Re: Umaga swings handbag at Masoe, who blubs - REALLY!
Matua 30 May 2006 01:12:24
"JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1148852407.739780.72490@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit> emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is> apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the> handbag of if it was one of his own.>
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight> zone known as Christchurch.>
This should keep out NH rsru pals busy.>
JohnO
Didge gets a new phone
29/05/2006 Duncan Johnstone Hurricanes players Chris Masoe and Tana Umaga are being investigated by their management over a Christchurch bar incident following the Super 14 final where Masoe allegedly hit a patron and Umaga whacked his team mate over the head with a handbag belonging to Didgerman to settle him down.
The episode is another sorry chapter in rugby drinking incidents and is the second to hit the Hurricanes this year after Jerry Collins and Lome Fa'atau were involved in an altercation in a Bloemfontein bar while playing in South Africa in March.
The Hurricanes management confirmed they had been advised about an incident involving Masoe and Umaga at a Christchurch bar after the final.
"The matter is now being investigated by Hurricanes team management and further information will be provided once the details surrounding the incident have been fully established. Due to the fact that information is still being gathered, it would be unfair to prejudge the events that occurred until a full and accurate picture is available," they said in a statement.
But The Press newspaper in Christchurch quoted the alleged victim as saying Masoe had tripped over him while he was sitting at the bar and then punched him. The incident is alleged to have happened at around 7am on Sunday.
"He just hit me in the side of the jaw. I was real shocked. I thought `what the hell'. It just came out of nowhere," the 24-year-old told the newspaper, adding that he was unlikely to press charges.
"Everyone sort of stood up and got involved, as they do ... then Umaga hit him a couple of times with Didgermans handbag, as if to say `you idiot'. Masoe started crying. It was crazy, I don't really know what his deal was."
Didgerman who had his handbag allegedly used saw some humour in the incident although a cellphone inside his bag was allegedly damaged by the impact of the blows. Hurricanes management had promised to replace it.
"I mean a handbag, of all things. How hilarious ... he hit him pretty hard. We heard it across the bar. He cracked him up the side of the head twice," she told The Press.
"The Chris guy got quite upset and started crying. They got them out the back door of the bar."
The Hurricanes had earlier been beaten 19-12 by the Crusaders in the final at Jade Stadium.
Masoe was named in the All Blacks team on Sunday morning that will travel to Argentina to play the Pumas.
The All Blacks management said they would also investigate the matter because Masoe was an employee of the New Zealand Rugby Union.
On 28 May 2006 14:40:07 -0700, "JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit>emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is>apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the>handbag of if it was one of his own.>
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight>zone known as Christchurch.>
This should keep out NH rsru pals busy.>
JohnO
typical wgtn players - when not using coat hangers - it's Hand Bags at 50 paces
Must have been a very slow news day - also must have been a good celebration on coming second - reminds me of the England team.
On 28 May 2006 14:40:07 -0700, "JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit>emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is>apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the>handbag of if it was one of his own.>
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight>zone known as Christchurch.>
"JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1148852407.739780.72490@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit> emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is> apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the> handbag of if it was one of his own.>
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight> zone known as Christchurch.>
This should keep out NH rsru pals busy.>
JohnO>
I read that Masoe hit a patron and then Umaga gave him a slap. Bloody Funny that he chose someones handbag to do it with though
Osbourne Ruddock 29 May 2006 02:26:22 [ permanent link ]
"JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote in news:1148852407.739780.72490 @i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the> handbag of if it was one of his own.>
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight> zone known as Christchurch.>
This should keep out NH rsru pals busy.>
Kip doesn't even have to write his own material anymore...
It's pathetic if true. Young men should be able to indulge in a 9 hour post-match drinking binge quite comfortably without the need for handbags, tissues and tears.
Jeez, 20 years ago the first 12 hours drinking after the match was just the warm up. Lightweights.
On Mon, 29 May 2006 08:03:55 +1000, "Rock2006" <yer@dontspamme.com.au> wrote:
"JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote in message >news:1148852407.739780.72490@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...>> Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit>> emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is>> apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>>
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the>> handbag of if it was one of his own.>>
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight>> zone known as Christchurch.>>
This should keep out NH rsru pals busy.>>
JohnO>>
I read that Masoe hit a patron and then Umaga gave him a slap.>Bloody Funny that he chose someones handbag to do it with though >
WTF with Masoe though?>
Pissed - he thought it was his wife that tripped him?
It's a cultural thing and would be racist for us to coment further!
Post . Post . Colonial . Boy 29 May 2006 04:26:03 [ permanent link ]
On 28 May 2006 15:45:52 -0700, "Bobs" <mcaulaymj@gmail.com> wrote:
How about those Canterbury Crusaders eh Bobs?
Nik
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"JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1148852407.739780.72490@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit> emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is> apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>
This should keep out NH rsru pals busy.>
JohnO>
They're having a good laugh over in 'aus.sport.rugby.league' too! Brad
JohnO wrote:> Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit> emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is> apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the> handbag of if it was one of his own.
More likely Nonu's, surely. Masoe wasn't crying, a mascara stick from the bag jabbed him in the eye.
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight> zone known as Christchurch.>
"JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1148852407.739780.72490@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Apparently in the post S14 final drinking hijinks, Tana gets a bit> emotional and, wait for it, hits Chris with a HANDBAG. Masoe is> apparently so upset by this that he ends up in tears.>
No folks, I am not making this up. I'm not sure if Tana borrowed the> handbag of if it was one of his own.>
Truth, gentlemen, really is stranger than fiction, in that twilight> zone known as Christchurch.>
The chances of the truth coming out about this in here or the media are pretty slim.
Osbourne Ruddock 30 May 2006 01:12:24 [ permanent link ]
"rick boyd" <boyd@comswest.net.au> wrote in news:1148879755.980499.119720 @g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
It's pathetic if true. Young men should be able to indulge in a 9 hour>> post-match drinking binge quite comfortably without the need for>> handbags, tissues and tears.>
Young men should be able to indulge in a 9 hour post-match drinking> binge with all the handbags, tissues and tears they want without some> snivelling little tapeworm from the media somehow thinking this is> news.>
I'd like to give him a few kicks in the bag.
Agreed. Because there are no longer any tours, what happens on them, doesn't stay on them.
Jeez, 20 years ago the first 12 hours drinking after the match was> just>> the warm up. Lightweights.>
It's the professional era, Os. They can run 100 metres in 4seconds,> bench press seven tonnes (with each arm), but snap ligaments in a stiff> breeze and break into tears when someone steals their mascara.>
Christ, you'll be telling me they were drinking Vodka and Cranberry next!
