Warne’s highlighting of the drinking aspect of the celebrations was overkill – no doubt.

But he wasn’t alone.

Brendan Julian, Mark Nicholas, coach Darren Lehmann and even the players themselves were happy to engage in debate about how much would be consumed that night.

Then we were privy to pictures from the inner-sanctum of the dressing room as players poured beer over the coveted World Cup trophy. Why is anyone’s guess but that’s an aside?

The question all this raises is have we become too sensitive or politically correct when it comes to our leading sports men and women?

No one would begrudge Australia the chance to celebrate what was a massive achievement.

The team and support staff had worked enormously hard for four years in preparing for this moment and on the back of an incredibly impressive performance deserved to let the hair down a little. BUT… 

Welfare organisations have been working pretty hard in the same time period educating people on the dangers of alcohol and trying to chance the culture that sport and binge drinking go hand-in-hand.

We've all seen that ad on TV depicting the two kids playing in the backyard and mimicking adults by sculling beers as they celebrate a premiership.

You suspect the makers of such anti-drinking educational material would be a little disappointed with what transpired on Sunday night.

They would also be concerned the words and images uttered by those with influence during those MCG post-match interviews would have damaged the progress made on changing that anti-drinking culture.

One mention might have been OK but the fact the 'how many are you going to drink' questioning was a theme was over the top.

That some people saw fit to dismiss the importance of the anti-drinking message and make light of the actions of Warne and co on Sunday night was probably more disappointing than the actions themselves.