Here you have it, a very special edition of Errol TV. It was Sassy’s birthday, it was our first romantic sunset filming, we met a man CALLED ERROL … and we got you interviews with the hilarious Joel Thompson and Tom Learoyd-Lahrs from the Canberra Raiders. Our favourite part? When we get Tom Learoyd-Lahrs to make fun of his Raiders media manager (also the Country media manager) Ben Pollack. Also, when Tom Learoyd-Lahrs … exists.
Let’s get this out of the way: WE GOT A HUG FROM JAMAL. IT’S ON VIDEO. YOU WILL SEE IT. IT WAS AMAZING.
Now, where were we?
Day 1 of our Port Macquarie Odyssey took us to local skills clinics with both City and Country teams and some Port Mac schoolkids. Pretty obviously, the weather was a massive bitch. Hence, we look like slightly drowned dogs, and did most of our interviews under a random signing marquee. Good times.
Here’s the rundown, before we get to the sweet video action: Intern Lachie is so teeny! Yes, we see him around the office every day, but we have an average height of 5’5″, so seeing him amongst other footy players is completely different and really worries us. Don’t break him please!
Lots of you asked for Josh Dugan interviews, but this morning he was far too busy talking on his mobile and being interviewed in a public toilet block by a really shifty looking ‘journo’ for us to get interviews … sorry guys! Next time, we promise.
Jamal got the same treatment; we like to call it George Michael TV.
Make sure you pay attention in our favourite bits of the video:
* Todd Carney shifting around like he has ants in his pants, thanks to Michael Robertson and Joel Thompson sitting off-camera and playing footsies with Todd’s Crotch.
* Ronnie Palmer gazing off into the distance as he talks about shorts, and how he secretly rolls his up when no one’s looking. What was he looking at? Carty was cracking up, at Ronnie’s expense.
* Carty fending off the ‘ambush’ questions about us being pests. According to him we are “very good girls”. AWWWW.
Sadly, what you can’t see in the video (but we could see) is how interested Greg Bird was in the informative literature we brought about the sights of Port Macquarie. He loved it! Couldn’t wait to find out what historical peccadillos Port had in store for him. We are also 99% sure Joel Thompson took home the Frangipanni massage pamphlet. Good choice.
After we wrapped up our interviews, we headed back to town for lunch. Something classy for two classy ladies … like Subway. As we were parking we drove past Carty and Ronnie -- everyone’s favourite City rugby league power couple -- heading out for a lunch date. They seemed to like Sassy’s mum’s sweet Subaru station wagon. “Nice car, girls”.
Apparently everyone had the same idea, because inside Subway we found half of the city team on a sandwich date: Trent Waterhouse, Lachlan Coote, Joel Reddy, Tim Grant and Michael Jennings. Before you ask, no we aren’t stalking them. And yes, they eat Subway, just like regular people!
Kiki had a Moment of Trauma in Subway when she found herself lined up behind Trent Waterhouse, really really wanting to order a footlong turkey sub, but kind of embarassed since giant prop Trent Waterhouse had just ordered a footlong, too. After a brief moment of indecision: does she just WHISPER her order? should she order a six-inch like a lady? … she thought DAMMIT. I REALLY WANT MY FOOTLONG. Cue the following exchange at the cash register:
Kiki: “I can’t believe I eat the same lunch as a footballer”
Subway dude: “… actually a little bit more”
Sassy: “Is that cause she ordered double cheese?”
As always, your fearless incompetents were out and about on the weekend and chillin at a NSW Cup game. This week, Wests vs Norths at North Sydney Oval.
Our thoughts?
1. They make the best damn sausage sandwiches in the league. Fact.
2. Greg Florimo you are ageless!
3. The iconic fig tree really is lovely.
and
4. Greg Florimo, you are ageless and you know who we are! Clearly we adore you.
For all the rest, the boys at the NSWRL have a new youtube video up:
Morning kittens! To help soothe you into the hideousness that is Monday, the boys over at the NSWRL have uploaded our latest comical/incompetent video from the NSW Cup. This one is from the round six Newtown vs Wentworthville game out at Ringrose Oval in Wenty … coincidentally also a Men of League fundraising day. Hurrah!
Check it out to see Sassy discussing shirtlessness and beer with Brian Smith from the Chooks, Kiki being sledged by Parra icon Bob O’Reilly, the gorgeous strawberry blond curls of one Sean Rutgerson, and one of our favourite humans ever -- Emu the Wenty trainer. We think you’ll especially enjoy the bit where Sassy bogans out over Smirnoff Blacks.
Highlights sadly not caught on camera:
* Overhearing one of the Wenty club men talking about us, and his friend looking over and saying “… they’re not THAT young”. Burned!
* Seeing the hilarious Mick from Newtown, and being brought beers by dirty spunk Jason ‘I’m not Lebanese’ Baiteri.
* Bob ‘Bear’ O’Reilly whipping off his official ‘Men of League’ shirt and giving it to Sassy. When she protested it was too big: “keep it just in case you bulk up darlin”.
And many thank you gropes to the awesome Martin Cook from Men of League for helping us out.
As you know Kiki and I love spending our weekends roaming about at NSW Cup matches, soaking up the atmosphere, sharing a beer (just the one, cause we’re professional), and interviewing the crowd and the players. This weekend we hit up Leichhardt Oval to watch the Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers take on Wests. Why Leichhardt? Well obviously we like any opportunity for a Tim Sheens sighting. But more importantly:
a) it’s beautiful and we think the hill with all the trees on it looks like something out of Rivendell in Lord of the Rings;
and
b) We wanted to appease all the ladies who wrote in to say LEE BENNETT FROM THE TIGERS IS SOOOO HANDSOME. We like to give you what you want. We’re considerate like that.
