Posts Tagged "development"

Last year, a miked-up Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich pumped up his teammates pre-game with the line, “Put on your Superman capes, it’s Wharfie Time.” No one quite knew what it meant at the time, but after Freo’s big start to 2010, perhaps we do now.

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I wrote an article about the powerhouse rugby province that the Newcastle/Hunter region would have been. Well, blow me down if my Newcastle mate did not report to me the Melbourne Storm SG Ball U/18 rugby league team won their first-round game 18-14 against Newcastle in Newcastle’s mud and slush.

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My mind was drawn to many pieces I’d read on the Roar over the past year or so when I had the chance to speak to the Cardinals’ Ben Graham ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl. Watching Graham at ease in front of the world’s media gave me a lasting impression that footballers aren’t dumb, they [...]

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I’ve had mixed feelings about the degree to which the A-League is currently being ‘raided’ by overseas clubs – mainly Asian, but with a couple of notable European signings in there, as well.

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Aussie teen out to emulate Webber’s teammate

By Robert Grant, 28 Jan 2009

 

The teenager on track to be Australia’s next Formula One driver, Daniel Ricciardo, is a staunch Mark Webber fan but it is Webber’s new teammate who is now his ultimate role model.

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Dokic’s Australian Open therapy

By Darren Walton, 23 Jan 2009

 

Only the Australian Open has the ability to throw up such heartwarming tales in the colourful and unpredictable world of women’s tennis.

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There is a perception that Craig Foster, Les Murray and the rest of the SBS team are prejudiced against English Football. But I don’t believe that these criticisms are fair.

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While the continuing saga of John Mitchell and the Western Force has enjoyed its fair share of coverage, new revelations have emerged concerning the potentially perilous financial state of Australian Rugby.

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I watch a lot of rugby in California, and also get to see quite a bit of American football at college and NFL level. Generally speaking, rugby is a growth sport in the US and is supported, monetarily, far better than powerhouses like Fiji and Samoa.

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Halfback Brett Sheehan is the sole Wallaby spring tourist included in the NSW Waratahs squad for their opening pre-Super 14 season rugby trial against Queensland in Toowoomba on Saturday.

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Afghanistan’s cricketing rollercoaster ride stops off in Argentina this week with a place in the 2011 World Cup tantalisingly within reach.

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Seven titles from thirteen attempts; a better than 50 percent competition winning strike rate. Need we say more?

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Former Super 12 winner David Nucifora will return to the coaching ranks at the helm of the Australian under-20s for the IRB junior world championship later this year.

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New Melbourne AFL skipper James McDonald has urged patience as last year’s wooden spooners attempt to resurrect their on-field fortunes under his guidance this season.

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Whether you love or loathe the English Premier League, you have to acknowledge its rise to global prominence from the dark days of hooliganism as truly phenomenal for what is a domestic league. But the popularity of the EPL has overshadowed the development of the A-League, with many football fans sticking with the overseas product.

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The problem with most clichés, as much as they are anathema to any writer, is that they are true. That point was brought home to me late last week when I met Afshin Ghotbi, the Iranian-American former coach of Persepolis FC who was in Sydney on holiday with his Dutch-Korean girlfriend, Yorum.

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Despite the giant strides made in the game from the Socceroos World Cup showing and the development of the A-League, football continues to fight for attention in the mainstream press, on free to air television and in print. It seems an ingrained ignorance still exists, judging by the pitiful coverage in certain sections of the [...]

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Professional cycling declared a new era of unity and stability on Thursday with the launch of a race calendar grouping elite events into a world ranking system for riders and teams.

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Welcome to the FFA Cup, a club knockout cup competition involving A-League and state league teams akin to England’s FA Cup, linking the games past and present, and giving young stars from across the country a chance to shine while adding an extra dimension to our local game.

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Most people who’ve swung a golf club would be familiar with the name Jean Van De Velde. In 1999, the affable Frenchman was responsible for one of the more spectacular capitulations in tournament golf history. Needing only a minor disaster on the final hole to win the British Open, Van de Velde conjured up a [...]

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