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I just watched Pakistan and England play a ODI that featured plenty of sixes and over six hundred runs. Exciting? Not at all. Interesting?…
A while ago I wrote an article about not picking Steve Smith and Dave Warner for the World Cup and the Ashes, and I…
Australian cricket has stumbled through the last 12 months after the ball-tampering affair but the sport has made some genuine progress recently. This will…
Love watching the Opals. Very pleased to see Lauren Jackson step in to cove for the loss (?) of Cambage. We need another big body. So pleased they are not wearing the figure hugging uniforms too. Can’t see them knocking over the Americans but maybe we can knock over the Chinese. I’ll be watching
Why Australia should be taking a shine to gritty Opals, a gem of a team you can be proud to support
Of course he should play. He is as good a player as Jaemon Salmon and no-one criticises Ivan Cleary for selecting him. It is insurance in case of injury to a half. Brad Arthur is to be admired. I was born in the Nepean District Hospital near Penrith and spent most of my life supporting the Penny Panthers but I would love nothing more than seeing the much maligned Brad and Jacob Arthur celebrating Grand Final success to silence the creeps and cretins who attack on social media. Go the …(gulp) Eels!!!!
Brad Arthur's selection of his son for chance to win premiership together is correct decision
Would love to see a Penrith boy captain the country in cricket after we dominated the Rugby League season. Imagine Cummins captaining Australia in cricket and Cleary captaining Australia in League.
What does the Tim Paine scandal mean for Australia? Five burning questions after captain's bombshell
So he is happy to complain about others but is guilty of the same damn thing! HYPOCRITE!
Racism whistleblower apologises for antisemitic messages
Mitch Marsh should be our T20 captain BUT he is an ordinary batter at test level with a dubious technique. If he was a better bowler and could be turned into a bowling allrounder who bats at 7 or 8 then put him into the team and make him captain!
'This is the turning point': Imposing and important to the culture, but is Mitch Marsh the right fit for a baggy green?
Haven’t these two teams played twice already? How many times are they planning to meet?
Sheffield Shield match postponed due to 'possible COVID-19 case'
Premiership window? Warriors? Nah! If they get a new coach, five eighth, hooker and halfback then maybe as long as the coach is Bellamy, the halfback is Cleary and the hooker is Harry Grant!
Why Warriors' premiership window could be about to open
Definition of cricket insanity. Keep picking the same players and expecting a different result. England will beat us 9 times out of ten, possibly ten out of ten. Pick some untried, too quickly discarded or young players. They may get better, this current crop won’t.
Josh Inglis, Josh Phillippe, Mitch Marsh (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Jack Edwards, Tanveer Sangha, Michael Neser, Mitchell Swepson, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Lyon, Ben McDermott, Will Sutherland, Nic Maddinson, Usman Khawaja, Wil Pucovski, Mark Steketee …
MATCH REPORT: Buttler blitzkrieg sees England hand Australia 'an absolute hiding'
So we have a tight defence oriented game and people are whingeing about the ref, the bunker, the interchange, the trainers… bring back the blowouts!
Interchange controversy sours defensive performances for the ages: Talking points from the NRL semi
Ah the rules get tested, bent, changed until they are blurred beyond recognition.
Gripes about high testosterone women in the Tokyo 200m athletics final are not fair
First goal was staggering! I thought the goalkeeper was supposed to watch the ball and catch it if she can. Aussies gifted goals to the opposition.
Analysis: Signs of promising spark despite absence of a glittering finish to Matildas' campaign
Hold them in Greece. Make it the traditional style Olympics. Only need the running, long jump, boxing, wrestling, pentathlon, the four horse chariot race and of course the anything goes battle called the pankration. Not enough spectator interest? Well the original athletes competed nude. Of course it was only men who competed so we could be inclusive and open it to all. I’d watch!
