Friday Fun

ABS, you seem to know pretty much everything. I'd like to know what you think would be a good thing for me to do if I were to win the lottery.

Thank you for the question pretend interlocutor. Were you to win the lottery you should buy a Rugby Team. As of today, in The National Rugby League are teams with mundane names.

Club	Colours	City	Home venue (capacity)	Est.	NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL seasons		NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL premierships
					First	Total	Total	Most recent
Brisbane Broncos		Brisbane, Queensland	Suncorp Stadium (52,500)	1988	1988	33	6	2006
Canberra Raiders		Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	GIO Stadium (25,011)	1981	1982	39	3	1994
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		Sydney, New South Wales	ANZ Stadium (83,500), Belmore Sports Ground (20,000), Bankwest Stadium (30,000)	1934	1935	86	8	2004
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks		Sydney, New South Wales	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (20,500)	1967	1967	54	1	2016
Gold Coast Titans		Gold Coast, Queensland	Cbus Super Stadium (27,400)	2007	2007	14	0	—
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		Sydney, New South Wales	Lottoland (23,000)	1947	1947	71	8	2011
Melbourne Storm		Melbourne, Victoria	AAMI Park (30,050)	1997	1998	23	4	2020
New Zealand Warriors		Auckland, New Zealand	Mount Smart Stadium (30,000)	1995	1995	26	0	—
Newcastle Knights		Newcastle, New South Wales	McDonald Jones Stadium (33,000)	1988	1988	33	2	2001
North Queensland Cowboys		Townsville, Queensland	Queensland Country Bank Stadium (25,000)	1995	1995	26	1	2015
Parramatta Eels		Sydney, New South Wales	Bankwest Stadium (30,000)	1947	1947	74	4	1986
Penrith Panthers		Sydney, New South Wales	Panthers Stadium (22,500)	1967	1967	54	2	2003
South Sydney Rabbitohs		Sydney, New South Wales	ANZ Stadium (83,500)	1908	1908	111	21	2014
St. George Illawarra Dragons		Sydney, New South Wales Wollongong, New South Wales	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (20,500) WIN Stadium (23,000)	1998	1999	22	1	2010
Sydney Roosters		Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Cricket Ground (48,000)	1908	1908	113	15	2019
Wests Tigers		Sydney, New South Wales	Leichhardt Oval (20,000) Campbelltown Stadium (20,000)	1999	2000	21	1	2005

Now, imagine that you had just won scads of dough in the lottery. You should buy one of the teams - prolly the Gold Coast Titans - and redesign their uniforms so the players would wear jerseys that looked like the clothing of old women from England.

The profit from the sale of the new jerseys alone would bring in more money than it cost you to buy the team.

Imagine what excitement would be generated in The NRL with a team named Eleanor Rugby?

Ah, look at all the drunken people

Ah, look at all the drunken people

Eleanor Rugby

Infected with lice in the place where a big game has been

Searches for cream

Wails out the window

Scratching his privates he protects with a jock, they’re so sore 

Who is it for?

All the drunken  people

Where do they all come from?

All the drunken  people

In jail they all belong

Coach Joe McKenzie

Writing the words of a pep talk that no one will hear

Such talks are queer

Look at him working

Damning his players by name when there's nobody there

What does he care?

All the drunken people

Where do they all come from?

All the drunken people

In jail they all belong

Ah, look at all the drunken people

Ah, look at all the drunken people

Eleanor Rugby

Lost in the game and was buried along with her fame

They’re so damn lame

Coach Joe  McKenzie

Wiping memory from his brain; heads for a drink that he craves

Not one point was saved

All the drunken people (ah, look at all the drunken people)

Where do they all come from?

All the drunken (ah, look at all the drunken people)

In jail they all belong