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Anasta shows Blues selectors what they are missing

By Todd Balym - May 17th 2008 (5 hours ago)

Braith Anasta scores a try during the NRL Rugby League Round 10 Eels v Roosters match at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney, Friday, May 16, 2008. The Roosters won the match 32-12. AAP Image/Action Photographics, Grant Trouville

Sydney Roosters star Braith Anasta provided the ultimate response to his NSW snubbing last night and he had a selector sitting just metres away to rub his nose in it.

Prince leads Titans to 24-20 win over Bulldogs

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Kimmorley a Bulldog from 2009
Referee inconsistency continues to frustrate coaches
Plenty of beer and pies for Big Dell’s return

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Force comeback ruins Fisher’s Brumbies swansong

By Tim Clarke - May 17th 2008 (5 hours ago)

Brumbies coach Laurie Fisher has been given a Super 14 send-off he will want to forget, seeing his side surrender a 22-point lead to eventually lose 29-22 to a fast-finishing Western Force at Subiaco Oval.

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Blues beat Hurricanes 19-17 in boost for ‘Tahs
“Latho’s out of date”: Tahs defend Beale’s defence

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Magpies beat Saints and overtake them on ladder

By Adam Cooper - May 17th 2008 (5 hours ago)

Collingwood’s Harry O’Brien celebrates a goal during the AFL Round 08 match between the St Kilda Saints and the Collingwood Magpies at the Telstra Dome. GSP Images/David Callow

Collingwood got their AFL season back on track with a desperate nine-point win over St Kilda in a cracking start to round eight at Telstra Dome.

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‘Business as usual’ Hawks head to Launceston
Malceski may become the bee’s knee of the AFL

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New Zealanders can claim top spot

By Adrian Warren - May 17th 2008 (5 hours ago)

Australian heavyweights Melbourne Vixens and Adelaide Thunderbirds headline this weekend’s trans-Tasman netball competition action, but a New Zealand team is poised to go outright top for the first time in the tournament’s brief history.

Previews of round-seven ANZ Championship matches

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Super June looms for Socceroos

By Guy Hand - May 17th 2008 (5 hours ago)

It shapes as Australian soccer’s most important month since the 2006 World Cup - and will play a huge part in whether the Socceroos get to the next one.

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French great Zidane joins all-star cast in Sydney
Cahill back on track after surgery on broken foot

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Trumper stands tallest in SCG name game

By John Coomber - May 17th 2008 (5 hours ago)

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh and his twin brother Mark will have to wait a little longer to have a stand named after them on their home ground.

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MacGill snares three as Australia take control
England openers seize control of Lord’s Test

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Djite was right to go, but Adelaide was right to play hardball

Adelaide United’s Bruce Djite gets the ball - AAP Image/ Rob Hutchison
Calamity for the A-League with the departure of arguably its best player, Bruce Djite.

I’ve been a huge fan of the young American-Australian ever since John Kosmina barely used at him at Adelaide. If Kossie is benching a guy, you know he’s quality.

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All signs points to Queensland dynasty

By Todd Balym - May 16th 2008

Queensland celebrate their win over NSW with a score of 10-6 in the second NRL State of Origin game at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Queensland won the series 2-0 with the third game to be played in Brisbane. AAP Image/Dean Lewins)

Queensland stand on the verge of a new dynasty in State of Origin rugby league, a domination they have not experienced in almost two decades.

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We don’t need hate, we need a win: Mason
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Reg Gasnier was the greatest ever

It was Clovelly beach on a sublime Saturday morning, the day after the Kangaroos had defeated the Kiwis at the SCG.

Madame Z was in the water, having her daily swim. I was chatting, as I do most days, with a good old boy, Keith, a former Randwick halfback in the dim distant past and a life-member of the Clovelly swimming club, where he’d been a timer for about 40 years or so.

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Super 14’s own State of Origin: Reds v Waratahs

By Darren Walton - May 16th 2008

Saturday night’s crucial Super 14 derby between NSW and Queensland has taken on State of Origin intensity with barbs flying from both sides of the border and the Waratahs today refusing to publicise their team and snubbing a traditional pre-game function.

The scenarios for remaining finals contenders

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Fisher sure about Brumbies future, not about his own
Crusaders aim to iron out bad habits

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Old-style FA Cup final without ‘big four’

By Mitch Phillips - May 16th 2008

Portsmouth meet Cardiff City at Wembley on Saturday (midnight AEST, Sunday) in a final the FA Cup has been crying out for even if the absence of familiar names may prove the competition’s lack of appeal for the big clubs.

