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The raw and the cooked: Canberra candidates at number 6

Back in 2009, the great French thinker and anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss died at the ripe old age of 100. One of his most influential works was a book about mythology entitled The Raw and the Cooked.

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The Late News said Roar Rookie

And to clarify how my family is…we have children and all our grandchildren more than 600km away plus other children an…(more)

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The raw and the cooked: Canberra candidates at number 6

Nicholas Bishop

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Nicholas Bishop

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The raw and the cooked: Canberra candidates at number 6

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Nicholas Bishop

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Nicholas Bishop

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The raw and the cooked: Canberra candidates at number 6

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Spiro Zavos

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How to watch a game of rugby: Part 2

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Geoff Parkes

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The Wrap: Why rugby can’t rely on government intervention to save itself

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Spiro Zavos

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How to watch a game of rugby

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby on hold: Try of the year? Try of the year!

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Spiro Zavos

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How to watch a game of rugby: Part 2

When How to Watch a Game of Rugby came out in the shops there was a great deal of media interest in the book and its author.

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Geoff Parkes

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The Wrap: Why rugby can’t rely on government intervention to save itself

Strange times like these throw up surprising twists and turns.

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Spiro Zavos

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How to watch a game of rugby

In 2003 a friend of mine, Mary Varnham, told me she was starting a publishing company. Her first titles were going to be long essays around a ‘How To …’ theme.

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby on hold: Try of the year? Try of the year!

I’ve said it a little bit over the last week, but these here really are crazy times.

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Daniel Jeffrey

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As sport goes into lockdown, what do you want to read on The Roar?

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As sport goes into lockdown, what do you want to read on The Roar?

Geoff Parkes

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The Wrap: Rugby’s off-again, on-again, rollercoaster a test for players and coaches

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Will Knight

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Play it safe or play on? Tough calls coming up for RA

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Play it safe or play on? Tough calls coming up for RA

Mary Konstantopoulos

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Claudia ringing the Bell for women's rugby

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Daniel Jeffrey

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As sport goes into lockdown, what do you want to read on The Roar?

Sport can so often provide a welcome distraction to the unpleasantries of real-world events we’d rather avoid. So to see so many competitions cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus is, to say the least, unnerving.

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Geoff Parkes

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The Wrap: Rugby’s off-again, on-again, rollercoaster a test for players and coaches

Since Super Rugby was shut down last weekend there has been much discussion and conjecture around financial concerns (what does this mean for the future of the game in our region?) as well as rugby matters (how soon can games resume and in what form?)

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Will Knight

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Play it safe or play on? Tough calls coming up for RA

It could be argued that in these crazy Coronavirus times, Rugby Australia has a lot more to lose than just a few games of Super Rugby.

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Mary Konstantopoulos

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Claudia ringing the Bell for women's rugby

Claudia Bell was recently recognised for her outstanding achievements in advancing the opportunities for women and girls to play rugby at the Her Sport Her Way Awards.

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Nicholas Bishop

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Nicholas Bishop

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The great Australian openside debate: Round 2

Rarely does a moment pass in modern life without a live sporting event on the telly. There is always something to watch, somewhere in the world. Here in the UK, it could be overnight ping-pong or kabaddi, or Aussie rules at dawn, or a Premier League soccer centrepiece as the daylight begins to ebb away.

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Nicholas Bishop said Expert

Stephen Jones finished in the same year that Rhys Priestland made his debut for Wales. Hooky bridged the two eras. If an…(more)

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The great Australian openside debate: Round 2

Nicholas Bishop

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Nicholas Bishop

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The great Australian openside debate: Round 2

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Nicholas Bishop

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Nicholas Bishop

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The great Australian openside debate: Round 2

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Brett McKay

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby round on hold: Tipper’s remorse

You all thought we wouldn’t be around this week, didn’t you? But not even the small matter of there being no games was going to stop the panel coming together!

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Harry Jones said Roar Guru

I ain’t getting anywhere close to that fella

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Brett McKay

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby round on hold: Tipper’s remorse

You all thought we wouldn’t be around this week, didn’t you? But not even the small matter of there being no games was going to stop the panel coming together!

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Brett McKay

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby round on hold: Tipper’s remorse

You all thought we wouldn’t be around this week, didn’t you? But not even the small matter of there being no games was going to stop the panel coming together!

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Nicholas Bishop

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What's wrong with Eddie's England?

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby on hold: Early-season report card

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Geoff Parkes

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The Wrap: Rugby shuts down… am I ever going to see your face again?

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Spiro Zavos

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Just when the Reds win brilliantly, Super Rugby is suspended...

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Nicholas Bishop

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What's wrong with Eddie's England?

It is a strange time to be living in the UK.

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby on hold: Early-season report card

I’m not going to lie. When I sat down to write this column, I will openly admit that I really didn’t know what I was going to write about. Or what I could write about.

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Geoff Parkes

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The Wrap: Rugby shuts down… am I ever going to see your face again?

The 1976 tender lament written by Doc Neeson and Rick and John Brewster for The Angels, nicely sums up the despair and hope for all involved in rugby as the effects of the COVID-19 virus bite deeply into all aspects of society.

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Spiro Zavos

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Just when the Reds win brilliantly, Super Rugby is suspended...

So there was I entranced with a brilliant Reds try just before half-time in their Super Rugby match against the Bulls when I said, spontaneously, to my wife: “I am feeling very sad that the Super Rugby season could be over.”

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Will Knight

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Lots to like about the Reds as they set themselves for Super streak

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby Round 7: go ahead Blues, make my day

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Daniel Jeffrey

Editor

Half a dozen rounds in, here are six Super Rugby takeaways for Dave Rennie and the Wallabies

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Brett McKay

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Waratahs' experience counting for not very much at all

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Waratahs' experience counting for not very much at all

Will Knight

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Lots to like about the Reds as they set themselves for Super streak

There’s one side so far this Super Rugby season that’s scored the most tries, comfortably made the most line breaks, racked up the most run metres with the ball and made the most offloads.

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Brett McKay

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Super Rugby Round 7: go ahead Blues, make my day

Alright, this is the week. I knew it was coming, and I’m still not comfortable about it all. I actually feel a bit dirty.

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Daniel Jeffrey

Editor

Half a dozen rounds in, here are six Super Rugby takeaways for Dave Rennie and the Wallabies

Six completed rounds marks the all-important one-third point of the Super Rugby season.

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Brett McKay

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Waratahs' experience counting for not very much at all

Holding a narrow 14-13 lead as they ran into the sheds for halftime, I was happy enough to give the Waratahs the benefit of the doubt and call the one-point margin a reasonable reflection of the first forty minutes against the Chiefs in Wollongong on Friday night.

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Daniel Jeffrey

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Daniel Jeffrey

Editor

Australian sport in doubt as government advises against large public gatherings - from Monday

Australia’s chief medical officer, Brendan Murphy, has advised Australia’s State and Federal governments to ban public gatherings of more than 500 people due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the immediate future of the country’s sporting competitions in grave doubt.

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JGK said Roar Guru

What you talkin’ ‘bout Jeff?

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Australian sport in doubt as government advises against large public gatherings - from Monday

Daniel Jeffrey

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Daniel Jeffrey

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Australian sport in doubt as government advises against large public gatherings - from Monday

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Daniel Jeffrey

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Daniel Jeffrey

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Australian sport in doubt as government advises against large public gatherings - from Monday

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