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The only dividend of this so called ANZAC match is that it is being played in Adelaide where a great number of Kiwis reside. And where a Fijian once pulled off a great try saving tackle.
No Mack, Kiwi-esque 10: An IRISH and British Lions team to smack Wallabies - and the doctrine Farrell must follow
I think you like so many others underestimate the talent that abounds from outside Sydney and Brisbane.
No Mack, Kiwi-esque 10: An IRISH and British Lions team to smack Wallabies - and the doctrine Farrell must follow
What ANZAC event is this July 12 match commemorating?Battle of Ypres?
No Mack, Kiwi-esque 10: An IRISH and British Lions team to smack Wallabies - and the doctrine Farrell must follow
Again the fixtures do nothing whatsoever to promote the game in Australia. When are we ever going to have touring teams playing in areas where rugby needs real support? Who can remember the day where Tasmania led by the King of Denmark’s father in law, John Donaldson played the All Blacks? There are at least ten Tasmanian rugby clubs playing the global game in that state. No doubt supported by expatriate Kiwis and South Africans. And Pommie descendants of the criminal classes. A team of 39 visitors plus double their entourage of fish-heads residing as Woodward’s 2005 team did, based at a lavish hotel in Auckland was and is the epitomy of decadence!
No Mack, Kiwi-esque 10: An IRISH and British Lions team to smack Wallabies - and the doctrine Farrell must follow
For me the British Lions tour does nothing to promote rugby in this country. Just a short minimalist holiday tour as I’ve stated elsewhere on the Roar where half the players will get one game, live in flashy hotels with a regiment of soothe-Sayers, go shopping instead of visiting schools, and worst of all not give one iota to rugby in the heartland regions where clubs and footy grounds barely fight for existence. Why aren’t games being arranged against Combined Services or country teams. Universities could provide some contest judging from what university clubs there are in this country that play rugby. The Australian Rugby Union purports to represent this country. Not just Sydney and Brisbane. We may have had cricket scores compiled by touring teams against local sides in the past but why not spread the good word?
Why new Lions coach is confident Wallabies will 'get it right' as 'huge moment' for Australia nears
Stuff all this mediocrity about the Wallabies. What I have a massive gripe is over the forthcoming British and Irish Lions tour. The Australian Rugby Union has once again shown their short-sightedness by limiting matches to the major cities. Short tour. Big prices. Lack of any real vision. What has happened to the days where touring teams played at Orange? North Sydney Oval? Norwood Oval Adelaide? Queensborough Oval Hobart? Sports Ground Quirindi? Sports Ground Bathurst? Rugby shouldn’t be confined to Sydney -Brisbane with token matches in Melbourne and Perth. If the Lions want to come to this country living in their flash hotels with with their entourage of hangers on, they should earn their money promoting the game not just in their bubble-gum environs but out in the real heartland where rugby struggles to exist.
Rugby News: Force sign Maori All Blacks star, Fijian lock jailed for assault, Lions set to announce coach
Peter Jackson I heard on the grapevine is . . . . .
David Warner: the most complicated legacy in Australian cricket history
How is it that cricketers have to have a big fanfare when they retire? What happened to humility and humbleness?
Especially when you’re renown for dastiedness and wicked ways of winning.
Does anyone remember Michael Hussey retiring and announcing to the World -“Look at moi! Look at moi! Look at moi”
Fred Ziffle never made a big thing of his retirement from Green Acres, nor did Michael Landon from Little House on the Praire. But it seems cricketers are afraid to go quietly while still on top.
David Warner: the most complicated legacy in Australian cricket history
That’s upmanship! Clever!
COMMENT: BBL Pom's disgraceful ump incident deserves bigger ban - and shame on Aussie icon for 'both-sidesing' it
Agree! All lives are equal. Exchanging one hostage for 30 former criminals is sort of equal.
