Dragon

And I think the South African captain will get sent off too

It's traditional in rugby that New Zealanders never get sent off unless they chop off their opponents' head and tap dance on their grave...

I'm Welsh. In rugby I can have no sympathy for anything English but Wayne Barnes is a superb referee

To be fair, the Englishman in the final (the referee) is having a great game so far...

I think it's fair to say the rest of the rugby world aren't happy that the final is between and . There is a feeling that both teams are arrogant and look down with disdain on other countries. However it's clear that the two have been the best in the world for the last two decades.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/14634337/people-divided-name-game-knock-down-ginger/

Some regional variations but generally in the UK, "knock down ginger"

I bet you nobody in the world ever had the ambition to lick the back of Bach's head...

Am I right that you can also be eliminated if the horse jumps out of the arena during the test?

Sir Bobby Charlton, Manchester Utd and England football legend, died on Saturday Bishen Bedi, one of the great cricketers of the 60s and 70s, died Monday

Be careful with the German contingent. It seems most were born on US army bases in Germany and would probably not be eligible for team

https://www.eurodressage.com/2023/10/17/cathrine-laudrup-dufour-gets-mount-st-john-freestyle-2024-paris-olympic-hopeful Horse trading

OK, I'm going to try my best now to get banned by Totallympics here because of politics. Hamas are a group of evil bastards whose only purpose for existence is to kill Jews. The current Israeli government exists only to get cruel revenge of the Palestinians, both the ones who are innocent of war crimes and those who guilty of war crimes. The end.

Ryan ten Doeschate Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special I am very proud. This is a fantastic moment for Dutch cricket. It is the Netherlands' best achievement, by far.

Ryan ten Doeschate Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special A fantastic day for Dutch cricket, the planning and the execution. We thought they were initially getting blown away and yet here they are shaking hands with the South Africa team with a win under their belts. It’s hard to believe but here it is. They’re going to have to delve into it and tear it apart and work out how it actually happened. We’re going to be glowing in our pace for the Dutch team and also for individual performances. Van de Merwe changed it for this team and Scott Edwards jumped on that and put the South Africa team to the sword. It was Ackermann who then got the breakthrough and the game changed again.

Netherlands win by 38 runs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/66858173

And the shocks continue... defeat I expect @heywooduto be dancing in the street tonight

The writing of the 2014 book was up to the same standard as before but the publishers were incompetent and made a horrible mess of formatting the book. Also in 2016 "David Wallechinsky has confirmed that, for the first time since 1984, he will not be publishing a new version of The Complete Book of the Olympics on the eve of the Summer Games - and added that writing what has become established as one of sport’s set texts is “no longer cost-effective.”

beat by 69 runs.

OK, this is going to be interesting. The miracle is on. in a strong position to beat

Up until 12 months ago I would have agreed with @Orangehair43 but the improvement of British performances has been surprising lately.

Ultimate have applied for the last three Games and never got close to making the shortlist. Have to ask if they're serious about it or just wasting time and money

England Lacrosse claim 18,000 players https://www.statista.com/statistics/934933/lacrosse-participation-uk/ I find that hard to believe though