| Rugby: AusItalian Campese laughs it all off |
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| Saturday, 23 June 2007 | |
 Wallabies legend David Campese has laughed off a snubbing from the Wallabies over a jersey presentation before last week's Test against South Africa in Cape Town.The Wallabies have a tradition where a former player is invited to present a jersey to the game day captain before each Test, but Campese, who lives in South Africa and was present at the ground, was rejected as a potential presenter by the Australian players. Campese has raised a few hackles on the back of Australian rugby with his critcism of the Wallabies in his regular columns for The Daily Telegraph and this is thought to be the reason behind his snubbing.  But the record breaking try scoring winger makes no apologies for his outspoken comments that have included saying George Gregan didn't deserve to be Test halfback and blasting the ARU for not having a back-up for Stephen Larkham."Why should I worry (the jersey presentation snub)? Life's too short," Campese said in the Daily Telegraph. "I'm a columnist now and I think if you've got a strong point of view you voice it. I don't whisper behind people's backs. I say what I think and people know where I stand." Campese said his comments on the Wallabies are warranted and he points to the statistics as back-up. "What do they want me to write – that the Wallabies are great every week, they're fantastic and they're always playing great rugby? You'd only be kidding yourself to do that," said Campese. "Take a look at the record and tell me if I've been too harsh in recent seasons. "The Wallabies have played 15 games away from home over the past five years against New Zealand, South Africa and France, and they have not won one of them. Not one. "How do I make that look better? "They haven't beaten South Africa in South Africa since 2000. "Am I supposed to be saying how good that is? These days no one seems to do anything wrong yet the results are not what you'd call sensational." Sportal |
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