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Would NRL and AFL stars really go on strike?
20 Jun 2011The last couple of weeks have seen a sudden rise in the use of the ‘s word’ in Australian sport. No, Channel 9 microphones haven’t been invading Craig Bellamy’s coaching box, but rather there has been the veiled threat of strike action by professional football players in the near future. While industrial action by both [...]
League’s local legends and its middle class
14 Jun 2011There currently exists a class system within the football codes in Australia that would have Karl Marx furiously trying to book himself onto a Fanatics tour if he was still alive today. Like most class systems, this one has been born out of tradition, favouritism, as well as a healthy dose of ill-feeling, and is [...]
Your team's annus horribilis season
6 Jun 2011As the wheel of fortune turns in professional sport the average fan can expect their team to have a dud year every now and then. Yes, it’s never much fun losing and being teased by Dave from work, but hey, new seasons bring new hope. However, once in a generation will come that year. A [...]
Five ways to survive a sporting stinker
1 Jun 2011Unlike movies, books and mail-order brides, there is no real way to gauge the quality of a sporting contest before you plonk yourself down to watch it. Sure, the form of the competing parties can give you some idea of what to expect, but every now and then what looked like a quality clash in [...]
Lion them up!
30 May 2011There have been some great rugby league teams that have graced Australia’s sporting landscape over the years. Teams whose skill and tenacity have wowed spectators, captured imaginations and gone down in footy folk lore. The 1992 Parramatta Eels were not one of these teams. After the glory days of the 80’s the new decade had [...]
All the small things missing for NSW Blues
27 May 2011As the FM radio favourite of the band Blink 182 goes, life is about “all the small things”, the little one percenters that make life livable and stop you from doing something crazy like running away to join a monastery or attempting to use the toilets at Brookvale Oval. And, of course, when I say [...]
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