Poor Nig needs some serious help.

For some reason he expected his beloved Rugby League team to beat the Mighty Aussies in the final of the Four Nations Competition this morning. The final score was Australia 46 England 16!!

I am completely mystified as to why he would have expected to win as I have just been checking the results of previous games between the 2 nations on Wikipedia and found out the following:

England have not beaten Australia in an Ashes Test Series since 1970

England have not won a Tri Nations Series (This includes Australia, New Zealand and England)

England have not won a World Cup Series since the 1950's

I don't know why but Australia always seems to have a bit more petrol in the tank then England and although it might be a close game at stages we always seem to pull ahead and win. Even in today's final England were leading by 2 points with 30 minutes to go yet we won by 30

Nig and I were exchanging messages while the game was being played. I was watching it on TV while Nig was listening on the radio. I must admit it's quite enjoyable to be able to watch/listen to a game with Nig and comment to each other.

Since the game has finished Nig must have been really depressed as he created a journal with the title "I Hate Malcolm Katon" (I must point out that his journal was done as a joke and he doesn't really hate me or any other aussies)

Please pay Nig `photonig a visit and commiserate him on his team's loss. You might also mention to him that he should have more realistic expectations when England next meet Australia in a Rugby League game

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