[new cruelty]

"'See if you can get your ablutions done before you get out on the track'," he said.

Works for me.

[Red Badger]

Russian Racehorses come to mind.......better check for diuretics.......

[Jameison]

"If you're a male and you're about to play a test match and you're seconds away from kickoff and you get the urge to want to go to the toilet -- what do you do?" Hansen said.

Poor excuse, for bad behavior.

What would this Hansen say is it were a female, about to play a rugby/soccer/basketball match then?
Hitch up her skirts and let it rip so TV cameras can capture it all?

Earth to Hansen, we are not still in the Neanderthal age.

[golfisnr1]

I seldom play Golf Courses that do not have plenty of bushes. Diuretics give way to urgency.

[safeasthebanks]

This isn't the Rugby World Cup, it's the Tri-nations tourney between Australia, New Zealand and S Africa. England won the last World Cup tournament back in 2003.

Your headline is incorrect and not the same as the headline of the article in question.

[Revelation 911]

my only complaint would be accidentally dragging it across a thorny weed or another player accidentally stepping on it

I hate it when that happens....especially in those cleets

[AngryJawa]

Half ot the Mexican dudes on my HS soccer team would routinely pull this maneuver in the team huddle at midfield before the game.

I'm glad I was the goalkeeper and didn't have to risk a slide tackle through a puddle of urine during the game. 8^)

[BadAndy]

No phone booths available? Maybe he thought he would die from uromystetisis.

[Enchante]

Hey, at least he didn't take a dump in front of the opposing goal............

[dfwgator]

When you gotta go, you gotta go.

[BallyBill]

I remember seeing a picture a few years ago of a soccer player doing the same thing right on the sidelines.