St Kilda’s relationship with Andrew Lovett is surely now untenable. The club quickly distanced itself from the fallen star suspending him indefinitely while police investigate an alleged sexual assault on Christmas Eve last year. But what if Police never end up laying any charges?
There was little subterfuge as the NRL went into counterattack mode on Monday in a bid to protect its western Sydney heartland from the raids of the AFL.
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It couldn’t have been scripted any better. Sydney FC host Melbourne Victory in the final game of the final round this Sunday with two points separating the two biggest Australian cities. But what are they playing for – the minor premiership or Premiership? Listen to the media and you won’t get a straight answer.
At the launch of the NSW Waratahs’ 2010 Super 14 season, officials were happy to play down expectations about how their team will perform this year, with public utterances of confidence. But privately they are convinced that this is the Waratahs’ year.
Peruse the various A-League forums in cyberspace, and many fans are claiming that this Sunday’s minor premiership showdown between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory is the most important match in the A-League’s five-year history.
Kevin Sheedy is always keen on making headlines and last week was no different, suggesting that his Greater Western Sydney club will look to California to find playing talent.
I still don’t get it. Almost everyone feels like the integrity of the A-League has been compromised by Nik Mrdja’s pseudo-loan move to the Victory. Yet, as I wrote on Sunday, this isn’t new.
Mathew Stokes’ AFL career is on hold for at least the next three months as the Geelong forward faces his cocaine charges.
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Nick Mallet is a sophisticated man: he speaks several languages. He is bright: he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has been a very good coach: his Springboks in 1998/199 won 17 straight Tests, a South African winning sequence record. He is, however, a very poor coach of Italy.
When the A-League’s Young Footballer of the Year is announced at the annual awards night a week from today, it should be a decision between the two outstanding youngsters of season five, Tommy Oar and Mathew Leckie.
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Every Rugby World Cup winning rugby team has a world-class general playing at 10. In the past, the Wallabies have been blessed with Michael Lynagh and, of course, Stephen Larkham.
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Rumours of Tiger Woods’ return to golf are rampant as the 2010 PGA Tour is now well underway. His usual opening tournament has come and gone, but the biggest event for the year is just a few weeks away, the Accenture World Matchplay Championship.
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The opening round of season 2009 saw the St George Illawarra Dragons faced with the uneviable task of playing the Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park – a match which saw the Red V display the credentials necessary that would see it lift the Minor Premiership 26 weeks later.
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In two years, with the introduction of Gold Coast and Western Sydney, the AFL will have two teams in every mainland state. It is likely that it will be the only code to achieve this in the next five or ten years.
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Watching the Six Nations games on the weekend got me thinking: what if the best of the Six Nations combined to form a Northern XV to play a Southern XV made of players from the Tri-Nations in a one-off end-of-year match at Twickenham?
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Do the British have sole proprietary rights to “playing the game?” The recent England-South Africa Test Series witnessed the English players ‘playing with the ball’, albeit “abstractedly”.
Loading ...I have put together a short poem that looks at our obsession with sport stars as opposed to some of the ground breaking scientists over the ages – beginning in ancient Greece with Milo and Pythagoras (nothing has changed much in the last 3000 years).
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The recent revelation about Geelong playmaker Matthew Stokes’ alleged involvement in supplying cocaine, highlights yet another problem with the AFL’s drug policy and the ‘three strikes and you are out’ system.
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While I was critical of NRL’s champion halfback Jonathan Thurston being a success at the highest level in rugby union, there was never any doubts with Mark Gasnier.
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I am unaware if a system such as this has been discussed on The Roar but I propose a system of suspension for cheating players rather than simply penalising them for repeat infringements.
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If Karl Marx, the communist ideologue and the father of modern communism, were more open-minded and observant, he would have described sport (particularly soccer) as the opium of the masses.
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Not too many years ago, 250 runs was a pretty handy score in one day international cricket. Five an over to get, put the screws on the other mob, and hope they buckle under the pressure of the pursuit.
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In Thursday’s Melbourne Herald Sun, there was a curious little article heralding what appears to be October 2009 ABS survey stats that suggest that more boys are now playing Australian Football.
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I’ve been a little edgy these past few months. Ever since my beloved Wests Tigers said they had entered into negotiations with Lote Tuqiri, I’ve been praying to any greater power that would listen that the Little Club that Could might just pull off the signing of their eleven year history.
Loading ...In just over a month the 12th Hockey World Cup will hit off in Delhi, India. With twelve of the fourteen nations, based on world rankings, any team will be capable of lifting the trophy.
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Geelong star Matthew Stokes has been charged with drug trafficking, after allegedly purchasing a gram of cocaine for a friend who was visiting from out of town. So what punishment is suitable for the AFL to bring down should he be found guilty?
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Forgive me for not joining in on the party to celebrate Lote Tuqiri’s three year signing with NRL team Wests Tigers. The former dual international will finish up his contract with Leicester at the end of March and is on track to switch codes in time for round three or four in April.
