The Commonwealth Games - 2006
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Crowds (500,000) form along the banks of the Yarra, the sun sets, fireworks erupt from the tops of buildings and somewhere in a stadium nearby Prince Philip is yawning as the Games are opened!
Rugby 7s - The island tribe of Niue perform the hacker as England kicks off against Samoa
"Excuse us love... would you be willing to show your beautiful set of St Georges to the crowd????"
....and onto the next!
Saturday night at the MCG
"Common England" errrr "Go Aussie Go!"
Phillips Idowu takes Gold in the triple jump... and they play 'Land of Hope and Glory', not God Save the Queen???
England's girls win the 4x400 only to be disqualified later by a whinging Aussie
The lovely Aussie/Russian Grigorieva grasps the pole  firmly one last time