So here’s the latest video direct from the NSWRL youtube channel, featuring Lee, Paul Sironen, some enthusiastic singing, and A Really Awesome Bride and Groom:
If you were at Henson Park on Saturday, you would have seen two completely nailbiting games of the NSW cup: first Wests defeated Norths, and Balmain just beat Newtown in the second half 31-30 to get their hands on the shiny MUA Solidarity Cup. Assuming you stayed for both games, you would have seen a streaker. You would also be an excellent human being.
The sausages were on the barbie, the KBs were still only four dollars, and the double header turned out to be just as ridiculously entertaining as the NRL games this round. Seriously, two games decided on field goals? We almost dropped our saus-in-breads.
Your favourite incompetent tv presenters (ie. us) also broke out the video cam for some chats with the players and the crowd, then the gorgeous boys at the NSWRL got that business up on YouTube.
To answer your questions:
That hot bitch in the Wests Magpies jersey is Ben Falcone; but sadly, no, we have no idea if he’s single. Send your fan letters and love letters spritzed with perfume directly to Wests HQ.
Yes, you may remember Lee Bennett from other ErrolTV productions like the NSW Cup Launch. Charming and gorgeous as ever, right?
The guy in the Norths jersey over the Jets jersey is named Nugget.
Of course he is.
Yes we did meet the streaker! Sassy found herself having a bevvie in the courtyard Henson Park Hotel next to a random stranger who introduced himself by saying: “You know that idiot who streaked today? …. that was me. Also, the wind was really cold”. We believe you, mate.
And no, sadly there are no Ray Moujalli appearances in this video. Despite playing like a demon for the Jets and crossing the line on the day, he was just too completely devastated after the game for an interview. We considered getting someone else to say ‘rugby league is the winner’ into the camera, but it just wasn’t the same. Lova ya, Ray!
Thanks as always to the NSWRL for being the best hosts ever. Enjoy! xx
According to our mate Swainy: “Jesus, you guys know more about the NSW Cup than anyone else alive”.
He said this while holding a beer at the Coogee Bay Hotel (don’t judge us), but nonetheless he’s probably right.
WE JUST REALLY LIKE THE NSW CUP OKAY? What’s better than an afternoon sitting on the hill watching the footy with a $6 sausage sandwich and KB combo, surrounded by really really cute dogs? Nothing, that’s what. And the best thing is it starts again this week with a Saturday afternoon Henson park double-header afternoon extravaganza.
The NSWRL launched the NSW Cup for this year on Thursday morning at the SCG with a cavalcade of rugby league stars. And by ‘cavalcade of stars’, it’s possible that I mean I walked in, saw Paul Sironen, and had to try and remain silent and normal-looking while internally I pointed and lost my shit and yelled ‘ZOMG THAT’S PAUL SIRONEN’!!?!?!?
Apparently seeing him do Lowes ads for the past ten years hasn’t made me immune to Siro yet.
As far as goss from the launch goes, we can confirm that yes, David Gallop does look very noble and slightly like a returning war hero with his arm sling; yes Paul Sironen is very large; yes the Sharks are fielding a team in the NSW Cup for 2010; yes the Central Coast Centurions have totally cute uniforms, and yes: the acerbic and hilarious Jason Taylor IS going to be the new coach for the NSW team in the NSW Residents State of Origin competition.
We’re pretty happy with this turn of events because it means that NSW have yet another competition to win this year to help us regain our dignity. Hurrah!
Representatives of all the teams were there to show off their team colours and be interviewed on stage, and we wanna give them all a special shout out for their awesome fashionz. We especially loved Ian Hayes from the Auckland Vulcans, who forgot his footy boots and had to wander around networking with footy bigwigs in just his footy socks. We were also super impressed by Eddie Paea rocking a Rabbitohs jersey with denim shorts – also known as jorts – and Michael Stolk in his Wests Magpies jersey and black suit pants. It says he’s formal, but he’s also here to play footy.
We talked to Lee Bennett from the Tigers, Corey from the Central Coast Centurions, Michael Stolk from Wests and Ray Moujalli from the Newtown Jets … and made the mistake of letting them interview each other. DAMMIT YOU BOYS LOVE THE CAMERA.
Watch it and tell us what you think/who you love/which team you support xx
WHEEE! Another new and exciting gig for us! The lovely people at the New South Wales Rugby League (shout out to Geoff Carr and Doug MacDougall in particular) have given us an absolutely amazing opportunity. We are now traipsing around this beautiful state of ours, visiting NSW Cup teams at their home grounds and writing about them for http://nswrl.com.au
With all the attention on the NRL, the boys of the NSW Cup tend to get a bit forgotten and we will not stand for this! They are freakin awesome and fact is, the majority of your NRL faves played in these teams before hitting first grade. And there’s a hell of alot of players that float back and forth between both comps.
The NSW Cup is far more than just ‘reggies’.
Here’s what we’ve done so far (including some awesome retro pics taken by Errol’s wannabe photographer Kiki) -
Check back here often coz there’s lots more to come!
Sup? Nothing…just blogging about The Ashes for Cricket Australia. You know, writing about one of the greatest and longest sporting rivalries in the world. For our esteemed national cricket organisation. That’s how we roll.
Click on the graphic above and it will take you straight to our Ashes lolz.
UPDATE : We are particularly enjoying the outraged Poms commenting on our blogs. Our fave comment so far is ‘Kiki and Sassy are embarassing to all Australians!”. AMAZING.
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