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I used to think I was a pretty good rugby lock, but now realise I was deluded. My nickname is a truncation of my surname, so I'm not Arabic - phew! However, sometimes I imagine myself as a Beau Geste in the French Foreign Legion, fighting evil, righting wrongs, promoting good and rescuing damsels in distress.
- Member Since:
- May 2007
- Based In:
- Randwick
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- wallabies, baggy greens, socceroos
- Favourite Sports:
- Rugby, League, Football, Cycling, Cricket, AFL, Tennis,
Latest Articles
'Lucky 29' journey into despair (part one)
2 days agoThe 1939/40 Wallaby tour to the northern hemisphere was conceived on a scale so grand never before seen nor considered since. The 28 match, four Test tour of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland was only part of this grand adventure. According to the biography of 1939/40 tourist Stan Bisset, ‘Kokoda Wallaby’ (a great read), following [...]
The perfect Australian Group One racing structure
1 Mar 2013Australian racing could be so much better organised, but for the short-sighted greed of some people in the industry chasing the almighty dollar for short-term gain at the expense of long-term well being. The modus operandi is to breed a horse, race it as a two year old, hopefully win the Golden Slipper or Blue [...]
Australian Rugby Championship a must for rugby
26 Feb 2013I become evermore resolute in my belief that the structure of southern hemisphere rugby and in particular Australian rugby must change. For those unfamiliar with my proposal, Super Rugby should be truncated to a Heineken Cup-style comp of 12 teams (four each from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa qualifying via national domestic comps). Two [...]
Uncertainty preventing the creation of rugby's third tier
5 Feb 2013It would seem that Australian rugby shares more than a few things in common with debate surrounding whether Australia should become a republic. Back on 6 November 1999, on the same day that the Wallabies would win the Rugby World Cup, a referendum was held to see if Australians were willing to accept a particular [...]
Lions tour a litmus test for the future of Australian rugby
1 Feb 2013In recent posts many Roarers have expressed their excitement for the upcoming rugby season and in particular the 2013 Lions tour. I have found myself in keen discussion with friends over the Lions tour, but in our case, it has usually been about how awesome the 2001 tour was to this country. It will be [...]
Best Australian ODI team 1877-1970
28 Jan 2013One Day Internationals (ODIs) began by accident in January 1971, so the official line goes. Australia and England had tossed to see who batted first in the third Test in Melbourne and also named their 12th men before the heavens opened up and the game was ultimately abandoned. These two facts, the tossing of the [...]
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