The Russian Hawks

[MoscowHawk]

For all the s**t we cop about Tassie, looks like we may have found a bigger offshore market

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Actually, this will be on prime time in Russia tonight as part of the Russian coverage of the Australian Open.

The TV channel called me to ask if I could set something up for them footy-related before they left for Australia. Grizz gave me the contacts for the club and the crew went down there yesterday to film.

 

[grizzlym]

Ah, good to see it happened. Now we just Putin to ride in bare-chested on a horse and everything will be complete.

 

[Baz_hawk]

Haha that is pretty awesome! Nice work MH and grizz and good to see. Any chance of a translation?

 

[MoscowHawk]

Haha that is pretty awesome! Nice work MH and grizz and good to see. Any chance of a translation?

No worries, I'll watch it again tomorrow (when I've got sound on my computer) and give a summary of what they're saying.

 

[eldorado]

I heard "Lance Franklin...the Lionel Messi of AFL"

Not quite my sig, but close enough I guess...

 

[Beandip]

More importantly.... any chance of nabbing some big Russian KPPs under the International Scholarship scheme!

That aside, excellent work MoscowHawk, it's always really cool to see things like this, share around our exceptional sport

 

[eldorado]

HE SAID MELBOURNE HAWKS!!!!!!!!

 

[MoscowHawk]

More importantly.... any chance of nabbing some big Russian KPPs under the International Scholarship scheme!

That aside, excellent work MoscowHawk, it's always really cool to see things like this, share around our exceptional sport

Actually I reckon one of my players could be alright at CHB... If only I could teach him to kick properly

 

[lethal03]

HE SAID MELBOURNE HAWKS!!!!!!!!

Please set the lads right on this MoscowHawk, otherwise love when the greatest sport of all is shared with sportslovers worldwide!!

 

[Jables]

That's kind of awesome.

 

[Hawkthorn33]

What i want to know is who took the contested mark at 1:53?? Was it Boumann??

 

[Beandip]

What are the main sports played in Russia? Soccer? Skiing? Other winter sports? I don't really know... maybe AFL can creep in! - bit bloody cold though, you'd be playing on frozen fields lol.

 

[grizzlym]

What are the main sports played in Russia? Soccer? Skiing? Other winter sports? .

Competitive vodka drinking.

 

[Jables]

What are the main sports played in Russia? Soccer? Skiing? Other winter sports? I don't really know... maybe AFL can creep in! - bit bloody cold though, you'd be playing on frozen fields lol.

I know they're pretty good at ice hockey, Soccer is probably their main.

 

[Hungry Hawk]

That is trukn awesome although at 2.25 he refers to our list being s**t, not once, but twice???

 

[Brishawk]

In September 2005 I was in Siberia, Russia, and went to a sports bar and asked if they will have the AFL grand final on the next day. The bar girl told me if we came back when the game was on she would flick through the channels for us and see. I went back the next day and when I asked the girl to scan the channels she made a phone call and then told me they didn't have that channel. I protested of course but the look she gave me was that someone didn't want me in the bar so I left. I hope the attitude towards AFL has changed since then!

Russia is big into indoor sports and skiing plus soccer. So tennis and ice hockey figure highly.

 

[scout]

Very cool. Good to see Lance Franklin getting a special mention.

 

[eldorado]

That is trukn awesome although at 2.25 he refers to our list being s**t, not once, but twice???

I think I hear the name Murphy mentioned...

Then he turns during the handball drill and says "Awww, just kick the bloody thing!"

 

[spudmaster]

In Russia, football plays you.

 

[spudmaster]

One of the smaller Russians warming up for his first attempt at footy.

"Crush. Kill. Destroy!"

(Looks a bit like Browny, or at least how Browny probably thought he looked )

 

[Messenger]

The large socialist realism mural on the Sir Kenneth Luke Stand would have made the crew feel right at home.

 

[savagelunchbox]

What are the main sports played in Russia? Soccer? Skiing? Other winter sports? I don't really know... maybe AFL can creep in! - bit bloody cold though, you'd be playing on frozen fields lol.

All the potential KPP play volleyball. They are currently ranked 2nd in the world and have come off wins in the 2011 World League (biggest annual volleyball tournament) and the 2011 World Cup (biggest biennial volleyball tournament). They currently have a player who dwarfs Sandilands and another who is the same height and his a 1m running vertical leap.

Dmitriy Muserskiy - 218cm (no13 in the pic)

Alexander Volkov - 210cm

 

[Frankston Rover]

Good to see our boys Putin in...

Boom tish.

 

[grizzlym]

Good to see our boys Putin in...

Boom tish.

Stop being such a Spassky. And don't mention the rubber chicken either.

 

[savagelunchbox]

Good to see our boys Putin in...

Boom tish.

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