Blunder lands Kay free pizza until 2007!

rugbyrugby.com ^ | 25/11/03 | Not Provided

[.cnI redruM]

No adverts just yet England and Leicester Tigers lock Ben Kay, who fumbled an easy pass when the tryline beckoned in the Rugby World Cup Final, has been offered four year's free pizza by restaurant chain, Pizza Hut.

After the game, Kay joked of his clanger: "After I'd dropped it I was thinking Pizza Hut would be on the phone and I'd be doing adverts for the rest of my life."

Kay was referring to the likes of Tony Underwood and Mike Catt who featured in an advert with All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu after he pummelled them to the ground in the 1995 World Cup semi-final.

Now, the pizza chain has stepped in and whilst he won't be appearing on any TV screens soon, he will be able to gorge himself on Meat Feasts and Hawaiians all he likes until England defend their title in France in 2007.

A spokesperson for Pizza Hut said: "Ben had suggested that we might make him the star of a new Pizza Hut ad but, like the rest of the nation, we believe he and the rest of the team are heroes.

"We have decided instead to reward Ben free pizza until the next Rugby World Cup; hopefully he will be able to get a good grip on that."

[.cnI redruM]

How come every time I knocked one on, I got rewarded with 50 yard wind sprints? There is a cosmic injustice here somewhere.

[Larry Lucido]

Yea, but just think how much cleaner your arteries will be. :-)

[.cnI redruM]

Oh yeah.....Now where's my d--- pizza?

[camle]

the guy has to eat pizza hut pizza for four years. that's punishment enough

[So Cal Rocket]

Is there an American translation to this article?

[.cnI redruM]

Not if you don't head to The Yard on Saturdays for a good game of 'Footie' every now and again.

[Mr. Bird]

All this Brit stuff is Greek to me.

[.cnI redruM]

That's too bad. In proper context, it's amusing in a rather snide way.

[Hatteras]

"No adverts just yet England and Leicester Tigers lock Ben Kay, who fumbled an easy pass when the tryline beckoned in the Rugby World Cup Final, has been offered four year's free pizza by restaurant chain, Pizza Hut."

Those dang trylines beckoning will do it to you every time. I HATE those guys! I think...

[.cnI redruM]

Ask any American Football Receiver or Running Back that coughs it up on the 1. It's a miserable experience.

[Hatteras]

Yeah, I guess fumbling a beckoning tryline thingamajig could be as bad as an American Football player fumbling the ball on the one yard line... that is, if anyone cared.

I know, I know, I've heard it all before, "Give Blood, Play Rugby" and "we don't need no stinking pads" and all that other tough guy talk. But the truth is that "rugby players" is the answer to the question of why football players where helmets. The key is that the NFL is far and away the class of all major sports for one reason. Cheerleaders. There's a reason sweetie-pie cheerleaders don't grace the sidelines of Rugby games.

C'MON, PUT 'EM UP, PUT 'EM UP... ;-)

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>There's a reason sweetie-pie cheerleaders don't grace the sidelines of Rugby games.


We turn them into Rugby Queens at the after parties.