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Tubby tries his hand at tipping winners
By Nabila Ahmed
Finals Notebook
September 19, 2003
Although proud of his AFL background, former Australian Test cricket captain Mark Taylor insists he will not be giving the Swans any pointers when he attends their training session today, saying his aim is to turn himself into a good-luck charm.
"We had a charity dinner on Tuesday night for cancer research and Barry Hall turned up. I had never met him but it was great of him to come so I'm just trying to reciprocate," Taylor said last night.
"When I came to Sydney in the late 1970s, I was very unfashionable because I loved AFL and not rugby league. I had actually played it till I was 20, made the NSW Teal Cup squad once, too. I used to barrack for Hawthorn in those days but now, I'm a Swans man. I hope they win by more than six points because I'll be eating away at my nails all night otherwise," he said.
Taylor is also tipping Collingwood to beat Port tomorrow, by "four or five goals".
By Nabila Ahmed
Finals Notebook
September 19, 2003
Although proud of his AFL background, former Australian Test cricket captain Mark Taylor insists he will not be giving the Swans any pointers when he attends their training session today, saying his aim is to turn himself into a good-luck charm.
"We had a charity dinner on Tuesday night for cancer research and Barry Hall turned up. I had never met him but it was great of him to come so I'm just trying to reciprocate," Taylor said last night.
"When I came to Sydney in the late 1970s, I was very unfashionable because I loved AFL and not rugby league. I had actually played it till I was 20, made the NSW Teal Cup squad once, too. I used to barrack for Hawthorn in those days but now, I'm a Swans man. I hope they win by more than six points because I'll be eating away at my nails all night otherwise," he said.
Taylor is also tipping Collingwood to beat Port tomorrow, by "four or five goals".