HERE’S a world exclusive for you – a bottle or glass WAS thrown at Twickenham.
Remember, this “bottle” was apparently flung at Craig Joubert, the implication being that a drunken Scottish fan had been trying to brain the brainless.
The Rucker can reveal that at the end of the match between Scotland and Australia, there is no doubt that a plastic container of some sort was thrown from the stands.
Yesterday, The National asked why there were no pictures, moving or still, of the bottle heading for Joubert. Funnily enough, none of the Australian hacks who spread the story could produce such pictures.
Here’s why: The Rucker has found three witnesses who saw the “bottle” land.
(In case you are wondering, one of my sources is a referee who gets his eyes tested every season and doesn’t need specs, the second is an ex-player and neutral commentator, and the third a journalist from a newspaper with no love of Scotland.)
One estimated that the bottle landed nearly 50 METRES away from Joubert, and the second said it was “well away” though he also claimed it was a plastic beer glass. The third said it was closer to Joubert but “off target.”
Crucially, all three indicated that Joubert was ALREADY RUNNING when the container was thrown – you might conclude, then, that Joubert lost his bottle…
No one condones such idiotic behaviour in any way, but there is no proof that the “bottle” was thrown by a Scottish fan – no proof whatsoever, and the object was not even in Joubert’s vicinity.
The reason why this is now important is because Australian head coach Michael Cheika suggested the “bottle” caused Joubert to run, and he later said World Rugby had been unfair to Joubert in stating he had got the penalty decision wrong, with the pro-Aussie press pack swallowing his propaganda. What about the unfairness to Scotland, cobber?
From being something of an admirer of Cheika, The Rucker now realises that he is just like most Australian sportsmen, willing to do or say anything to succeed at all costs.
Cheika must also deal with the fact that the Wallabies will go to Twickenham at the weekend as popular as a turd on Bondi Beach.
No offence, Cheika, but I hope you and your boys get totally stuffed by Argentina.
And the papers who suggested Joubert was “narrowly” missed by a “bottle” should be forced to apologise for their misleading “journalism”.
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