Making the Olympic Games truly global, fairer and cheaper to run
I have no knowledge of what transpired with Liz Cambage but it is a huge step to leave your teammates one player short (it would be hard to make amends with future team mates). I understand Australia have no travelling reserves to replace her but I did notice Penny Taylor in the crowd. I wonder…
The Opals looked good playing an up tempo style against the USA without focussing on a big slow moving centre.
UPDATE: Cambage quits Olympics after 'multiple incidents'
Another Guru!!! Another warrior! My response was to Nat not you! Mind your business clown!!!!
Let’s make the international game great, not just the Kangaroos
Wouldn’t have the balls? Wow! Such an aggressive keyboard warrior Nat the Roar Guru!! (A joke in itself) I would tell a Samoan footy player because I am sure they would agree with me although I am sure many would need me to explain what I was talking about back in Samoa. It’s not development at all. Just recycling the same players into different uniforms and calling it progress. How is the local comp going in Samoa? Fiji? Tonga? Lebanon? Doesn’t matter we’ll just use second or third generation expats! Yeah that will work. Now people born and raised in Australia and their relatives can play and cheer against the Aussies. But let them play State of Origin too. Just the NRL trying to generate revenue. Who really cares if a Samoan team made up of non locals beat anyone. Most of those players were produced by the Australian or New Zealand development systems. Then you have some Australians (The Johns brothers) trying to select themselves as the coach instead of the coach chosen by the Samoan RL. I don’t care about expanding the International game. England and New Zealand are fine. The NFL gets along just fine without Internationals. I have been to NRL grand finals, club games and State of Origin games and local park games but I wouldn’t cross the street to watch a group of Australian players with Lebanese ancestry play a group of Australian players with Fijian ancestry. No offence to Lebanon or Fiji intended. I’m sure the people in those countries wouldn’t cross the street to watch them either!
Let’s make the international game great, not just the Kangaroos
Tier 1, Tier 2 concept is rubbish. Trying to manufacture a non existent International game. Each player should make a choice about what country they wish to represent.If it is not Australia, they are ineligible for State of Origin. The coach Mal Meninga should NEVER have to try to convince a player to play for Australia
Let’s make the international game great, not just the Kangaroos
The women’s State of Origin was my favourite game this year. No six again, a close contest. No great amount of wrestling… though I don’t seem to mind wrestling as much in the women’s game!
How can we stop all the floggings we have created?
Perhaps the appointment of next years coach Craig Fitzgibbon and the fact that a few highly paid “stars” are trying to get new contracts might be the reason for Cronulla’s improvement. All of a sudden Matt Moylan, Aaron Woods and Shaun Johnson are playing out of their skins. Anyone who signs them on this basis deserves what they get
Josh Hannay deserves to be a full-time NRL coach
The test championship is a flawed concept but I am pleased to see NZ taking on India. Both teams have great home records and playing at a neutral venue is great. The winner should be treated like a boxing championship winner. You can only win the title by beating the current champion. Keep the regular test schedule and whoever plays the winner next gets a shot at the title.
India versus NZ is a fitting World Test Championship final
Imagine what he would do if he wasn’t being coached by Bellamy? Bellamy demands his best attitude and gets it most of the time. If Bellamy leaves Melbourne…
The new rule the NRL needs: Cameron Munster can't kick people
By the end of the season I am thinking the Broncos will be willing to sack anyone who objects to Bennett returning and throw bucket loads of cash at him to return. Kevin Walters has already yelled and screamed at his players with no effect. He is not the answer. The NRL needs the Broncos to fire. The Broncos can only fire if they get Bennett (or Bellamy)
Wayne Bennett set for one final fling in Brisbane this Thursday night
Great tackle by Wakeham but he may draw the ire of the coach for potentially taking out the oppositions worst defender.
Matt Dufty put flat on his back by perfect hit from Brandon Wakeham
Doesn’t matter when he starts. It won’t affect his chances of winning a wooden spoon.
Club vs country wrangle looming as England Rugby may delay Seibold's start at Sea Eagles