I watched in a quiet acceptance Saturday night as a fiery New Zealand side soundly beat Australia in the world cup final. It was good for the game of Rugby League that another team has finally won this tournament. It possibly could have been better if Great Britain had won but I can accept New Zealand also. The only bad thing for me personally was that many of the evenings loaded up multi sports bets.

The Haka at the start with the Australian team walking up to face off with the Kiwis was ‘hair standing one end’ type stuff for me and something that I hope is accepted and continues respectfully in the future.

I was most disappointed to hear reports that Australian coach was somehow unhappy with the referee’s and other officials and thinks that there may have been some bias towards the opposition. Come on Ricky, you annoy the shite out of me most of the time and I think you should very quietly disappear back to the shire and concentrate on helping the Sharks win a few games next year. Leave the big game coaching up to the big game coaches.

Its funny, to of the biggest sooks in Australian sport at the moment have the name Ricky…..

The other thing that seemed a bit wrong out of the whole shooting match was watching Wayne Bennet celebrate so happily with the Kiwi’s. Yes, I know he knowingly took a job to beat his own country but it just seemed so strange having had him on my side for so long and seem him against me Saturday night. I guess I best get used to it.

One thing is for sure, the Anzac day test next year WILL be a complete annihilation of New Zealand, you can put your house on that.