Sunday People

IF IT AIN’T BLOKE

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PART of the reason why it is such fun beating Australian­s at anything is the fact that your average fella from Down Under has always hated to lose.

Good news then that this has clearly been drilled into the next generation of Aussie sportsmen – judging by how a boys’ Under-15 football team thumped the Australian women’s Olympic side 7-0 this week.

The beaten Matildas’ coach paid tribute to how the young lads went about the rout. No wonder – losing is bad enough for the teenage Aussie male ego, but losing to women?

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