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World warrior who lives to see grown men in multicoloured shirts beat the hell out of each other.
- Member Since:
- May 2012
- Based In:
- London
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Gold Coast Titans
- Favourite Sports:
- Football, Cricket, League,
Latest Articles
All aboard for the 2012 Grand Final abroad
6 Oct 2012As a rugby league fan, I will go to great lengths to make sure I get to see the grand final every year. This is even if it means overcoming niggling roadblocks such as work, relationship commitments and the birth of blood-relatives. When on the road, though, and not having the luxury of just parking [...]
Five Challenge Cup moments 2012
28 Aug 2012It has been a chaotic week for rugby league. Amongst the billion dollar contracts, Channel Nine moaning and face-palm inducing State of Origin appointments, though, there is one event that shouldn’t be overlooked. I’m talking of course about the 2012 Challenge Cup As it does every year, this year’s final between Warrington Wolves and Leeds [...]
How Australia can get more gold in Rio
15 Aug 2012It has been very tough to be an Australian in London in recent weeks, with everyone from Chris Hoy to your next-door neighbour to Frank flaming Spencer walking about with a gold medal around their neck. At the start of the games I was excited, happily looking forward to our forthcoming medal swag, but by [...]
Top of the NRL’s minor premiership pile
26 Jul 2012With only a handful of rounds left in the NRL, the battle for top spot is tighter than Jamal Idris’s jersey after a two hour session at Pancakes in Paradise, with a mere four points separating positions first and seventh. Which team will pick up the J. J. Giltinan shield and win a cool $100,000 [...]
Rugby league fashion faux pas
15 Jul 2012Rugby league is at its best when things are kept simple. This is a rule that applies to many facets of the game, and the subject of fashion is no exception. Just like it is a good idea to tuck the ball under your arm and run straight ahead when inside your own ten metres [...]
4 Things I Don’t Want to See at the Olympics (but probably will)
28 Jun 2012Let’s face it, everybody knows the Olympics are about sports you spend four years not caring about. Whether it is a horse prancing around an abandoned gravel pit or a group of people waddling along for 50km like they are dying to take a Richard the Third, the games give us an excuse to become [...]
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