonstone.

I lived in Leytonstone for a year or so. Substitute it for "Mancunian" and Emma's point is still valid.

I love the Ashes, but I can't explain it either, past the basic appeal of 'beat the Aussies'.

Isn't that enough?

Not really. I don't much care for the English either

I love the Ashes, but I can't explain it either, past the basic appeal of 'beat the Aussies'.

Isn't that enough?

And speaking of ‘roid rage David Beckham was taunted by LA Galaxy fans
I simply cannot understand how he survived a Mancunian upbringing without getting his pretty face regularly smashed.

He didn't have a Mancunian upbringing. He's from Leytonstone.

And he deserved it. I hope somewhere Stephen Donald, who stood up and played, despite the shellacking he took in the media last week, also got one.

In-bloody-deed. That bloke copped way too much crap from the French/Italy tests and did well against the Aussies. He made the odd error…

Also of note, the English beat the Aussies in the Ashes test at Lords. I really don't understand the appeal of the Ashes

I love the Ashes, but I can't explain it either, past the basic appeal of 'beat the Aussies'.

And speaking of ‘roid rage David Beckham was taunted…

The Wallabies could well have won that game were it not for a missed pass (Barnes) and mistake at a tap-and-run (Palu) and less inexplicable penalties at scrum time (one for certain seemed entirely inexplicable).

I agree. Either team could easily have won that game, and had we lost, I…

Come to think of it, there was awesome swearing from both sets of coaches.

Big sporting…

The general downward trend of points-scored for all three teams can possibly be attributed to external factors like senior players leaving for Europe or the recent rule changes.

Or the coaches dawning realisation that 2/3s of all games will be played in conditions entirely non-conducive to expansive, risktaking rugby -…

Deans is just too nice and it's boring.

He's not nice, he's just dull

I also love the fact that this year's Tri-Nations looks like a battle between three pretty even teams.

Agreed.

Our worst tackler was Corey Jane (attempted four and made one, with no assists) not a good look for our fullback cover

Not good and I'd not noticed – he did…

I used to enjoy the coaching stoushes between NZ and Australia, with the Aussie coaches accusing us on a yearly basis of being cheats and thugs. Deans is just too nice and it's boring.

But de Villiiers is…

The Bok's worked their "A" team to a frenzied peak for the first two tests and…