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2020 started as all new seasons start: slowly. The good teams had hardly woken up when the Armageddon arrived. Suddenly all sport professional, amateur…
I know that the world - including me - is in lock-down, and people are dying, losing their jobs and filled with fear about…
The Women’s T20 World Cup starts on February 21 when Australia meets India at the Sydney Showground Stadium. There are ten teams divided into…
I have been watching the Australian Open since I was 12. Each year we have great expectations that this year a local player will…
The silly season has started, which means players who are un-contracted or in the last year of their contract have the opportunity to look…
So the Roosters went back to back thanks to Trent Robinson, Cooper Cronk, the Coach Whisperer and the best defence we have seen since…
On Saturday night the Roosters will play the Melbourne Storm in a preliminary final at the SCG. This year the teams have been closely…
I was born in Manchester but grew up in Sydney with a father who loved cricket and used to take me to the SCG…
This article is not science fiction. It is not from an episode of the Twilight Zone. I have been a fanatic sports-watcher since I…
We in Sydney are in the midst of a stadium crisis. At the beginning of this year we had the SFS (or Allianz Stadium)…
This weekend showed us what we should have known already: that the regions must be catered for to grow the NRL in Australia. The…
The careers of two footballers were derailed yesterday. Israel Folau’s $4 million contract was torn up and Jack de Belin failed in his attempt…
All of my life I have followed English football. Having a father born in Manchester and a mother from Liverpool, I had three great…
Whether it's the northern climate or the huge competition among football codes, the four teams in Sydney and Queensland - and their supporters -…
Last Thursday night, I traipsed out to the SCG to see the Swans start their season again – this time against the enigma that…
The SCG Trust tried the old magic trick: now you see it, now you don’t. The trick was: watch us cater for every football…
The latest international cricket controversy deals with Ravindra Ashwin running out Jos Buttler for backing up too far from the bowler’s end in an…
The latest trolling example in the AFLW - and in sport in general - has struck Tayla Harris. A remarkable photograph of Tayla showing…
When politics and sport mix we sometimes experience a scenario that would not be out of place in a Lewis Carroll book. First some…
What does the NRL do when contracted players are accused of misbehaving, breaching their contracts or carrying out criminal behaviour? These are not simple…
Keith Hurst
Very Interesting, but I don’t think that the statistics will determine the result of the game.
If the Roosters can control Fifita, their backline will be too slick for the Sharks and will score more heavily.
I predict a final score of 18 -10 Roosters with tries by Tupou, Ferguson and Tedesco.
By the way I am a lousy tipster.
Keitrh Hurst sports fanatic
Roosters vs Sharks: The ultra definitive stats preview
I enjoyed your article and after last night how can you argue against Richmond repeating last years win. Dustin Martin’s form is peaking just in time and their defensive preassure is awesome.
Hawthorn’s defence could not clear the ball and always seemed rushed. It will take a calm organised defence to have any chance.
Keith Hurst sports fanatic
Mega finals preview column: Who can topple the Tiges?
Great article Adam.
Why must we put up with drunken footballers displaying all in the guise of “good clean fun”.
It is certainly not good, absolutely not clean and maybe fun if you are so sozzled that you can’t remember taking all your clothes off.
Never mind the image to the game. I can’t judge that but I am embarrassed to see footballers behave like yahoos. Will they ever learn?, Todd Carney and Mitchell Pearce are our role models for this stupid behaviour.
Clubs must ban “Mad Monday”, Tuesday, Wednesday etc
Keith Hurst Sports fanatic
It's time to end Mad Monday
Keith hurst
Great article. The humble offy usually pales next to its glamorous brother the leg spinner, but this article shows how the greats bowl it. The many test wickets it takes are testament to its place in the cricket world.
Keith Hurst
What makes a great offie?
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I am a little less excited than Lynton at our prospects for summer. We have a new team, a new captain and coach. I think we will beat India. Their away record is worth than ours.
But with lack of experience comes inconsistency. I expect that our bowling will hold up but our batting will be up and down. We will miss Smith and Warner but welcome Swepson and Renshaw.
Keith Hurst
Get excited for a new era of Australian cricket
by keith hurst
The fact that you picked no rooster forwards is an indication that your radar is wonky. No team with as many wins as the Roosters can get that far without significant contributions from their forwards.
