Thanks to our unofficial sponser XXXX, in which they provided the team with a fines kit consisting of a fine book and money tin, each team member was on constant alert knowing that every word and action was scrupulously being observed.
Each morning after breakfast, the team would gather in the pool room/ Lewy's rub down room, where team manager Josh Brandon would read out the offences for the previous day. After the final tally, we would have to dig into our wallets and pay the fine.
The criteria for being fined;
Anything that sounds funny when read out each morning
Below are some of the things people did and said that earnt them a fine. For the team, the Fines Committee were definately a highlight of the tour that brought rambuntcious laughter that filled the halls of the dorms that had the other teams swear they would never visit the Sunshine State again.
Fitty and Shandy- for thinking John Butler was the guys real name.
( A player from Southern Districts who had dreds)
Liam - for picking the trifecta and not betting on it
Chico - "Back in the good old gays" (meant to say days)
Stinky - "How much was $5 when you were 16?"
Woody - "I know he's bluffing" when Fitty had 4 of a kind
Wombie - "They call Shandy - Sandor at the Rangers"
Shandy - For thinking Fitty's mum calls him Fitty
Josh/Charlie/Goose/Liam - for the Billie Birmingham incident
(12 men on field)
Goose - for admitting to watching Quizmania with the sound on.
Chico - for "those" pants (size 16 boys)
Wombie - for not noticing his matress on top of the wall
Fitty - "Someones going to notice that" (upon seeing Wombie's bed frame in
the shower)
Woody- for calling the College 'Ross River' not Rostrevor. And for attempting to close the electric door on the bus.
Of course there were many fines for people making chicken noises, numerous for farting especially during team meetings, anything to do with Goatboy/Chewbacca/Satan, wearing anything that looked remotely like NSW colours, using hair gel, wearing bracelets, shaving, hitting on Alice, hitting head on that branch of the tree during the NSW game, room trashing incidents and Derka was perenially fined for being last to team meetings.
Oh, and not getting a fine during the day was enough to get you a fine!
Ok, you may not find the above funny, but to the guys on tour, they were pure gold! And plus earning the team $170 from the fines for beer was a definately a perk.
The dropped catch stubby holder
The Man of the Match XXXX Baggy Yellow
The Quacker
and
The Fine tin
What goes around comes around
