Advance Australia Fair

Richie McCaw vs Australia


It's the day of the final Australian test match and Richie McCaw goes
into the All Blacks changing room to find all his teammates looking
down.

"What's up?" he asks.

"Well, we're having trouble getting motivated for this game Richie. We
know it's important but we've just beaten Argentina and South Africa
in consecutive weeks and, let's be honest, it's only Australia. We
simply can't be bothered."

Richie looks at them and says: "Oh well, the way they've been playing
recently, I reckon I can beat these Aussies by myself.  You guys go
down to the pub and forget about rugby."

So Richie goes out to play the Wallabies by himself while the rest of
the All Black team head off for drinks.
 Many beers later they wonder
how the game is going, so they get the barman to put the TV on for a
minute.

A big cheer goes up as the screen reads New Zealand 7 (McCaw 10th
minute try, con) Australia 0.

He is beating Australia all by himself his teammates yell. A few more
beers and the game is forgotten until someone remembers that it must
be fulltime, so the telly goes back on.

Result from Eden Park: New Zealand 7 (McCaw 10 minutes) - Australia 7
(Sharpe, 79 minutes)

Richie has single-handedly drawn against Australia!

They head back to Eden Park to congratulate him. They find him in the
dressing room, still in his gear, sitting down with his head in his
hands.

He refuses to look at them.

" Sorry, but I've really let you down." moans Richie.

"Don't be an idiot! You drew against Australia and they only scored in
the 79th minute!" says Kieran Read.

"No, no, I did," says Richie, "I've let you down ...  I got sent off
after 12 minutes!"