Ned Kelly! Dame Edna! Alf from Home and Away! Allan Langer! Mrs Mangel! Artie Beetson! Governor MacQuarie! Eric Bana! Donald Bradman! Kylie Minogue! Julia Gillard - can you hear me, Julia Gillard?! Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!

yes julia gillard is a regular contributor on this forum.

Whoosh - guess you missed the cultural reference.

Google the thread title Dally

Don't say culture to an Australian, Im not sure they've heard of that word

To be fair, I suspect 99.9% of people in the UK would have to google to find out who Julia Gillard is, too.

He's an ocker, he knew that bit - he just hadn't heard one of the most famous bits of commentary of all time

Anyway, enough of this cr*p - what a game at Suncorp tonight, loved it, sat 2 rows in front of Eddie, Stevo and the gang. Judging by the smile on their faces after that try it's safe to say they quite liked the result...

Great game. Result as predicted.

she that ginger welsh bird

I suppose all the others do too....

Yeah, I know. Just saying he's excused from not being familar with commentary from a Norway v England soccer game 30 years ago, particularly as almost no-one here would have a clue who Julia Gillard is.

It'd be nice to say the Kiwis silenced the crowd with that try at the end, but it seemed to be the referee's whistle at the start of the game that did that.

The atmosphere must not have come through on your TV. Shame for you.

It was great at the game.

There is never an atmosphere at games in Australia almost silent crowd throughout

Ha! Hilarious, I've never heard [ianyone[/i do a twist on that 1981 Norwegian commentary before.

Jon I know who Julia Gillard is, and without Googling it.

I think you are doing your boardmates a disservice just because YOU don't know who Julia Gillard is.

Hmm. Welsh person in "knowing about one of the world's few slightly famous Welsh women" shocker. Well done.

you should get out more !

never heard of Julia Gillard,I suspect 100% of french folk haven't heard of her either

well done Kiwis,thanks for stuffing the green 'n golds & well done England RU !

Yep,

I for one as a Kangaroos fan am not ashamed about it and am glad for the future of RL that the Kiwis can rise to the occasion and put some life back in international RL. Well done to the Kiwis... I am not lying when I say that a lot of Australian RL fans feel this way.

Now if only England could sort it's e out and add to the mix, we would have an even better product. I would welcome the day you get one over us, and would even love to see the day when it is truly competitive not just a once in a 40 year occasion.

But hey, you live off NZ's glory for now... it really hurts us

Serious question – now that NZ have beaten the Kangaroos in three of the last four finals they have contested, when will the Australian public stop saying “good for RL” and start becoming a bit embarrassed and angry that they are now second best in a sport they have dominated for four decades

Just got back...still hammered...still smiling......fanf()ckintastic........

Aw. Wasn't looking for originality la - think I posted the same thing from Brisbane in 2008 too to be honest. And?

you should've said - we were in 302, you?

one of the most famous bits of commentary ive heard is ricky stuart passes to meninga, meninga, meginga, pushes off england players, and scores a try !!!!!!!

But Dally.. no one cares about that, no one would know.
The quote in the OP is famous

i havent heard of it.

and julia gillard is an AwFuL fan as well, making the op even worse.

Rugby League has been a sport in cycles for year's for the first 50 years England /Great Britain were the dominate team, for the last 40 years Australia and we're now just starting to get into the Kiwi cycle. That's my stand point on the whole thing.