The dosh from all the cup runs would have stopped us from going into such large debt and we would still be watching football at the Goldstone. Probably.
It looks to me that Crocodile and Honey Badger should be in opposite sides of the draw next time round, so they only meet if they both get to the final.
Has any other supposedly Hard animal made it to three Finals? HB will be here next year, but will the Shrimp? I don't think so, it has got a decent punch but no chin, HB gets knocked down, but he keeps getting up again, THAT is Hard.
I have heard of Honey Badgers diving in and swimming down to Mantis shrimp to give em a slap, the Shrimp usually bottles it and hides in it's burrow, though sometimes will come out tooled up with a baseball bat or brass knuckles, it gets it's head bitten off anyway.
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Hard is not about dishing it out, Hard is about taking punishment and keeping going.
On that basis, it has to be the HB.
Hard as masonry nails is the Honey Badger.