Miranda Devine November 25, 2006
As wars have become less popular, sport "has become the new combat zone", and Australians have come to see their sports champions as the new heroes, "espousing those digger values". The powerful symbolism of Australian sport, and its connection with a sometimes idealised past, emerges in Eales's interview with the former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh, in which he talks about the baggy green cap.
"I used to turn around as captain and see 10 guys walking in behind me in the baggy green … it just gave us that symbol of unity and strength. It was like you would have to take us all on … We would protect each other. It gave us a link to the past, to the 380 other players."
So this begs the question, has the baggy green replaced the slouch hat?
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