Sport has an affinity for the four-year cycle. No matter the code or country, so many of the sports we love flow in eras…
Sport has an affinity for the four-year cycle. No matter the code or country, so many of the sports we love flow in eras…
As the last century ended, Nelson Mandela was resigning from public office. His 1999 farewell speech to Parliament closed with his dream that "all…
And here is where it ended. Siya Kolisi, Rassie Erasmus and South Africa’s squad who on Saturday laid claim to Yokohama’s International Stadium, and…
This longform feature was first published on The Roar on the 20th anniversary of Australia's 1999 triumph Towards five o'clock on a piercingly cold…
There is always an agenda behind the selection of the host country and venues for a Rugby World Cup. The 1991 tournament involved a…
A decade or so ago, I was sitting in front of my television set watching St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, playing St Ignatius' College,…
As the Wallabies and All Blacks prepare for their first encounter of 2017, let us look back at some of the great matches between…
The 12th edition of the British and Irish Lions touring New Zealand in 2017 has most of the elements of an almost mission impossible…
A freak wave, a bloody swordsman, a Lebanese coach, a plague of locusts, a number eight who refuses to select a number eight, gold…
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans…
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans…
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans…
Google "Aussie Olympic Trivia" and you will find this item: "Daniel Carroll won gold in rugby at the 1908 Olympics playing for Australia, and…
Google "Aussie Olympic Trivia" and you will find this item: "Daniel Carroll won gold in rugby at the 1908 Olympics playing for Australia, and…
Google "Aussie Olympic Trivia" and you will find this item: "Daniel Carroll won gold in rugby at the 1908 Olympics playing for Australia, and…
Quick safety training. Pull the rope around you. Thread it. Hold it out. Step in the tomo. No worries. Give a little hop. Just…
On 24 Jun 1899, an Australian rugby team played for the first time as a national combination against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground.…
If there is a single international sporting phenomenon which marks the early 21st century, it is New Zealand's extraordinary dominance of rugby. Once upon…
My semifinal Saturday started at Trafalgar Square, a monument to Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory over Spanish and French armadas. His smaller flotilla sunk 22…
Part two On one of my walks to the local shopping centre in West Lynn during the week of the final I was introduced…
Part one Around 12.50 pm on 22 February 2011, the biggest earthquake ever recorded in a central business area anywhere on the globe, at…
Sport has an affinity for the four-year cycle. No matter the code or country, so many of the sports we love flow in eras…
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Gee Daniel. I’ve always enjoyed your articles, and now you’re going. By the way, the presentation of this article is f…(more)