Posts Tagged "Andrew Johns"

A wrap of racing’s soap opera: the More Joyous affair

By Andrew Hawkins, 7 May 2013

 

If there was any question the once-rosy and all-conquering relationship between Gai Waterhouse and John Singleton was tattered beyond repair, it became abundantly clear at Monday’s inquiry into the poor performance of More Joyous in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick a week and a half ago.

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Johnathan Thurston is a great player, but not great enough to supplant Andrew ‘Joey’ Johns for the title of the greatest rugby league halfback of all time. That’s my opinion.

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Thursday’s revelations regarding the extent of doping and fixing in Australian sport has left even the most cynical among us sick to the stomach.

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Lance Armstrong, in confessing publicly to Oprah in an extended interview, confirmed what many have suspected for years. He is a cheat and a liar.

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News filtered through over the wireless yesterday that two of rugby league’s most astute minds, Brad ‘Brains Trust’ Fittler and Andrew ‘the Analyst’ Johns, had stumbled upon a major discovery.

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Andrew Johns has joined Manly as an assistant coach for the 2013 NRL season, the club announced on Tuesday.

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While the rugby league world awaits news on Sonny Bill Williams and Israel Folau’s futures back in the fold, Manly Warringah has been working on a deal of its own that could snare the 2013 premiership.

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With the recent induction of Andrew ‘Joey’ Johns onto the ‘Immortals’ list, I thought it worthy to ask why it is we are using a publishing firm’s concept as the major gauge for legends of our game?

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Andrew Johns heard whispers he was going to be named rugby league’s eighth Immortal but nothing prepared him for the sight of his image appearing on the Sydney Harbour Bridge to signal he had clinched the honour.

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I would like to heartily congratulate Andrew Johns on being the eighth player added to the list of rugby league Immortals.

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Andrew Johns would love nothing more than to change some aspects of his past but he knows that can’t happen.

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As with so much in rugby league, the race to become the code’s eighth Immortal appears to be divided down state lines.

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The pundits have installed Andrew Johns as favourite to become the eighth rugby league Immortal to be named tomorrow night.

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It seems it’s a toss up between Andrew Johns and Mal Meninga as to who should be announced as rugby league’s eighth Immortal this Thursday.

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With the new media deal recently settled by the NRL, let’s take a look at what personnel $1b worth of TV rights will bring back.

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Selecting the squad of the best NRL players of all time? No easy feat. And I can almost guarantee that not one single Roarer will agree with the 17 players that I have selected.

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Debate around the next Immortal has re-emerged and sadly become quite emotive based upon state lines. Lets try to take emotion out of the equation, and look at two players often mentioned.

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In my humble opinoin, Andrew ‘Joey’ Johns is the greatest rugby league player of all time. With such a lofty assessment of his ability and career, it will therefore come as no shock to read that I believe he should be nominated as a rugby league Immortal.

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New South Wales Rugby League Chairman John Chalk has denied the NSWRL are at a crisis point, despite the Blues’ hierarchy holding a secret six-day retreat to discuss methods of breaking the Maroons’ continued State of Origin dominance.

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Former Newcastle great Andrew Johns has blasted the Knights after a disappointing loss to the Gold Coast on Saturday that’s kept them on the bottom half of the NRL ladder.

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