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November 22nd 2009 @ 12:41am
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Ford’s Jamie Whincup fired his biggest V8 Supercar championship shot at Barbagallo Raceway on Saturday, and it may have mortally wounded the hopes of nearest rival Will Davison.
Whincup gave his chances of back-to-back titles a massive boost with a race win which extended his championship lead to 161 points over Holden Racing Team’s Davison with [...]
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![There have been some exceptionally good pieces written over the last few days from members of the football media. Even more exciting is that they’ve all come from the next generation of local football journalists.
Vitor Sobral and Tony Tannous have both written great analysis of the Socceroos friendly with the Netherlands.
Here at The [...] Davidde Corran: Crowds aren’t just FFA’s responsibility](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/forget-second-division-create-ffa-cup-th.jpg)
![After it had already been proven that some of rugby league’s stars needed to be treated like babies, did Brett Seymour really have to prove that they also need to wear nappies?
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![I was awoken rudely by the telephone at 6am Johannesburg time on Tuesday morning. Partially conscious and about to curse the hotel staff for an incorrect wake up time, it took a few moments to come to terms with the reality of the news that was being delivered.
I simply did not want to believe that [...] Geoff Lawson: Terror against sport in an unravelling nation](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/terror-against-sport-th.jpg)
![Four years ago, Glenn McGrath sprained his ankle on a stray ball at Edgbaston, an incident that dramatically altered the course of the 2005 Ashes series. Six weeks ago, Australia had over ten overs at the England last-wicket pairing of Monty Panesar and James Anderson.
Their failure to wrap up what looked to be a certain [...] Alec Swann: Ashes loss comes down to bungled selections](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ashes-loss-th.jpg)
![Melbourne Victory’s relationship with its supporters has been characterised by some splendid inconsistency almost since day one of the A-League.
The club has given its supporters a record two premiership and championship doubles. In return Victory has received the cash flow that comes with the highest attendances and memberships in the country.
The difficult side of the [...] Davidde Corran: Victory needs to start giving their fans credit](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/victory-fans-credit-melbourne-th.jpg)
![I don’t want to be the one who tells you that Santa Claus may not be who you think he is, but all this talk of code wars is about as close to reality as a bloke who breaks into your house and leaves you iPods instead of taking them. There I’ve said it.
I’ve read [...] Steve Kaless: Don’t believe the hype, the code war is a myth](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dont-believe-hype-th.jpg)
![It’s been a bit of a gloomy start to the new A-League campaign. Crowds have stagnated. Certain pitches are a disgrace. And now the mainstream media has a new show reel of ‘crowd violence’ to dredge up every time football threatens the status quo.
The so-called ‘clashes’ between Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory supporters last [...] Mike Tuckerman: A-League boneheads need a new hobby](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/a-league-boneheads-th.jpg)
![Netball is now following in the footsteps of cricket and rugby in providing a shorter version of the game, which will hopefully excite existing netball fans and grab the attention of new ones. Between October 9-11, a new World Netball Series will take place in Manchester, featuring the top six netballing countries: Australia, New Zealand, [...] Natalie Medhurst: World Netball Series may fizz without crowd support](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/nat-medhurst-th.jpg)
![I never get any pleasure out of seeing a coach lose his job. I wasn’t pleased when John Kosmina was sacked from an A-League club for the second time, even though I thought at the time, and still do, that Kosmina’s departure was a good thing for the game.
So bearing that in mind, I [...] Davidde Corran: Farina case exposes football’s roar mentality](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Farina-case-exposes-football-roar-mentality.jpg)
![UEFA should be applauded. In their handling of the Eduardo dive case the European football’s governing body has shown the sort of leadership abilities everyone just assumed they didn’t have.
First off, by handing Eduardo a two-match ban for simulation in Arsenal’s UEFA Champions League playoff with Celtic they made a statement that such blatant [...] Davidde Corran: Don’t try and stamp it out, diving is here to stay](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dont-stamp-diving-football-th.jpg)
![So Melbourne Heart wants a piece of Mark Viduka and Josip Skoko? They’ve also expressed passing interest in Michael Petkovic and Ljubo Milicevic.
Can Football Federation Australia check the licence again and make sure “heart” wasn’t a typo? It wasn’t Melbourne Hajduk, was it?
In all seriousness, though, the FFA would be well served getting as [...] Jesse Fink: Melbourne’s new rivalry will revive the A-League](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/how-important-names-colours-schip-a-league-th.jpg)
![When Australia walked onto the ‘GABBA against Sri Lanka in November 2007, it was the start of a new era. No Warne and no McGrath. All the talk was how this team was going to regularly take 10 wickets. Immediately the critics were hushed as Australia won the match by an innings and 40 runs.
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