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- March 2010
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- Gold Coast
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- Raiders, Wallabies, Brumbies
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- Rugby, Cricket, League,
Latest Articles
QUIZ: Are you soft enough for rugby league?
2 days agoThe game of rugby league has changed. Recent adjustments to the rules have left many a hard nut scratching it; confused, bewildered, a little hungover and unsure where they stand in a game which once was their realm. They can’t comprehend that everything their fathers taught them about being a man was ill-informed, uneducated drivel [...]
Which club will fare best in the Origin period?
2 Jun 2013I know what you’re thinking. How could someone even consider writing an article about club footy with only 96 hours (or so) until Origin? Well you’re right. All I want to do is put your mind at ease, so there is no surprises for you come Round 19, when your side has dropped ten spots [...]
NRL: The shoulder still has charge
26 Mar 2013It is the view of many rugby league fans that supporting the reintroduction of the shoulder charge makes you a Neanderthal or a redneck. After all, studies have shown there is 70 times more risk of a player being injured by a shoulder charge than any other type of tackle (excluding spear tackles, crusher tackles, [...]
Bill Lawry to replace Ponting for Ashes series
8 Dec 2012Bill Lawry has issued a press release today, delivered to news offices via carrier pigeon, signalling his intent to replace Ricky Ponting in the Australian Test line-up for the upcoming Ashes series. The former Australian Test captain recently retired from his long held post on the Channel Nine commentary team without citing any specific reasons. [...]
A eulogy for the shoulder charge
22 Nov 2012We are gathered here today to mourn the death and celebrate the life of one of our country’s last bastions of manhood. It is with deep regret and great sadness that we today say farewell to the shoulder charge. The sudden death of the ‘bell-ringer’ rounds off a laundry list of sporting trademarks to be [...]
Australian sport needs to get its villains back
15 Dec 2011Something has been bugging me of late. It’s like the feeling you get when you fail to put on your watch on before leaving for work. I settled in for day one of the Brisbane Test and as the Aussie cricket side lined up for a less-than-rousing rendition of Advance Australia Fair, a sense of [...]
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