Bachelor Australia Season 6 - Nick Cummins - SM Media - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Enough wrote:I do watch a fair bit of sports but I don't know who he is

Storybook wrote:I’m Australian and even I can’t understand half of what he says. I too do not find him attractive. And ‘convenientky’ Breaking up with his girlfriend just before filming leaves me with doubts !

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Honey Badger Nick Cummins is reportedly the next Bachelor

HOLY tomorrow. Bloody, you beauty. A larrikin rugby star with the wits to match his ripped bod is reportedly the next Bachelor.

THE powers that be at Channel 10 clearly found a winner when they cast Sophie Monk as last year’s Bachelorette. She was gorgeous, already had a public profile and could crack a mean joke under pressure.

Now Ten may have pulled off another coup for the next season of The Bachelor.

According to reports in Woman’s Day and the Daily Telegraph, former Wallabies star Nick “Honey Badger” Cummins is set to fill the role this year as the network seeks to continue its winning formula.

“He’s going to be great for the franchise. Funny, witty, with a huge cult following. This is a stroke of genius for the network,” a source told Woman’s Day.

The 30-year-old’s notorious Aussie larrikin personality has proven to be a winner on the footy field, and turned him into the face of Tradie underwear, The Iconic clothing brand, Head and Shoulders and Tourism Australia.

In fact, given his achievements on the field, it is remarkable how much Cummins’ forceful personality has overshadowed the rest of his career.

The uninitiated among you are probably wondering where that nickname, the Honey Badger, comes from. We couldn’t explain it any better than he did himself a few years ago.

“There was a documentary on National Geographic or Animal Planet, one of them Fox bloody setups. Yeah, I watched this thing and this honey badger was going toe to toe with a male lion. And um, he was underneath him — underdog, obviously — on his back, clawing away, one two and then bloody, the big fella got his canastas clawed off and he trod off round the corner and fell over, and the badger gets back up and I thought, what an animal. You know, that’s bloody ... that’s impressive.”

Cummins talks like that all the time. Where most of us would say “great”, he says: “Holy tomorrow. How good? Bloody, you beauty.” It’s obviously going to make for fabulous television.

While past series of The Bachelor have had a decent progression of viewer ratings in their season openers, none have quite hit the ball out of the park. Perhaps this is because Aussie viewers and single women alike want more than just a dull bloke with a pretty face and no personality churning through the group dates and rose ceremonies each night.

The first season of The Bachelor, with Tim Robards, launched to 669,000. Season two with Blake Garvey, launched to 692,000. The third season, with Sam Wood, began on 846,000. Season four, with Richie Strahan, hit 882,000 and last year’s season with Matty Johnson began on 846,000.

By contrast last year’s premiere episode of the Bachelorette saw Sophie Monk draw in 1.22 million people.

In fact you could even use one of the Badger’s hilarious, honest quotes to describe the sometimes lacklustre ratings of previous years: “We were all sizzle and no steak, but now we’re off like a bride’s nightie.”

With the Port Macquarie born Cummins working his charms on this year’s lucky ladies, it is a fair bet that Channel Ten will have another ratings winner on their hands.

Translating the world’s most Australian man, Western Force rugby player Nick Cummins



NICK Cummins is the most Australian man on the planet.

Really. We don’t care how many Southern Cross tattoos you have. You can’t compete with this bloke.

The Honey Badger, as he’s called, is a winger for the Wallabies and the Western Force. We thought we’d celebrate the start of the rugby season by sifting back through some of the Badger’s most indecipherably Australian quotes.

Here’s a taste of what we’re talking about. A few years ago, Cummins explained how he got his nickname.

“One of the stories that inspires me is that it is documented that a honey badger killed a lion in a one-on-one,” he said.

“What happened was that he clawed the canastas off the big fella. He just went one-two on the ball bag, and the big fella has walked around the corner and fell over ... That, to me, is outstanding.”

As you can see, the Badger really needs to walk around with a professional translator. In that spirit, we’ve collected his best quotes and turned them into something resembling English.

QUOTE: “You gave a lot of pill to the Badge ... which was good of you.”

TRANSLATION: “You passed the ball to me several times ... that was very considerate.”

QUOTE: “The boys were on it like seagulls at a tip.”

TRANSLATION: “My colleagues displayed exceptional enthusiasm.”

QUOTE: “Sweatin’ like a gypsy with a mortgage, actually.”

TRANSLATION: “He was perspiring in a manner comparable to that of a poor individual who owes a great debt.”

QUOTE: “I just saw the line, pinned me ears back and ended up bagging a bit of meat in the corner there, which was tops!”

TRANSLATION: “I caught sight of the tryline, accelerated to the very limit of my ability and managed to score, which was pleasing.”

QUOTE: “Lucky for me every bugger fell over and I got a gig.”

TRANSLATION: “I was selected in this team because several of my colleagues were injured. That was fortunate for me.”

QUOTE: “My old man woke me up in the morning. He was going off like a bag of cats.”

TRANSLATION: “Father woke me up in the morning. He was rather excited.”

QUOTE: “Last year was a bit, uh, how you goin’, but um, nah we’re good now.”

TRANSLATION: “Our standard of play was below par last year, but we will do better this time.”

QUOTE: “Yeah mate, it’s bloody outstanding, you know. That bloody sea of blue, just gets right up ya and gives ya the strength.”

TRANSLATION: “My friend, it’s lovely to compete at one’s home stadium. Those blue-clad spectators inspire one to play well.”

QUOTE: “If I end up gettin’ a gig, mate I’ll be going off like a cut snake.”

TRANSLATION: “Should the coaching staff permit me to play, I will be most excited.”

QUOTE: “Yeah look, there’s a couple of big hooahs getting about.”

TRANSLATION: “Our team boasts several extremely large men.”

QUOTE: “You’re as tough as woodpecker lips.”

TRANSLATION: “You’re a rather hardy fellow.”

QUOTE: “Yeah mate I bloody was like a rat up a drainpipe in one of them runs there.”

TRANSLATION: “I ran particularly fast in one instance.”

QUOTE: “He was huffin’ and puffin’ and, mate he did well, he always does, he’s a tough rooster.”

TRANSLATION: “My colleague was breathing heavily, but he persevered. He always does, he is very hardy.”

QUOTE: “Got a couple of knocks and a whack on the schnoz.”

TRANSLATION: “I sustained two blows, in addition to a particularly firm strike which connected with my nose.”

QUOTE: “Mate we’re just more focused on treading softly and carrying a big stick.”

TRANSLATION: “My colleagues and I intend to remain verbally humble while comfortably outplaying our opponents.”

QUOTE: “Holy tomorrow. How good? Bloody, you beauty.”

TRANSLATION: “Excellent.”

QUOTE: “I’m gonna have a truckload of pudding and uh, old mum’s good on the cook too so, dad’s got the tucker ready over there and mum and dad are gonna work together and form a massive feed and err, I’m gonna come in and dominate it.”

TRANSLATION: “I will eat a large volume of pudding. Mother is competent at the culinary art as well. Father has the food ready over there; the two of them shall combine their talents to create a meal of sufficiently impressive proportions, and then I shall devour it.”