Samoan manager fined 100 pigs

[TRF_Cymro]

Samoa's World Cup team manager Tuala Mathew Vaea has been hit with a fine of 100 pigs as a result of allegations concerning his behaviour during the showpiece tournament.

http://www.espnscrum.com/other/rugby/story/154768.html​

 

[Teh Mite]

Shouldn't this be on twitter?

 

[King_D'Arcy]

Someone won't be having ham this christmas

 

[LittleGuy]

Apparently he paid the $2000 Samoan Tala to the village instead, but this whole thread and story is the funniest thing ever.

 

[Tricia McMillan]

From the article:

And as a result of Schwalger's criticism of Vaea, the chief of the team manager's village fined him 2,000 Samoan tala (£530) - the equivalent of 100 sows.

I think they're making something out of nothing here. I'll tell you what, I had to pay a $155 traffic ticket once, and a can of Monster Energy Drink costs $1.55 after sales tax here. Did the city fine me 100 cans of Monster?

They just put that in the title to draw attention.

 

[LittleGuy]

From the article:



I think they're making something out of nothing here. I'll tell you what, I had to pay a $155 traffic ticket once, and a can of Monster Energy Drink costs $1.55 after sales tax here. Did the city fine me 100 cans of Monster?

They just put that in the title to draw attention.

I've been finding this happening more and more on the net even from what would be considered reputable sources, it's pretty lazy journalism but it is probably loved by advertisers and writers.