Blokes' night in

PB (not the one I go to the soccer with) invited me to a poker game/pay-per-view screening at his mate JW's house. I'll give ya the bad news first: I made an unwilling donation of $20 at cards. The upside is I had fun sittin' round talkin' sports with four top fellas, partook of an unfamiliar beer (Monteith's Celtic Red, from NZ), chomped on spicy-nicey, non-chain pizza and - beautest of all - witnessed Anthony Mundine knock Sam Soliman out (in the ninth round) on a 60-inch TV screen. Getting a lift part of the way home in a Mazda RX8 (aka the "huggy car", for those who remember the advert) was just a bonus.