Wales battered themselves against the French and hardly made a dent.
Still, some kind of fade-out should have been expected because the Power battered themselves into submission a week earlier against North Melbourne.
No sedative or entreaty proved effective, and after four days of battering themselves relentlessly against the doors of their holding cells the men loosed a last high-pitched shriek and died within minutes of each other.
My ears have taken quite a battering themselves over the years.
The Arizona batters blamed themselves for being unable to handle Williams.
The Yankees kicked the ball around the yard, walked five batters, ran themselves out of an inning, chose not to argue with the umpires when they should have and looked lethargic all night long.
Approaching a classic like fried chicken, the chefs don't feel the need to overdo the batter, and content themselves with adding spicy mustard greens to the collards underneath.
"It's possible that some of the SA batsmen – du Plessis, de Villiers, Amla et al – could be constrained by the need to produce a match-saving innings to give themselves a batter chance of succeeding Smith," says John Starbuck.
Doussain landed the conversion but Toulouse were not safe yet as Saracens roused themselves to batter away for the last five minutes.
"Many British chicken outlets serve Halal meat and use a more spicy batter formula to differentiate themselves from KFC and appeal to young Muslim customers.
