Semi Final Team Announced

Canned Haggis Vs Digglers 8:10 Wed 20/08/08
Andy (c)
Clint
Jilly
Rocket
Torb
Glen
Colin
Ben

Ins: Andy, Glen, Colin, Ben
Outs: Allan, Chris, Dave, Kurt

A-Grade Finals Fever

The local indoor cricket community have written off Canned Haggis at any chance they can get in this current season. Canned Haggis have replied with a cracking season to make their first A-Grade semi finals. The workload this season has been shared as well as the captaincy, with both Andy an Clint bringing different styles of leading. Winning half of their games has been all it would take to make the finals in what was initially a 8 team competition. Along the way the weekly grind has been too much for a few of these teams and the number has come down to 5 teams. Canned Haggis by gutsing out the tough games and picking up a couple of sneeky skins as well as paying before the game for the 3 bonus points has helped them finish 3rd in the league.

Now it is sudden death. Can the Haggis boys repeat their thrilling last over defeat of the Digglers back in July? Haggis go into this encounter with 4 of their star players out, but their record of being undefeated in any semi final will make the game closer than the experts are tipping.

Kevin Pietersen (South African pretending to be English) - Digglers by 65
Ricky Ponting (Australian Cricket Captain) - Digglers by 20
Pruuny (Canned Haggis specialist fielder) - Canned Haggis by 12

A New Start

So another season has rolled around, it's time to loosen the limbs and blow the dust off the old box and get ready to face pies, lemons and other various foodstuffs which people like to toss down a cricket pitch.
At the dawn of the new season the Lads of the Haggis find themselves in the unusual position of being in the top grade, a competition normally reserved for try-hards, players who can't cut it in the outdoor leagues and others who just need to chill and take life a little bit less seriously.

How will the season pan out for the boys in navy and lime green? They are older now, and some may say wiser, with one member married and expecting a wee Haggis later in the season, and the skipper recently engaged. Will this prove to be to great a distraction on the focus of the team as they strive to achieve the highest of highs? In a recent interview with Inside Indoor magazine, Captain Andrew Bryan stated that the pre-season training and bonding sessions had gone well over the break and that he feels the boys have gone to another level in terms of their fitness and skills and he thinks they can go all the way and earn the coveted NICC Megabowl for the first time in the club's history.

So dear reader, be prepared for a breakout season from young gun Torb, as he works on bringing the Thunder with the ball and his new found grace and dash with the bat. The team's elder-statesment, Al is bringing back his usual flair and cunning for another season, along with that cheeky wit of his. Back net stallwart Chris is setting his sights on the Holy Grail of Indoor, an 8-wicket over, after having come close in a previous Grand Final - special things are on the horizon for the deceptive, round-arm specialist. Dave, 'The Canon' has been greasing his guns and is keen as mustard to smash down the stumps from the leg side, and has been in devastating form during the pre-season with critics and the media likening him to Lance 'Buddy' Franklin of the Hawthorn AFL Club with his pace and accuracy in the field. The Cap'n is working on his inspiration speaches and is prepared for another six slog-a-thon with 'The Rocket,' who sadly has been traded to a team in Melbourne and will be departing at season end. Already there is weaping from the many female fans of the Haggis. 'The Pruun' is literally jumping out of his skin with excitement for the new season, playing for two teams in the same grade for the first time in a few seasons. On which side of the divide will his allegiance lie? Kurt 'The Door' Richards is loving life in a new spot on the field and has developed his reverse flick throw brilliantly over the break, and is ready to dazzle opponents with his firey pace on the pitch. Jilly, the floater, has returned from a journey away to a place where cricket doesn't exist and the only food to keep him alive was kebabs. Can he cement his place in the side, or will his fluctuating weight keep him forever on the bench?
Only time will tell for this rag-tag bunch of cricket heroes

Chickens

Hey all, thought I'd chuck in a pic to compare with my South Park character. What do you recon?

Haggis Ninth Man

Yeah, yeah, I know that it's been an age since I last posted. Truth be told, I forgot my login for a while. Before that, I was just lazy.

Anyways.

Folks, we know Canberra is an absolute bastard of a place to be in Winter. It's a good, thing, then, that we haven't had to call this bloke up from the lower grades. Freeze his little bollocks off, he would.

More South Park

Stupid blog putting limits on the size of posts. Here is part II of the MTV Haggis/South Park mash-up.


Sorry, Rocket, the animation tool didn't have a rocket-launcher weapon, so we thought we'd give you a chainsaw. I'm sure you'll do just as much damage with one of those.


Artist's rendition of Stirlo, having returned from a South American hideaway, spiritually refreshed, and ready for a comeback???


The man. The legend. Walker, Texas Haggis.

Stay tuned in the coming days/weeks for new additions. Torben, Colin, who knows...

Canned Haggis meets South Park

You know, some days I'm just sitting at home, and strange ideas pop into my head. Like, 'I wonder what the Haggis boys would look like if they ever appeared on South Park?'

If you also suffer from such bizarre thought patterns, then suffer no more. We are proud to bring you the Canned Haggis South Park gallery (kudos to Clint and Lou for their assistance)


We'll start with Allan, our courageous skipper, rarely seen without a brew in hand.


For the sake of being alphabetical, here's Andy, keeping gloves and all.


Angry Clint - need we say more? Well, yes, we do. Why would any sane man dye his hair and not his beard?


Davo says: "Bring me your chickens!"


Jillard - the most emo man on the planet


Kurt - note the fine fuzz on top of his head

More to come...

Have You Seen This Man?

This is the last know photograph of Stirlo Haggis. Many months have passed, and no trace of him has been seen since. Rumours flew about a possible ankle injury, and a heavy uni workload, but there has been no news for some time. Several Haggis members have been quoted as wondering if Stirlo ever really existed. Maybe he was just a manifestation of that little piece of Haggis in all of us.

If you do see this man, please assume him to be bearded and cheerful. Tell him his family misses him.

Back in Action - You Little Beauty

Well, it has been a long time coming, but the Haggis are back in the winner's circle. On Wednesday night, they disposed of 'Never on Time', who were uncharacteristically punctual.

Perennial filler-innerer Colin ensured that we didn't have to take the field with just six players, and his assistance might well have proven to have made the difference in the end. He put in a stellar performance, scoring a bunch of runs, taking a hat-trick, and being Johnny-on-the-spot in the field on countless occassions.

Young protege, Torben, was also spectacular. In just a few weeks he has progressed from a nervous youngster to a seasoned professional. Arsey run-outs, a zack, and some deft defensive shots put old dogs such as Kurt to shame.

Be certain of the fact that the return of J-Hag to the side and the Haggis' return to form was no coincidence. As though he had never been injured, he stepped straight into the game, top-scoring, and gaining the coveted man-of-the-match award from the umpire.

As always, NOT seemed to bring out the worst in the Haggis. Comments from the sideline included, "Did that mother fucker just attempt a mankad? He's dead." Every player got a little angry, but no one moreso than fearless leader, Allan. The fire in his eyes would have melted an iceberg.

Perhaps as a result of this, the Haggis also managed to, along the way, commit one of the biggest faux pas ever seen at the centre. Thinking the other team was one player short as well, they tried to tell one of NOT's final pair that he could not take the court, and that they wanted someone else to bat again. To their horror, they were informed that it was, in fact, a completely different person to the chap who had just batted. "It's OK," one of them said, in a self-deprecating fashion. "We all look the same."

After the game, Pauline Hanson was heard to say "If they can't manage to look different from one another, then they should just go back where they came from."

And we call this the twenty-first century...