March 28, 2001

5:42 PM

Up Yours!Accused of one of the most bizarre charges in the history of Rugby League, or sport in general, a player has been found guilty of poking his fingers up the anuses of three North Queensland players.
posted by aki (8 comments total)

Sounds like a bum rap to me.
posted by shinybeast at 6:08 PM on March 28, 2001

An ass-tute response! Deserves an independent probe (digitally enhanced, of course).
posted by allaboutgeorge at 6:19 PM on March 28, 2001

c'mon, like anyone should be surprised at this 'unsportsmanlike interference' from a bunch of beefy woofter mud-wrestlers
posted by stuporJIX at 6:35 PM on March 28, 2001

this sort of thing goes well beyond normal rugby unrulyness. it's not just unsportsmanlike, it's obscene.

also, I play rugby, and I do not consider myself a "beefy woofter mud-wrestler," but I guess that's your call. ;)
posted by rabi at 7:10 PM on March 28, 2001

From aus.sport.rugby-league

John Hopoate's Top 11 Judiciary defences:

1)He was suffering from single digit inflation.

2)Honest, he was just lying prostate on the ground.

3)I was just widening the circle of my friends.

4)I was just getting an update.

5)I was looking up an old friend.

6)I thought it was the "Eye of the Tiger".

7)I've never eye gouged before and I'm crap at anatomy.

8)I saw an opening and went for it.

9)Well, it was my ring-finger.

10)Terry told me to pull my finger out and stick it up Butts.

11) They were giving me cheek.

(you might have to understand some rugby league lingo to get a few of these)
posted by Jase_B at 9:25 PM on March 28, 2001

now that is what i call a rough sport.
posted by th3ph17 at 8:44 AM on March 29, 2001

I'm don't think I'll wear my buttless jock in our next match...
posted by mecawilson at 9:18 AM on March 29, 2001

Why does it seem to me that if this happened outside of a sporting field, the guy would be charged with three counts of sodomy?
posted by Dreama at 9:35 AM on March 29, 2001