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I was 63 not out and batting beautifully, flaying Weston Creek fifths all over Rivett Oval. Cut shots, pull shots, mighty heaves down town.…
Before Tina Turner, rugby league advertisements effectively consisted of Rex Mossop ordering people to watch. “The game’s on Saturday and I strongly advise you…
Once upon a time Mark Waugh was batting for NSW in a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, his team in trouble…
From ball one of the 2015 World Cup final, Mitchell Starc owned New Zealand like Donald Trump owns things made of gold. Starc owned…
Justin Langer appears to believe that if you’re a source for a newspaper article it means you’re a coward. As he claimed on the…
The Pumas beat the All Blacks in New Zealand this year. And Ireland beat them there, too. And in the 2015 World Cup, Japan…
The All Blacks kick off their trip to the northern hemisphere in Tokyo with a clash against Japan. Join The Roar for live scores…
The strength and conditioning people at Rugby Australia thought there must be some mistake, because surely the 20-year-old, 188-centimetre, 107-kilo No. 8 wasn’t the…
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Des Hasler saved the day in more ways than one for the Sea Eagles.
A week after winning their first ever Test match in New Zealand, Ireland have won their second one and in the process sealed a…
The Crusaders have won their 11th Super Rugby title with a dominant 21-7 victory over an out-gunned, outplayed and fumbling Blues. On a cool,…
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The Blues have overcome a tough first half-hour, largely against a 14-man Highlanders side, to post a 35-6 win in their Super Rugby Pacific…
Another sudden death Super Rugby quarter-final. Another ‘brave’ but ultimately outclassed Australian side losing to a Kiwi one. And another game in which the…
After a high-intensity, high-pressure and occasionally brutal sudden death quarter final, won by Canterbury Crusaders 37-15 over Queensland Reds, Scott Barrett sounded like a…
The Crusaders are hard enough to beat when you win the lineouts and scrums that in the modern, professional game of rugby you are…
I don’t know mate. I know it’s NASA. They have put up a graph. And they are Experts. I trust Experts from NASA over James from Forbes, and Investors.com, and Alan Jones, and every other screaching parrot beholden to big coal, and what have you.
I trust the Scientists. They have no reason to lie about it. They have not conspired all together to lie about it. Since humans began pumping shit into the sky, the planet’s getting hotter you only need measure glaciers to prove it. And it’s unprecdented in the last 650,000 years.
And NASA.
Hot enough (to cancel the Test match cricket) for ya?
Graph. Titled “How we know” https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Hot enough (to cancel the Test match cricket) for ya?
NASA scientists say it’s a Thing, and humans are causing it.
Hot enough (to cancel the Test match cricket) for ya?
Yeah I was surprised Renshaw didn’t get extended run.
If this were a timeless Test, Cheteshwar Pujara could bat until July
I remember that line … and how the pics illustrated the best way to walk off with dignity… had a picture of someone doing it, Greg Chappell I think: bat under the arm, take gloves off, get off. It was such a bible.
Roll on summer of cricket, roll on
Ha. Nice one. Worse things for sheets to smell like than cricket bat.
Roll on summer of cricket, roll on
That, Maxwell, is a horrible tale.
Ha. Fair to say it tested the premise that pain is not just an emotion.
Roll on summer of cricket, roll on
Nah mate, it was actually relatively light. Not a Hurricane. It was just a “twin-scoop”, I think, with Hookesy’s signature embedded in it. Cracking bit of willow.
Roll on summer of cricket, roll on
Ha. By interesting I believe you mean completely wrong, Paul, but thanks. And yeah Sutto’s a good fella. They love him down Maroubra. Reckon junior coach would be good role for him.
John Sutton: Peak Bunny
Ha. Blind hope! The best kind.
Go the V. Here is hopin.
But I’m afraid, my man, the Hot Broncs are gonna towel you up in Vegas.
