NRL Round 5 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Take a look at yourself

 

 

 

 

South Sydney v NZ Warriors
Sydney Olympic Stadium
Saturday 6 April, 3.00pm.

 

In Wayne Bennett’s 2008 book The Man in the Mirror * there is an adaptation of Peter Dale Wimbrow’s poem ‘The Guy in the Glass’. The adaptation reads as follows:

 

The Man in the Mirror

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Then go to your mirror and look at yourself
And see what the man has to say.

For it isn’t your father, or your mother or wife
Whose judgement of you – you must pass.
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life,
Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He’s the man you must please, never mind all the rest,
For he’s with you clear up to the end.
And you’ve passed your most difficult and dangerous test
When the man in the glass is your friend.

You may be like another and chisel a plum,
And think you’re a wonderful guy.
But the man in the glass says you are only a bum.
If you can’t look him straight in the eye.

You can fool the whole world, down the pathway of years,
And get pats on your back as you pass.
But the final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you have cheated the man in the glass.

 

For this South Sydney member, I can only hope that all at the club are taking a good, long, hard look at themselves. From the CEO to the cleaners.

 

South Sydney’s points: Try: Thompson 6’. Goals: Mitchell 0/1.

Full time: NZ Warriors 34 defeated South Sydney 4. Half-time NZ Warriors 18-4.

Sin bin: Latrell fortunate to not be sin-binned in the first half for 1) elbow, and/or 2) lifting tackle.

 

Souths line up: Latrell, Thompson, Wighton, Tass, Milne, Walker, Hawkins, Tetola, Cook, Burgess, Koloamatangi, Host, Murray (capt.), res: Chee Kam, Duncan, Keppie, Mamouzelos.

 

(Warriors) highlights:

NRL 2024 | Rabbitohs v Warriors | Match Highlights (youtube.com)

 

Press conference: seemingly, Jason Demetriou’s penultimate presser:

‘We were just fatigued…’: Souths drop to bottom of the ladder after a lacklustre loss | Fox League (youtube.com)

 

Rabbit in the Vineyard 2024 Player of the Year points: Wighton 3, Murray 2, Milne 1

Progressive points:

Murray 9, Wighton 6, Koloamatangi & Cook 3, Burgess & Havili 2, Moale, Gagai, Hawkins, S Mitchell, Milne 1.

2023 inaugural winner: Cameron Murray

2023: Pie of the year winner: ‘The Angaston’ (C&M Bakery)

 

Barossa Red Wine of the Week:

Kalleske Greenock Shiraz

2022 Greenock Shiraz – Kalleske Wines

Honourable mention (it was a heavy loss) :

Grant Burge Fifth Generation Barossa Shiraz 2021

Fifth Generation Barossa Shiraz | Grant Burge Wines

 

* Wayne Bennett with Steve Crawley, The Man in the Mirror (Harper Collins, 2009).

To read more about Peter Dale Wimbrow click HERE.

 

Russel Hansen, South Sydney football club diamond member 6199, lives in Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia. His golden retriever, Murray, is named after the South Sydney captain. Twitter/X: @Rabbit in the Vineyard @Russel_Hansen

 

 

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