Big Jim proving a true hero’s heart still beats true

WHAT’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care.

That, possibly, summed up my ill-informed and indifferent attitude to the AFL Grand Final between St Kilda and Collingwood last weekend as I lay, blank-faced and in my Coco-Pop-stained SuperTed pyjamas on the couch watching the biggest game in the Aussie Rules calendar. Though I may have started watching out of stubbornness (I’ll get the value out of this Sky subscription yet!) and continued to follow the game due to a heady mixture of laziness and ill-health (man flu and a hangover), I completely lucked out.

What unfolded vividly and loudly on my screen was a gripping finale to the long season Down Under which eventually saw the two Melbourne clubs – playing in the famous MCG, of course – finish with 68 points each at the final siren.