Sentence:  In the 2007 World Cup quarter-final against Australia, Andy Sheridan almost destroyed Aussie prop Matt Dunning in the first scrum, and as they broke up Andy was heard to say, “And you've got another seventy-nine minutes of f agony to look forward to, my <WSD>babber</WSD>.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A friend.