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Reflections from Kogarah on the NRL finals race
14 Sep 2009As the sun set over a packed Kogarah Jubilee Oval, the only solace I took as I walked away from the Parramatta v Dragons game was that Manly supporters would be feeling a lot worse. It was one of those games that Parramatta won rather than the Dragons lost. Not to say that they didn’t [...]
How the NRL finals will play out
7 Sep 2009‘Business end of the season’, ‘the competition starts now’, ‘playing for sheep stations’ – whatever your favourite cliché may be, the NRL finals are here and these well worn phrases all stand true. So as we start debating with friends, workmates and strangers who start flying their team’s flag from their cars, the first week [...]
Dump the blueprint - not the captain
31 Aug 2009It was been a week since Australia lost the test at the Oval and consequently the Ashes. It has taken me that long to face the truths that currently face Australian cricket…but one of them is not to sack Ricky Ponting. Don’t get me wrong, I am still gutted over Australia’s capitulation at the Oval. [...]
Trouble for the Big Red V
31 Aug 2009There is no hiding from it now; the Dragons are in trouble and they are no longer the sure things for the NRL Premiership. I was at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night and like many Dragons supporters around me I was in complete and utter shock – the type that causes you to keep looking [...]
Trials and tribulations of a Dragons supporter
5 Aug 2009As the Dragons continue their charge towards the NRL semi-finals, it’s not only the players and coach who are taking it “one game at a time,” but the fans as well. After the victory against the Melbourne Storm on Friday night, the drums have been beating loudly; not just in Kogarah and Wollongong, but within [...]
Why doesn't anyone like Brian Smith?
27 Jul 2009Rugby League has always been full of players and coaches that have polarised fans and media alike. That Brian Smith is one of them astounds me. Last weekend, it was announced that Brian Smith would be leaving Newcastle with one year remaining on his contract to take up the coaching position at Bondi Junction. What [...]
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