Most disgraceful sporting performances.....

[Francis]

Disgraceful sporting moments?

The entire 1987 rugby world cup.

The 1956 New Zealand v South Africa rugby series (very violent - Skinner a cheater).

A bunch of America's Cups....

 

[atisha_ro]

Holland vs. Ireland, football World Cup 1990, miming football with laaaazy passes in the last 15 minutes in order to qualify and eventually go to a draw between them to see where they stand in the group.

If that wasn't a disgraceful sporting performance I don't know what is.

 

[Langeveldt]

The 1956 New Zealand v South Africa rugby series (very violent - Skinner a cheater).
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Did you hear about the rule the Springboks used to employ? IF there was any foul play by the opposition, a call would go out, and every player in the Springbok side would go to the nearest opponent and punch his lights out.. They based this on the fact that the referee wouldn't be able to send the entire team off in one go, and apparently it worked a treat

 

[Goughy]

Did you hear about the rule the Springboks used to employ? IF there was any foul play by the opposition, a call would go out, and every player in the Springbok side would go to the nearest opponent and punch his lights out.. They based this on the fact that the referee wouldn't be able to send the entire team off in one go, and apparently it worked a treat

Wasnt that was the '99' called used by the Lions against SA?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Wasnt that was the '99' called used by the Lions against SA?

The '74 Lions tour, yeah.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Paula Radcliffe quitting the Olympic marathon once she realised she wasn't going to win, then doing the exact same thing in the 10,000m. Pathetic. A British triathlete who came last in his event summed it up a few days later, having got a puncture in his bike and had to carry it for 2km, before doing the running section of the race - "I got the puncture and that pretty much ruined my chances, but it's the Olympics - you've got to keep going.".

Paula Radcliffe is commentating on the Worlds for the BBC and now she's not competing and has some meat on her bones she's quite attractive.

 

[GIMH]

Most of Tranmere's home defeats in the conference have been pretty abject

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Our bloke in the 20k walk at the World Championships managed to get disqualified for getting three red cards. Who would have though walking could be so difficult for an able bodied man?

 

[fredfertang]

Paula Radcliffe is commentating on the Worlds for the BBC and now she's not competing and has some meat on her bones she's quite attractive.

I agree, although there may be an element of 'as we age our expectations reduce' at work

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I agree, although there may be an element of 'as we age our expectations reduce' at work

Possibly. But I don't fancy Gabby Logan so it's not conclusive.

 

[fredfertang]

Possibly. But I don't fancy Gabby Logan so it's not conclusive.

You're clearly more discerning than I am

 

[weeman27bob]

If Murray does 9 years in a row constantly in the top echelons of players, I'll be shocked.

 

[grecian]

Gawd, a lot of people earlier in the thread not here anymore, one of course tragically.

Halsey was wrong about Henman, has to be one of the most unfairly derided people in British sport, certainly doesn't deserve to be the major talking point here.

Unlike Koepka and Matsuyama who cost me money, which is worse than anything anyone here did.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Will an Australian mention Gary Pratt one wonders?

 

[Burgey]

Pratt's performance was fine. The fact England put him on the park throughout the series at 15 minute intervals while their bowlers went off for a drink and a towel-down was a disgrace.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Pratt's performance was fine. The fact England put him on the park throughout the series at 15 minute intervals while their bowlers went off for a drink and a towel-down was a disgrace.

It was good though. Most cricket gamesmanship was invented by Australia. Dennis Lillee was one of the first, if not the first, to regularly bowl a spell and then go off for a shower and change of clothes and come straight back out and bowl again.

 

[Burgey]

Lillee did that on one tour of England in 1981 while following doctor's orders when he was recovering from pneumonia, in between taking 39 wickets for the series.