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Watch ScoMo Give His Best ‘Bring It On’ Impression With Spirit Fingers During A Sharks Game

He doesn't hold a hose, but he can wiggle his fingers.

by Charles Rushforth  21 March 2022

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Scott Morrison lent his jazz hands to Cronulla Sharks player Nicho Hynes in a home game against the Parramatta Eels over the weekend. 

The prospects for locals gathered at Shark Park were dire. A strong defence from Parramatta was preventing the home team from clawing back the four-point lead the Eels had established in the fourth quarter. Watching from above, was self-confessed Sharks-fanatic, and amateur welder, Scott Morrison. 

With a minute to spare, Cronulla star Nicho Hynes managed to equalise the score, breaking through the Eels frontline and scoring a try on the fifth and final tackle – setting the scene for a final field goal to decide the match.  

Scott Morrison — who has been trying to convince voters that he’s a Sharks fan since 2015 — made his attendance at the match known by performing some rote celebratory moves at the equalising try. 

With the result of the game dependent on the final field goal, the pressure was on for Shark’s star Nicho Hynes to deliver victory for Cronulla with the final kick. But as tension began to build across the stadium, the prime minister had an interesting way of showing his support. 

Possessed by the ecclesiastical power of rugby league, the Pentecostal politician’s spirit digits came to life, as the PM aimed his spirit fingers at the Cronulla kicker for what seemed like an eternity. The spirit fingers seemed to be the secret ingredient for Hynes, who despite missing three other conversions, made the kick with ease.

H.G Nelson, one-half of famous radio sports commentators Roy and H.G, took to Twitter to express his displeasure with the moves.