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Sports Nut. Any sport.... except golf.
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I, like many rugby league fans, had a glance at the newly released draw for the 2015 season of the NRL and spotted a…
With the beginning of the NRL season only hours' away, I thought it would interesting to tackle the topic on everybody's lips – jerseys!…
My wife was absolutely gutted by the news of Glass retiring. She loved that he was never the flashiest player but always was consistently good as well as doing anything that would help the team. She can’t speak higher of him.
Darren Glass retires a highly respected legend of the club
I am firmly in the camp that Absolutely psych testing should be a part of the overall picture of a professional sportsperson. They psych test firemen, police and many other jobs where getting to know their emotional intelligence, stress coping abilities and their ability to learn are important. These are hugely important in professional sport. I just assumed that all AFL/NRL clubs would have a psychologist to assist in recruitment either through the drafting process or recruiting. However, I think a lot of the mental side of our big football codes is left to people that are too dazzled by athletic/physical prowess to worry about the whole picture.
Should clubs psychologically test draftees?
Lisa: Mr. Malthouse, are you an ivory dealer?
Malthouse: Well I’ve had lots of jobs in my day. Whale hunter, seal clubber, coach of the Carlton Blues. And, like most people, yeah I’ve dealt a little ivory.
People, like animals, are sometimes just jerks