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Swans win Martin Place Charity Strip-Off
No But(t)s About it, Swans Have the Goods!
Well, it was enough to make grown women drool (and a few grown men by the looks of things). Eight Swans boys and eight Manly Sea Eagles taking it all off in the name of charity in the middle of Martin Place. The event was raising money for and kicking off Clean Up Australia Day 2003, but after the show, ... actually we just won't finish that sentence...
Wise cracks aside, the eight Swans brave enough to bare all were Jared Crouch, Ben Mathews, Michael O'Loughlin, Big, Bad, Bustling, Booming, Brazen and er Bare Barry Hall, Jason Saddington, Jude "The Bachelor" Bolton (and weren't the guys keen to plug that too - trying to score him a few more votes I reckon!), Ryan O'Keefe and Leo Barry. They started off a little nervously, lacking the 'tude, pout and the "strut" required, and after the warm up, weren't looking the likely victors.
It was a case of us versus them, and when it all came off, it really turned out to be no competition... Manly Biceps versus Swans abs, pecs, biceps, triceps, delts, glutes... do I need to go on?! The soundtrack from "The Full Monty" got a good workout, the stripper pants came off and in the end our boys won hands, er, pants down. The prize was a golden feather boa each, and the honour of being seen almost butt naked in front of several hundred people, mainly of the female persuasion, in one of Sydney's busiest lunch time areas. They also got to hold the top half of Tara Moss during the obligatory post-strip photo opporunities (the Sea Eagles got stuck with her legs), if that classes as an honour... I'll need some blokes to tell if it was a good thing or not.
All in all, a nice lunchtime's viewing, it helped charity (although we're still trying to figure out HOW exactly), and I didn't realise Jamie Durie was THAT short!
Well, it was enough to make grown women drool (and a few grown men by the looks of things). Eight Swans boys and eight Manly Sea Eagles taking it all off in the name of charity in the middle of Martin Place. The event was raising money for and kicking off Clean Up Australia Day 2003, but after the show, ... actually we just won't finish that sentence...
Wise cracks aside, the eight Swans brave enough to bare all were Jared Crouch, Ben Mathews, Michael O'Loughlin, Big, Bad, Bustling, Booming, Brazen and er Bare Barry Hall, Jason Saddington, Jude "The Bachelor" Bolton (and weren't the guys keen to plug that too - trying to score him a few more votes I reckon!), Ryan O'Keefe and Leo Barry. They started off a little nervously, lacking the 'tude, pout and the "strut" required, and after the warm up, weren't looking the likely victors.
It was a case of us versus them, and when it all came off, it really turned out to be no competition... Manly Biceps versus Swans abs, pecs, biceps, triceps, delts, glutes... do I need to go on?! The soundtrack from "The Full Monty" got a good workout, the stripper pants came off and in the end our boys won hands, er, pants down. The prize was a golden feather boa each, and the honour of being seen almost butt naked in front of several hundred people, mainly of the female persuasion, in one of Sydney's busiest lunch time areas. They also got to hold the top half of Tara Moss during the obligatory post-strip photo opporunities (the Sea Eagles got stuck with her legs), if that classes as an honour... I'll need some blokes to tell if it was a good thing or not.
All in all, a nice lunchtime's viewing, it helped charity (although we're still trying to figure out HOW exactly), and I didn't realise Jamie Durie was THAT short!