It was a Kiwi job, methinks?
Possibly, although sheep were scarce in the desert. And even scarcer, or at least the unattached ones were, after the Kiwis had come through. 
Winters, old sport, in case none of this means anything to you and you’re wondering what all these obscure comments by rude old men (Cuts and 32Bravo - I’m the nice one ) who have hijacked your posts are about, check out this link. http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/longrange/
And I’m the bad one - which just leaves the ugly one.
Perhaps,in the absence of sheep, they utilised the ‘ships of the desert’ ?
Kiwis have shortened vowels. With a V. So ‘sheep’ could sound like ‘ship’.
Or maybe it’s because the ships of the desert were so called because they were full of seamen.
I think I spelt the last word correctly.
ok this is just getting wierd !
Hey, come on - what could be more wierd than Damian Lewis dressed as some chap from the American Airborne?
Check this link for LRDG and SAS patrol vehicles:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/long_range_desert_group.htm
Note the sheep-farming back ground of the Kiwi (New Zealander) volunteers - not so wierd. 
oh come on , well sheep and SAS simply dont go together , so not wierd at all .
No, the point - regarding sheep, that is - is that the LRDG (not the SAS) were recruited from New Zealanders, whom are renowned for the prowess with sheep-farming.
ah now i get it lol , fair enough .
Winters
Substitute three other letters for “arm” in “sheep-farming” (try some letters here to see if you can make a sensible word - “sheep-f—ing”) and that’s what they’re really noted for.
Except the blokes in the LRDG, because they could still be dangerous.
It’s not a good idea to say anything to Kiwis about the sheep topic unless you’re on good terms with them. Here’s one of their rugby teams doing its traditional haka before a game, which makes Mike Tyson look rather restrained. You need audio for the full effect, plus try the other videos on the right hand side.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1263399859472240677
And what happens when they come up against Tongans, who are less impressed.
Sharks, and the Jets?
im sure the SAS would be impressed
There are a number of Maories in the New Zealand regiment of the SAS.
What a game!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvMFHXcd0yQ&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsenPjjf32c&mode=related&search=
The first clip was misleadingly entitled “Big rugby tackles,” but there wasn’t a tackle to be seen unfortunately.
Body checks require more brawn than skill, and that little technique required is designed to hurt and injure.
Definitely not in the spirit of the game, but probably a direct result of turning the game ‘professional.’ Cheers for that France 
The second video was excellent ! Magnificent rugby at it’s very best.
Teamwork, comms, skill and speed combining to result in a (most entertaining) try.
I’m off to watch it again !
A bit of cultural confusion here.
We don’t play rugby down here, being somewhat more refined than those people in the northern states who dabble in it, so I mistook Cuts’ comment as being a funny reference to ‘tackle’ in the ‘wedding tackle’ sense.
Then I thought it was just another example of funny rugby buggery like Hopoate’s finger in the pie http://wesclark.com/rrr/hopoate.html
Ooops!
So, utterly confused by rugby buggery, I’ll stick to the man’s game
http://afl.com.au/
That would be cricket, of coures!
No.
Cricket is a gentleman’s game.
Yes, it is not classic Rugby and it does serve to illustrate my my previous comments on playing the game for the game’s sake - as opposed to the ‘win’ being everything. Not only is the spirit of the game lost, but also the art of the game, which, when played with style and finesse, ought to lead to a win for the better team.
The second video was excellent ! Magnificent rugby at it’s very best.
Teamwork, comms, skill and speed combining to result in a (most entertaining) try.
I’m off to watch it again !
Classic Rugby at its best - not unlike small unit tactics.