'Makes no sense': Khawaja slams ICC charge over first Test armband protest as Albanese goes into bat for opener
I feel dreadfully sorry for Currant. Entirely unfair penalty. Reading horror comics instead of classical literature, lack of early educational guidance for uplift, not tying your cot sheets together when climbing out of the crib at two years of age, learning nursery rhymes such as “Who killed Cock Robertson” or “The Three Blind Mice” at the age of five, trading lollipops for parking offenses, playing video games instead of completing private school assignments, have all contributed to the woes of World cricket and a sense of self-entitlement that youngsters such as young Currant are doing their best to overcome but failing at the last popping crease. Behaviour modification programmes should be front and centre of all victims of prejudice.
COMMENT: BBL Pom's disgraceful ump incident deserves bigger ban - and shame on Aussie icon for 'both-sidesing' it
Of course they were valid. The Brixton Seconds were simply not up to test match competitiveness and dear ol’ Warner simply ransacked the ballast tanks without a fear in the world. Now had he played the Perth Scorchers?
Khawaja banner banned, Morris to be put on ice again, Marnus scans revealed, Johnson won't be shushed by Warner ton
That’s unfair. His captain helped by winning the toss giving them a slight advantage on deciding that to bat first was the correct decision against the Brixton Seconds.
‘No better way to silence them’: Warner fires back at critics with blistering ton as Aussies pile on misery to Pakistan
My apologies for just hearing the news that Warner scored a great ton against the Brixton Ex-Patriots Second XI in Perth today in front of thousands and thousands of loyal fans. Congratulations David. Any talk of retirement must be post-poned until the real teams turn up.
‘No better way to silence them’: Warner fires back at critics with blistering ton as Aussies pile on misery to Pakistan
I’m simply not into final fanfare’s or leaping in the air or high fives. I thought players were selected on merit, not self-centred immodest “look – look! look at me!” Why doesn’t he just go quietly? He is going to look a tool if he sadly doesn’t score on the field.
Uzzy and Warner's manager fire back at 'ignorant' Johnson over sandpaper sledge: 'Go to the moon for a holiday, just a joke'
I stand corrected when perusing through results. Over the full 48 matches if a team won the toss your chances of winning were 41.3%. Initially it seems after the first match with NZ and England where NZ won bowling first, teams followed suit. But shortly after the success of teams became dependent on batting first.
ICC announces World Cup final to be 'best of three' following India's loss, BCCI complaint
Just had a quick flick over 12 results including the two Australia lost. If you lose the toss, you have a 33% chance of winning.
ICC announces World Cup final to be 'best of three' following India's loss, BCCI complaint
It came down to winning the toss. Only became aware of it from the 2019 series. If you won the toss you had a 67% chance of winning.
CHAMPIONS! Head's heroic ton, bowling brilliance sees Aussies crush India for SIXTH - and best - World Cup win
Winning the toss helped.
CHAMPIONS! Head's heroic ton, bowling brilliance sees Aussies crush India for SIXTH - and best - World Cup win
Whoever won the toss would win.
CHAMPIONS! Head's heroic ton, bowling brilliance sees Aussies crush India for SIXTH - and best - World Cup win
After winning the toss he couldn’t lose.
CHAMPIONS! Head's heroic ton, bowling brilliance sees Aussies crush India for SIXTH - and best - World Cup win
They were silent because they lost the toss.
CHAMPIONS! Head's heroic ton, bowling brilliance sees Aussies crush India for SIXTH - and best - World Cup win
Australia won because they won the toss.
CHAMPIONS! Head's heroic ton, bowling brilliance sees Aussies crush India for SIXTH - and best - World Cup win
Australia/India final. For some reason this is one of the most peculiar cricket Whirled series that I can ever recall.
'Most Pakistan thing of all time': DLS drama as opener's blitz sees New Zealand smack 401 and LOSE
Australia Day is just a gentle reminder that the native originals of this land should be grateful that they were inhabited by the cricket bat crowd and their leather bawles, carrying a Christian flag and a barrell load of medicinal goodies instead of the shackles that countries such as China exert on Tibet, Hong Kong, Bhutan, Taiwan, Indian border, South China Seas, Sri Lanka. Would you be kind enough to tell me what part of Alice Springs do you reside, please?
Cricket can’t solve Australia Day conundrum - it’s not up to sports to make tough decisions for governments