Thinking Outside the Box on Code-Swapping

The 53-8 thrashing South Africa gave Australia Saturday didn't affect the outcome of the 2008 Tri-Nations series, with next weekend's match still the decider, but it certainly may have knocked Australia's morale down a notch.

Meanwhile, Australia's cricket side is struggling with the uncertain future of star Andrew Symonds, who was counted out of an upcoming tour and may be looking at walking away from international competition in the sport.

We have a solution (albeit a tongue-in-cheek one, of course) to both troubles. Symonds can take a break from Australia's cricket side and help the Wallabies out. Symonds considered a career in rugby league, but given that Australia's cricket and rugby league sides are both currently world cup champions he might be put to better use in rugby union.

Consider the below clips, which show Symonds handling a streaker during a test earlier this year. Although he wouldn't be able to shoulder charge without arms in rugby union, we can sympathize with his decision not to wrap up in the tackle in this particular instance (Caution: Given that the videos include a streaker, there is some brief backside nudity):