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And so to Friday and just a few short hours now until we’re freed up to drink ourselves into Friday night oblivion to try and forget after another week slaving in the salt mines of The Man.

Slightly disconcerting news from the strange world of rugby last night as hot England prospect Danny Cipriani has been dropped from Saturday’s clash against the Sweaties, after being papped leaving a nightclub on Wednesday emphasis on the quotes “in the early hours of the morning”.

Turns out young Danny boy was actually dropping off some tickets to the game for a mate at ten past twelve, didn’t drink in the club and was tucked up in bed within the hour. Several ex-players and his Wasps coach Shaun Edwards immediately leapt to his defence.

But no wonder he’s been banned say we. This is surely conduct unbecoming according to the rugby Neanderthals we occasionally encountered in our youth, who’d account it a disgrace if they hadn’t drunk themselves nearly unconscious, indulged in several bouts of homo-erotic grappling and imbibed at least a pint of each others bodily fluids the night before a game.

We know it’s a different game nowadays and this seems especially harsh on the talented young fly-half, even if he does have some rather unusual previous, allegedly bedding an ex-man woman.

Still, perhaps it proves England coach Brian Ashton’s a touch more old school than we thought?

Anyways, elsewhere there’s a veritable sport-a-thon to enjoy this weekend, with umpteen hours of Six Nations action to enjoy, a full round of televised FA cup glory and England probably narrowly escaping defeat at the hands of the sheep worriers. Top quality and Mrs Spurt is sure to be royally neglected this weekend. Sorry love.

Toodle pip! A spurting weekend to you all.

Pot, kettle, Harbhajan, Hayden

More cricket hilarity today so adopt your campest tone and shout ‘bring me my handbag, for I must smite the foe'.

Yup Aussie bully boy Matthew Hayden is back in action again, issueing a piss poor dissing to India’s Harbhajan Singh following Sunday’s ongoing India Vs Aus spat part 457, where he called the off-spinner an ‘obnoxious weed’ in this Aussie radio interview.

Hardly the most stunning example of mental disintegration is it? Steve Waugh will no doubt be revolving in his coffin – (not that he’s dead, just a crap little pun for you cricket fans out there).

Besides, hello? Hayden labelling anyone obnoxious?

'Apparatus for producing steam to Boiling device, your looking a touch noirsh today!'

Looks like Hayden’ll be feeling a bit crook too (as we believe the Aussie parlance goes) as he’s been given an official reprimand by Cricket Aus.

"I maintain my innocence ... but I'm guilty as charged but I respect and accept the decision," said the Aussie opener, who’s clearly as adept at Doublethink as he is at swatting harmless medium-pacers into the stands.

Stupid Injuries of our Time part 1

In what's sure to be just the first of an ongoing and infinitely repeating series, World of Spurt takes a look at some of the dumbest injuries from around the spurting firmament.

And handily first is New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder, who having recently helped the Black Caps to a One-Day win over England, decided to celebrate by what’s currently being reported as a ‘late-night bar incident’.

That’s ranks right up there alongside Janet Jackson’s Superbowl wardrobe malfunction as a masterpiece of understated reporting, Jesse Ryder apparently punched his fist through a glass toilet door, requiring minor surgery and ruling himself out of selection for the Test side.

Compounding his crime, the Kiwi opener then decided to also have a go at to the hospital staff who were binding up his injured paw. We’ve heard of biting the hand that feeds you, but this takes the veritable Garibaldi. S

Fondly remembered really dumb sporting injuries are yours to share in the comments below...