Sheep Rugby - the Casino Way

Was just flicking through the local rag, The Northern Star, when I came across this headline: 'RSPCA tackles sheep footy complaints'. Seems that one of the highlights of the recent Casino Show was a game of sheep rugby involving 5 'trained' sheep matched against 10 footy players. The sheep's trainer, Mr D'Arcy Martin, was apparently taken aback by the involvement of the RSPCA, stating that 'I do shows with ducks, sheep and dogs and I'm very careful...I've never had a complaint'. Well, no, most of the ducks, sheep and dogs that I know, can't speak English. But the sheep were 'well trained...we brought them in a float and at the end of the first half Iblew a whistle and they raced off to their dressing room (the float). It was hilarious'.
Now I know I don't have a lot of experience with sheep but from my admittedly limited experience, I think it would be hard enough to train a sheep to walk from A to B let alone understand the complexities of rugby union. And not quite sure how the sheep actually managed to pull off a tackle. Anyway, the Northern Star revelled in the story stating thta '...the match is under a rugby rev-ewe...' oh how I threw my head back and guffawed at this clever pun. The Star also likes to involve comment from those on the street in their 'We Asked' section, so five punters were asked: Do you think sheep rugby is fun or cruel?. Just for the record three went for cruel, two were ambivalent. I'm more concerned that sheep rugby hasn't displaced dwarf throwing at the soon-to-be held Lismore Show. Now that would be a tragedy.