Watch video of fanatical Portsmouth supporters

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Garcia and Carle to face off at Wembley
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Malthouse turns up the heat on Pies

By Sam Lienert - May 16th 2008 - (0)

Martyn to join Hong Kong Sixes party

By Greg Buckle - May 16th 2008 - (0)

The changing face of English rugby

By Garth Hamilton - May 15th 2008 - (24)

Going for gold: the Olympic diary of rower James Chapman (Part IV)

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The Hall of Fame match: “passion deficit”

By Best Clubman May 17th 2008 (4 hours ago)

The football industry has spat out many new slang words and terms that border on the ridiculous in an attempt to ensure footballer’s and coach’s comments are as insightful and hard hitting as a Zoot Review commercial.

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Sport quotes of the week

By The Crowd May 17th 2008 (5 hours ago)

“I think it will come to a point where my body and my mind breaks down.” - ANNIKA SORENSTAM announces her retirement from golf.

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Good signs for the Wallabies if they can settle on a 10 and 12

By Luke Ringland May 16th 2008

The Wallaby selectors will have more talent to work with when picking this year’s Wallabies than in recent memory. We are still stretched a little too thin with 4 Super 14 teams, but improvements are being made. In my opinion, the fate of the Wallabies will rest with the selections at 10 and 12.

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The rise of football: who has it hurt?

By Midfielder May 16th 2008

Historically, football in Australia has sat in strange position. It’s the most international of all the games, with football first, daylight second, and union third.

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Roff and Larkham played rugby the way it should be played

By Chris Beck May 14th 2008

You couldn’t find two players who fit the cliche — they played the game the way it should be played — more aptly than Joe Roff and Stephen Larkham. Though, In my defense, my rugby knowledge only goes back about eight years or so.

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The Prince who never was

By Damon Cahill May 14th 2008

What more does Scott Prince have to do to gain selection in the Queensland State Of Origin team? It would seem that being the form player in the NRL for close to 18 months simply isn’t enough!

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Graeme Murty: a professional footballer with a heart

By Dave May 14th 2008

‘Graeme who?’, l can imagine those who have started to read this post are saying to themselves. Well, about two hours ago, l would have said the same.

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Rugby league: what has happened to the five-eighth?

By Ben Walker May 14th 2008

First we had NSW name a lock, Greg Bird, as their five-eighth, and then the Maroons picks a fullback, Karmichael Hunt, to wear their no.6 jumper in the opening State of Origin match.

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NZ sports: out with the old and in with the new

By Tim Wales May 13th 2008

I hate to say I was right - after all, humble pie is a much tastier dish - but what the heck: a few months back I predicted an early end to the coaching reigns of some really inexcusable re-appointments: Gary Kemble [already gone], John Bracewell [on his way out], and Graham Henry.

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The ‘facts’ about the great Mark Ella

By Frank O\'Keeffe May 13th 2008

There’s been some talk in recent weeks on The Roar about Mark Ella and the quality of rugby he played back in his heyday. It got me thinking about a few Mark Ella theories and facts, which I’d like to share.

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Oscar Pistorius - Amputee sprinter’s case deserves second look

By Lajos Hamers May 12th 2008

Oscar Pistorius’ claim for inclusion in the Beijing Olympics may not pay off but it may set the wheels in motion for us to see other disabled athletes of his class included in top flight races in the future.

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Rugby has been discovered by Hollywood

By Gatesy May 12th 2008

I’ve always said that when USA switches onto rugby, the world of rugby will turn on its head. Once the US is strong and can attract major sponsorship or private ownership, it will go a long way to a huge step up in visibility for the game of rugby.

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Sport commentators take note: it is Australia not ‘Austraya’

By Dozza Evans May 12th 2008

Why can’t people and so called sport commentators pronounce Australia correctly?

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It’s time to privatise rugby

By Rudy Osborne May 11th 2008

Although it is probably denied by the defenders of the respective codes, it would appear that rugby league (Murdoch/Packer) and football are run by individuals or corporations that are trying to maximise their growth.

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The soul of the Fremantle Dockers

By Mark Edwards May 11th 2008

In the wake of some disappointing performances, Robert Walls has taken it upon himself to question the soul of the Fremantle Dockers, posing the most unusual question to embattled coach Mark Harvey, “what does Fremantle stand for?”

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