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That would be a good option TWAS, except so much of Farah’s contract is back-ended that he will be expensive to get rid off either via a lump sum payout, or the Tigers having to top up any contract he can get anywhere else.
Robbie Farah has two options - zip it, or go
Spiro, can’t believe you wasted a column on the ramblings of Greg Martin
SPIRO: Greg Martin sees red in the Deans-Cooper controversy
“Collingwood and Essendon have created the ANZAC tradition”? Excuse me. How about a bit of respect for our diggers?
A fair draw Eddie?
spot on they would just wrestle on the ground for the ball. Beats me how anyone couldn’t see that
Rules and refs: their part in rugby's downfall
They actually played better when they trying not to win!
Melbourne Football Club: rotten to the core
Just like your performance review at work is published for all to see.
Get real!
SPIRO: SANZAR stuffs up referees for Reds and Crusaders
Spot on Ryan, except I’m sure it can’t be deemed a big it. It was a dangerous tackle, T-Rex got what he deserved.
Time to celebrate NRL's big hits, not ban them
Not one of your better efforts Spiro. Sure, we don’t want a disfunctional ARU Board, but we don’t want a bunch of yes men either.
And who knew? Who knew that travelling up and down NZ trying to sign up Super 12 players was a cause of leukaemia?
Garbage!
George Gregan owes rugby fans an apology
I’m surprised no-one picked up on “fellow Wallaby great Mark Connors”. Seriously?
Gregan joins ARU board
Shame on you Spiro! You are guilty of playing the man rather than the ball. I am not a subscriber to the “attacking kicking” theory, but just because the Waratahs are lousy at it doesn’t mean it is not a vaild strategy. It just means the Waraths shouldn’t be doing it.
The Waratahs are the problem team of Australian rugby
Disagree with you on the first three Tim, but with you on Annabel.
The thinking man’s Kate Fitzpatrick!
Channel Nine's commentary team: a final report card
Not hard enough on Ian. Can’t we argue that Kerry Packer’s promise of a job for life referred to Kerry’s life, not Ian’s?
And Tony … where do I start? Have you noticed any time a batsman chops it on, he still screams ” clean bowled him …” Tony, it is only clean bowled if it doesn’t hit the batsman or his bat first.
Channel Nine's commentary team: a final report card
The Kiwis have been signing up the best Polynesians for years. Why shouldn’t we take the Kiwis, if they are better than our home grown blokes? Besides, half the Kiwi population ends up living here anyway, may as well take them while they can still play.
Are the Wallabies becoming too much like the Kiwis?
Where do I start? These things are cyclical, but you have to go back 10 years to find any Aussies of quality. Major problem the Aussies face is not having the quality tier of rugby below super rugby. Its a big jump from Sydney first grade to Super 15, and the only way to get better is to continually referee games at that level. This means persisting with referees who don’t set the world on fire in their first few games eg Gus Gardner who refereed Reds v Rebels last week.
Not only does the lack of a strong 3rd tier comp affect the development of our refs, it also affects the perception that NZ and SA power brokers have of our referees – they frequently combine (conspire?) to keep the Aussies out of the games. Whilst there might be an argument that Aussie referee selectors need to “network” a bit more to get the Aussies up there, as rugby supporters we should want the best referees available, and sadly at the moment, that ain’t the Aussies.
MEXTED: Some referees care about rugby, some don't
Spot on AD. And I know I’m overweight, but at this stage I’m still keeoing up with those eight year olds.
MEXTED: Some referees care about rugby, some don't
Soft Whit. Anything less than 20 lashes is manifestly inadequate.
Stamp eye-gouging and stomping right out of the game
Yeah! And no-one wears black footy boots any moe either!
Supporters and sponsors swindled by jersey prices
You are drawing a long bow Kersi, one you wouldn’t be drawing except for the fact that it was India involved. The Thirimanne and Tendulkar dismissals are completely different. As you know, there has and remains an odour around Mankad dismissals (unfortunately so in my view since the law changed several years ago). Tendulkar’s wasn’t an unusual dismissal – one of the perils of taking a short single is negotiating the bowler attempting to effect a run out. Had the ball travelled more towards mid on and Tendulkar had got in front of Lee, thereby preventing him from effecting the run out, we wouldn’t even be talking about it. Likewise had it been a tailender rather than St Sachin involved.
Is the spirit of cricket a one-way street?
OMG! I find myself in agreement with David Lord. India don’t care, and one wonders if this is an outcome of playing so many meaningless ODIs.
India hopeless, but does Dhoni care?
Why don’t we just canonise Mark & Campo and be done with it
Wallabies need to call on Ella and Campese's expertise
Great thinking BA!
In fact, why not go even further? Don’t go to the trouble of actually playing the matches, draw the winner out of a hat too!
Should cut down on the refereeing controversies, but I’m sure the media could still find something to get all stirred up about.
NRL's McIntyre finals finally at an end
I am a referee and a couple of weeks ago awarded a penalty back on half way for foul play after a try had been scored. It is not as unusual as the article suggests. However, in a Sydney first grade game many years ago at Warrigah there was foul play after the referee had whistled for half-time. So the second half started with a penalty on half way. 100% correct in law and the only time I have ever seen it happen.
KNOW YOUR LAWS: Rare '10 point try' in Rugby Championship