Backs are onl;y as good as their forwrds. Just wait and see.
Keith hurst
NRL team of the week Round 25
Because of the nature of AFL there is no doubt that the best team wins the vast majority of games. So Tim’s arguments justifying the MCG are self evident.
The point is that the AFL have a number of reasons to keep the Grand Final at the MCG. Money. prestige, history and an extraordinary decision to keep it at the MCG for the next 25 years are some of them.
The NRL does the same thing with ANZ stadium and their grand final. Wembly also with the FA cup final This also does not make it right or fair.
Grand finals are not common events worldwide. They seem peculiarly Australian.
Years ago with AFL there were few stadiums Australia wide who could host a grand final with a crowd of over 40,000 now there are at least 5 and more are coming every year.
The AFL should not be so insular and let the showpiece of AFL be played at a nominated large venue notified 5 years in advance like the Super Bowl. I should be irrelevant what teams are in the Grand Final.
Grand Finals at the MCG are unfair? That's rubbish
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After losing both games by huge margins, I was depressed before I started reading your article. After I finished I was ready for the funny farm.
I have beem reading your articles for years and never fail to feel that the end is nigh after finishing them.
Instead of white hot criticism can we have some constructive comments?. Honestly a panel of wise men was OK in biblical times. Probably not going to work in Rugby in 2018/9.
Keith Hurst
The Australian rugby system is the problem, not just Michael Cheika
Can the Waratahs keep it up next year. Their last year’s resurgence was completely unexpected.
Now all we need is decent crowds and good attacking football.
Keith Hurst
Waratahs confirm revamped coaching team for 2019
Am I the only one who loved the Fox coverage of the Supercars. Last weekends inaugural meeting at Tailem Bend.
The coverage of the supercars is first class and shows how proficient we and especially Fox are at presenting Motor Sport.
All comentators without exception are experts in the field and even Mark Larkham’s pit side rambles are informative and often amusing.
The drivers are all media savvy and give intelligent answers to equally intelligent questions. None of the “how do you feel?” that seem to swamp AFL and Rugby telecasts.
Keith Hurst
Supercars The Bend SuperSprint talking points
I think that we should give our spin bowlers as much exposure to sub continent conditions (especially wrist spinners). The selectors should sticking with Swepson for short form and Test cricket. Experience is the best teacher. Give him time and persevere.
Labuschagne, Swepson and Renshaw star for Australia A
I wrote an article 2 weeks ago bemoaning our terrible performances in the games against the All Blacks.
Guess what ? The nightmare has come back. Game 1 outclassed. Game 2 outclassed.
My solution New Zealand pick an under 15 team. We get 10 points start per half and our tries are worth 10 and our goals 6. Can we still win. I am not sure.
Keith Hurst
Brilliant Beauden Barrett bags All Blacks another Bledisloe Cup
If the aim of the penalty is to keep him off the football field 10 years is long enough. Any longer in my opinion is harsh and oppressive.
For John Hopoate, a ten-year ban just isn't enough
Sorry about my mistake about David King.
I did not have room for Nick Riewoldt who with Bob is the best new talent. He handled his hosting of AFL 360 when Robbo went walk about calmly and efficiently.
Ranking the best AFL commentators
I don’t think that reducing the number of games is the answer to cutting down injuries. Just remember how many serious injuries are caused at training.
Similarly the interchange reduction is based on a false premises that as players get tired the game gets better. That crazy thinking must have been thought up by Monty Python.
The problem is far more fundamental; the human body breaks down when it is asked to do the sort of things on a football field that the coaches require. Players having to run over 10k a game with minimal recovery time is how knees break down. Violent changes of direction under stress seem to cause most of the knee injuries. Collision damage is a different question and can’t be avoided if the game is played at intensity. I think that we just have to accept that.
The football codes should all get together (some chance?) and agree to fund a high level medical project to determine what can be done to try to strengthen those parts of the body that are breaking down.
Keith Hurst
The AFL's injury plague requires a radical solution
What a comprehensively good analysis of the Swans. I will tell all of my friends who are bloods followers to read it
Keith hurst
Sydney are set to turn Dan Hannebery's departure into a big win