First sits two points ahead of eighth. You pick a winner
Ha. Broncos premiership wouldn’t be a nightmare for me. Nor would Storm, not really. My team’s out the back door on Mad Monday the Daily Tele couldn’t even be bothered sending peeping toms to.
First sits two points ahead of eighth. You pick a winner
I’ll be here, Rook. And I’ll stand by “Saints are rubbish” until they aren’t. Hope they come good. Can’t see it.
Can you? Is there cause of optimism among the Red V people?
First sits two points ahead of eighth. You pick a winner
Yeah, you could make a case for the Dragons, but not a good one, for mine. Be laughed out of court. But then stranger things have happened. The Cows made the grand final last year without Thurston. Donald Trump’s president. People watch old mate the Beaver whatever his name is, Honey Badger, on a reality dating show. Kooky times.
First sits two points ahead of eighth. You pick a winner
True. Yet Griffin didn’t want it broken, presumably. Gus has exercised the option to break it, punt him and pay him out. And then the Tigers coach as a replacement, that the Tigers believe lacks integrity, presumably at least until they gain satisfaction, which could only come in the form of cash from Panthers world of pokies, and/or a better coach than Ivan. As Marina said: it’s business. I think bandying about Loyalty and Integrity in matters of business… they’re not words generally connected with business.
Breaking Bad: League contracts are signed in invisible ink
Don’t quite take your point, Paul. Journos can’t write Fiction, they’d be out of a job. You can write Opinion though, and it’s never wrong.
FWIW I’m a freelance, sole trader. Like a sub-contractor though I sign no contract and have no employer as such, just a series of Publishers I knock out stuff for. Bit like footy players, indeed we share a union (with Actors), though they sign contracts that don’t appear worth much if both parties agree they want out of em. Which was my point.
I’m not quite across yours.
Breaking Bad: League contracts are signed in invisible ink
Thanks. I think.
Origin's great shift: How New South Wales ended Queensland's dynasty to start an empire of their own
Agreed. But you did read this bit “Yet this is not to say we’re looking at a decade of Blue Time. This is not to suggest we’re at the start of a Cleary dynasty”.
And this bit, which I quite liked because I could include Jake the Mus in Star Wars:
“he Maroons can win series in the next few years on the back of their generation next. Fact. Queensland is like a veritable breeding ground for league people. Seen that bit in one of the dud Star Wars prequels, where there’s all the stormtroopers cloned from Jake the Muss? That’s every town in Queensland from Cooktown to Coolangatta.”
Origin's great shift: How New South Wales ended Queensland's dynasty to start an empire of their own
Thanks Graham. My bad. Looks like the Sub-editors fixed that.
Cody Walker … is going gangbusters for the Bunnies on the left with Johnny Sutton, and R.Jennings is leading try-scorer because of it. And … I think he needs another season of shit-hot footy, as Keary’s had, before he’s in the conversation. Could be just me. Maybe a premiership and a hot start to 2019, and Freddy comes a-callin… I think not ATM, just cos incumbents.
Origin's great shift: How New South Wales ended Queensland's dynasty to start an empire of their own
Y’know I reckon the interchange down to six is going to mean there’s less like Shannon and more like Angus Crichton who’s name I didn’t bother to spell check, and now feel bad. There’ll still be a place for the Giant Orc … but three of them you’d think would be a luxury late in the game that the little zippy ones could exploit.
The Bunnies' pigs have made them top dogs
Mick Hancock. Bit like Chicka Ferguson. They’d beat 8 blokes, 3 of them twice.
Forty years of footy favourites
Bang on, Griggso. Indeed if you type Matt Bowen magic into Google you’ll find YouTube full of fun. Loved him.
I’m gonna dig up the story I did on him from 08. Still one of my faves.
Forty years of footy favourites
Ha. You even look at it?
Here: https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Evidence. Facts and stuff.
Hot enough (to cancel the Test match cricket) for ya?