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Debt Man column – The West Australian (Money)

For: 18 November, 2024.

Debt Man

Jeez, it’s hard to get a beer in Qatar. But I found myself one in an Irish sports bar in Doha. Where I met an interesting guy.

Faced with two dozen screens showing sports I mostly wasn’t interested in, I settled on the Rugby World Cup, being held in France, talking to a gaggle of sports nut foreigners. No-one in a bar in Qatar is a true local – you can’t get in to bars without a foreign passport.

South Africa beat the crap out of Romania, who was really only there for a participation award (South Africa 76, Romania 0).

In my shout of four was a South African cricketer who knew a bit about World Cups. In 1999, dude dropped a catch against Australia that is credited with handing Steve Waugh’s men glory – Herschelle Gibbs.

Herschelle is fascinating. But he’s not my interesting guy.

Bruce Brammall is the author of Mortgages Made Easy and is both a financial adviser and mortgage broker. E: bruce@brucebrammallfinancial.com.au.