Roar Rookie About
Favourite player - Brad Fittler
Memorable match - 2000 preliminary final Roosters v Knights
Quote I live by - you only get one chance at life
- Member Since:
- September 2011
- Based In:
- Brisbane
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Sydney Roosters
- Favourite Sports:
- Cricket, Football, League, Rugby, AFL, Tennis,
Latest Articles
Replace City-Country with Challenge Cup
26 Apr 2013The NRL should turn the dismal City-Country attendance from last Sunday into a positive by breaking free of the event permanently and replacing it with a version of the Challenge Cup. An NRL Challenge Cup could take place over the four representative weekends with the Round of 16 during the ANZAC / Pacific Island Test [...]
Marsh should have risen in the Ashes
25 Apr 2013History is repeating itself, with the Australian Ashes squad announced yesterday leaving the most talented left-handed batsman at home for the biggest Test series on the calendar. A largely overlooked reason Australia lost the epic 2005 Ashes series is prolific run-scorer Mike Hussey wasn’t in the squad, as the selectors stuck with out-of-form Matthew Hayden, [...]
Prince signing could turn Broncos into paupers
5 Apr 2013It appears the Brisbane Broncos have effectively bungled the rebuilding of their club in the wake of Darren Lockyer’s retirement through the signing of Scott Prince. The first six months of life without Lockyer for the Broncos was great. They had a youthful roster deep in talent and importantly the 1-6-7-9 combination of Josh Hoffman, [...]
Are Australia the new West Indies?
4 Apr 2013The parallels of the plight of the current Australian cricket team and the fall of the great West Indian cricket side are so alarming it shatters the hope that we will ever return to the top with any gusto ever again, unless of course the rest of the world falls with us. There is no [...]
Who should be the eighth rugby league Immortal?
25 Sep 2012It seems it’s a toss up between Andrew Johns and Mal Meninga as to who should be announced as rugby league’s eighth Immortal this Thursday. To be honest, if one has to be picked, I think it has to be Meninga, given the dominance he had over his position for such a long period of [...]
Gallop a better CEO than Demetriou?
22 Aug 2012The opinions of David Gallop’s 10-year-reign as NRL CEO vary from inept to competent to saviour. After taking some months to digest the Gallop era and subsequent ramifications for the NRL, you can argue that all three are correct. Opinions on AFL CEO, Andrew Demetriou, on the other hand over the same period would generally [...]
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