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I live for Sport. A famous former Jockey once said to me 'Nothing ventured nothing gained' so I try to live by that motto.
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The audacity of Israel Folau in launching a ‘GoFundMe’ page in an effort to raise $3 million to fund his legal battle against Rugby Australia is bewildering to say the least.
The highly controversial decision handed down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last week regarding Caster Semenya was always going to spark heated debate and divide opinions.
The unbelievable effort under extreme duress shown by Andy Murray in his first-round loss to Roberto Bautista Agut was courage personified.
After yet another loss by the Wallabies, this time to the Springboks 12-23 at Port Elizabeth. You would have to think that Michael Cheika’s position as coach of the Wallabies will now come under intense scrutiny.
If you ever needed an example of double standards by the NRL, look no further than the Billy Slater shoulder charge on Sosaia Feki in the Melbourne Storm vs Cronulla Sharks game.
When, if ever, will the NRL bow to repeated criticism of the $100,000 prize money for the club who wins the minor premiership and JJ Giltinan Shield?
The reluctance by the AFL to send players off or at the very least to introduce a sin bin is hard to comprehend given the ever increasing number of players that are unable to complete a match due to rough conduct.
The highly controversial decision to award Billy Slater the ‘Wally Lewis Medal’ has taken the gloss off Slater’s retirement from representative rugby league.
The refusal by the NRL to intervene and to provide assistance to clubs regarding ‘back-ended deals’ is bewildering given that another club – the Canterbury Bulldogs – has now found itself in crisis.
The conundrum facing Raelene Castle and Rugby AU over Israel Folau’s repeated comments about gay marriage is complex to say the least.
The poor handling of the issue between Daly Cherry-Evans and Jackson Hastings by the Manly Sea Eagles leaves a lot to be desired.
The sight of Callum Hawkins – who was leading the Commonwealth Games Marathon – lying crumpled on the ground, barely conscious after hitting his head on a concrete paling, yet trying to continue on, was inspirational and moving but difficult to watch.
In light of the footage that has been released recently of Brisbane Broncos prop Matt Lodge terrorising a family in the USA, serious questions should be raised as to why Lodge’s registration was approved by Todd Greenberg.
The troubled and turbulent career of Bernard Tomic has now reached an all-time low after his latest outburst against Lleyton Hewitt.
The imperfections and ambiguity of the extreme heat policy in sport were never more evident than a couple of Thursdays ago at the Australian Open, where temperatures soared to 39 degrees on Rod Laver Arena, with the surface temperature rising to a stifling 69 degrees.
As a proud and passionate supporter of the New Zealand rugby league team it pained me to see the Kiwis lose to Fiji in their quarter-final Match at Wellington.
The coaching merry go round that has now become synonymous with the Queensland Reds has once again reared its ugly head, with Nick Stiles the latest to fall victim to the position which could be labelled as the ‘poisoned chalice’.
As a long-time proud and passionate Sydney Roosters supporter it pained me to see them put up such a listless and uninspiring performance against the North Queensland Cowboys.
The farcical Super Rugby competition has reached an all-time low with the two protagonists now decided for the final, the Lions and the Crusaders.
After his long suspension and fine for ‘tanking’ at the Shanghai Masters in October last year, you would have thought Nick Kyrgios would roll out a new and improved version of himself in 2017, but his boorish behaviour and petulant antics show no sign of abating.
My point John was that the All Blacks are very passionate about Rugby & to them every Match is life or death & to the fans who follow them it’s the same, I was born in NZ & have followed them passionately for a very long time & know both former & current All Blacks well.
Soccer or rather Football as most people know it is played by far more Countries in the World than Rugby so to become World Champions in that Sport is far more difficult, a fairer analogy would have been to use Brazil.
The long drought continues at Eden Park