I forgot about Brumby Jack, the official mascot of the Super 12’s Brumbies, the ACT Rubgy Union team. In a daggy interview in the Canberra Times he listed ‘The Man from Snowy River’ as his favourite movie, and ‘Horse with No Name’ as his favourite song. Its possible to buy a rather frightening Brumby Jack toy.

Brumbies are wild horses in Australia, and most mums and kids know the song Brumby Jack from watching the ABC’s Playschool — ‘Here comes Brumby Jack, bringing the horses down the track…’

The other local football mascot is the Canberra Raiders Victor the Viking. His muscles always look lumpy and migratory…

Updated links 2015