For 20 years, Australia has produced competitors so gritty they order sandwiches with sand in them. The nation placed fourth in the medals table at the Athens Olympics and have fielded Tour de France contenders, Davis Cup champions, and winning national soccer teams. For Richard Beard, soccer was the last straw. On the well-established principle that if you want something done right you have to do it yourself, he traveled down to Australia for seven rounds of hand-to-hand sporting combat in an effort to find out just what makes the Australians so good, and how to beat them.

20年来，澳大利亚培养出的选手都很狡猾，他们点的三明治里有沙子。在雅典奥运会上，该国在奖牌榜上排名第四，并派出了环法自行车赛的竞争者、戴维斯杯冠军和获胜的国家足球队。对于理查德-比尔德来说，足球是最后一根稻草。本着 "如果你想把事情做对，就必须自己动手 "的既定原则，他前往澳大利亚进行了七轮手对手的体育比赛，试图找出澳大利亚人如此优秀的原因，以及如何击败他们。