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The WBBL semi-finals are upon us and tomorrow the Brisbane Heat will play the Sydney Thunder followed by the Melbourne Renegades taking on the reigning champions, the Sydney Sixers at Drummoyne Oval.
On Monday, North Queensland Cowboys player Scott Bolton appeared in Waverley Local Court for touching a woman on her upper thigh at a bar in Bondi last May.
With WBBL semi-finals just over a week away, five teams remain in contention for the top four spots being the Sydney Sixers, Sydney Thunder, Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Renegades and Perth Scorchers.
It seems that with each passing year the Australian public becomes more and more invested in women’s sport.
When I reflect on the 2018 rugby league season, there are a couple of highlights that immediately spring to mind.
It was a cold Saturday afternoon in Sydney, and with clouds swirling overhead I found myself at the home ground of the Helensburgh Tigers rugby league team for a fundraiser for a little man named Slater.
This weekend is the third of the WBBL Opening Weekend carnivals and will see most teams headed south to Blundstone Arena in Hobart for their next two matches in the competition.
The fourth edition of the Women’s Big Bash League got underway last weekend and after the results, I think it’s clear that it is going to be a very competitive season.
On the weekend the Australian Women’s Cricket team beat England in the final of the ICC World T20 Tournament which has taken place in the Caribbean over the last month.
With a 71-run win over the West Indies Women’s team, the Australian Women’s Cricket team will play in their fifth consecutive ICC T20 World Cup match on Sunday morning.
The Australian Women’s Cricket team has one more pool match – against India on Sunday morning at 2am AEST – before they progress to the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World T20 which is currently being contested in the Caribbean.
For the Konstantopoulos family, summer is synonymous with cricket.
The Australian women’s Cricket team will tomorrow play their first game of the ICC women’s World T20 in the Caribbean against Pakistan.
This week, the FFA officially launched its bid for Australia to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the hashtag #GetOnside and it’s been blowing up on social media.
This week the 2018-19 edition of the W-League commenced with a classic Sydney derby, played in front of 1500 fans at Marconi Stadium.
On Wednesday night, Women’s Health held their 8th annual ‘Women in Sport’ Awards at the Hordern Pavillion.
Tonight the 2018-19 season of the WNBL commences with the Sydney University Flames in action against the University of Canberra Capitals from 7pm.
The Australian women’s cricket team have started the international summer with a bang, winning their first two matches in their T20 ODI series against New Zealand.
With the Brisbane Broncos winning the women’s NRL Premiership by 34-12 over the Sydney Roosters and the Sydney Roosters being crowned Premiers in the men’s competition, the NRL season is now at a close for another year.
Forty Twenty, Sterlo is absolutely entitled to his opinion and TBH he is not one of those commentators that seems to talk about the referees all the time.
I more highlighted his comment because I fundamentally disagree with it – I am thoroughly enjoying this season, but of course that is only my view. 🙂
In defence of referees
Dutski, thanks for your comment! I actually think we are in the majority… the minority just seems to be making A LOT of noise at the moment.
In defence of referees
I’m not blaming JT for the Cowboys woes… I’m simply saying he isn’t the player that he once was and in particular this season, he is no longer having the same impact.
JT's game is broken and cannot be fixed
Unfortunately the rest of us who tipped the Cowboys for the Premiership didn’t cotton onto that so soon…
JT's game is broken and cannot be fixed
From my observations Paul, he is a very loyal coach…
JT's game is broken and cannot be fixed
Chris, do you think there is potentially some hangover from the World Cup? I wondered whether the long season was potentially impacting Jason Taumololo?
JT's game is broken and cannot be fixed
Busty, it would make me very happy to be proven wrong in this case. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!
JT's game is broken and cannot be fixed
I’m not being critical of him at all! But let’s be real, there are very few people that saw this coming. If people had, they would not have been tipping the Cows to win the Premiership.
JT's game is broken and cannot be fixed
That I think is the point, Spruce. Scott I don’t really have a problem with the call – but the lateness made it incredibly frustrating and I can understand why the Storm were miffed.
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
It says a lot about the standard we have come to accept from the team that an error like that is just seen as so out of character.
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
Thanks for pointing that out Joe. I think the Storm will still win, but it’s a different prospect to actually playing at home.
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
Ray, with respect, the man was hit below the belt… not sure how that makes him a whinger.
I’ve said the Dragons were too good in the article and all of the people that have commented agreed.
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
Definitely not giving up on them… but they have work to do.
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
Agree Paul – as I said, I don’t think if that call had gone their way that the Storm would have won. It was the Dragons who well and truly deserved that win. But it was probably one of the more bizarre calls I have seen (simply because of how late the call was made).
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
I don’t think Storm fans should stress, Emcie. Far from it. I would be pretty content if I was a Storm fan. But it’s clear to me that they have work to do – they’ve been inconsistent to start the year and no doubt are still one of the best teams in the comp when playing their best footy.
The errors and silly penalties are something that I’m not used to seeing from them though.
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
RoryStorm, hasn’t JAC’s development been an absolute pleasure to watch? What a player. I really hope he gets that Origin spot – if not now, when?
What happened to last year's premiers? The Storm have plenty of work to do
It’s catchy enough to get your attention and troll me. So I must be doing something right. Thanks for the clicks!
Mary's Wonder Women: Where are the female AFLW coaches?
She’s won a premiership.
That’s a pretty accurate measure used by plenty of people when working out who the ‘best’ coaches are.
Mary's Wonder Women: Where are the female AFLW coaches?
I didn’t ‘conventiently’ choose to leave that out. I saw it as almost irrelevant. Bec did not go back to the AFP because of money – had there been a position available to her full time which was financially viable, Bec has hinted several times that she would have considered the offer. The bottom line in, Bec’s choice was either quit her job to do AFLW and be unable to financially support herself or go back to her career. There was no middle ground.
And as for there being no female talent… Bec is the equal best AFLW coach out there. The talent is there. We can’t keep it.
Mary's Wonder Women: Where are the female AFLW coaches?
The Sea Eagles smashed the Eels in Round 2…. they were looking good at that point. Please don’t make me say anything further about this game.
Where to now for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles?
I agree Rod. I feel like Barrett has walked into a major storm here and I don’t know what he can do to get the team out of it.
Where to now for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles?
When I talk about where to from here, injuries are a major concern of mine. As I said Barrett needs to name 21 players this week and he only has 21 players left to choose from. What will happen during SOO or if any more injuries occur?
I think the squad is reasonable, but I think that other factors might be having just too big of an impact.
Where to now for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles?
Big Daddy he does do that. 🙂 In fact there was one with the Bulldogs just this week.
Our #TalkUpTheGame hashtag has been hijacked
I like this idea!
In defence of referees