Fresh Legs at the Fiftieth
The Bomb Squad warms up so hard at the 50th minute that the other team stops to watch.
Panel 1. 49th minute.
- The Physio: Gentlemen, it is a warm-up. It is not the match.
- The Bomb Squad: Everything is the match.
Panel 2. - Team Manager: Coach, the other team has stopped playing to watch our warm-up.
Panel 3. - Rassie: Good. That was the plan for the first fifty minutes.
Read the transcript
Panel 1
On the floodlit sideline the Bomb Squad forwards do explosive warm-up drills as the management team looks on with a kit bag.
Caption: 49th minute.
The Physio: Gentlemen, it is a warm-up. It is not the match.
The Bomb Squad: Everything is the match.
Panel 2
In the coaches’ box the Team Manager points down at the field while the Physio and the Kit Manager look on.
Team Manager: Coach, the other team has stopped playing to watch our warm-up.
Panel 3
Rassie sits calmly in the coaches’ box with his arms folded as, far below through the window, the players run onto the floodlit field.
Rassie: Good. That was the plan for the first fifty minutes.
