As a rabid All Blacks fan, why was I okay with this shocking loss?
Okay, so the All Blacks have just lost at home.
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As a rabid All Blacks fan, why was I okay with this shocking loss?
Okay, so the All Blacks have just lost at home.
Mothering the Matildas: The trailblazers who kickstarted Australian women's football
The Matildas will go into the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France full of confidence. Currently (August 2018) ranked eighth in the world, they showed at the 2018 Tournament of Nations what a class act they are.
Footy: The gift that keeps on giving
Okay, so this article isn’t related to the trials and tribulations of any given day in the AFL.
From Rio to Russia: Did the Socceroos surge, stagnate or slide backwards in the last four years?
Give me four years to teach the children, and the seeds I have sown shall never be uprooted.
Why Michael Hooper is the Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man was one of the most popular television series on the box in the 1970s.
Mothering the Matildas: The trailblazers who kickstarted Australian women's football
The Matildas will go into the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France full of confidence. Currently (August 2018) ranked eighth in the world, they showed at the 2018 Tournament of Nations what a class act they are.
Footy: The gift that keeps on giving
Okay, so this article isn’t related to the trials and tribulations of any given day in the AFL.
From Rio to Russia: Did the Socceroos surge, stagnate or slide backwards in the last four years?
Give me four years to teach the children, and the seeds I have sown shall never be uprooted.
Why Michael Hooper is the Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man was one of the most popular television series on the box in the 1970s.
Origin's great shift: How New South Wales ended Queensland's dynasty to start an empire of their own
What just happened?
The powerful, fragile Demons can beat anyone on their day – especially themselves
It is odd that a team which plays as Melbourne does – contested, physical and hard-nosed – is so prone to going to water.
The perception shift that's restored Glenn Maxwell's career
Few sports operate in such subjective spheres as cricket.
State of the game? It's the state of the football media that's the problem
All the talk about football this year has focussed on what’s wrong. A lot is right, a fact which was confirmed in a weekend of upsets and ladder-shattering results.
Origin's great shift: How New South Wales ended Queensland's dynasty to start an empire of their own
What just happened?
The powerful, fragile Demons can beat anyone on their day – especially themselves
It is odd that a team which plays as Melbourne does – contested, physical and hard-nosed – is so prone to going to water.
The perception shift that's restored Glenn Maxwell's career
Few sports operate in such subjective spheres as cricket.
State of the game? It's the state of the football media that's the problem
All the talk about football this year has focussed on what’s wrong. A lot is right, a fact which was confirmed in a weekend of upsets and ladder-shattering results.
Lies, corporate speak and audacious coach poaching
So all the ‘Penrith in crisis’ rumours were true, and Phil Gould is happily mounting another stuffed NRL coach in his trophy display cabinet.
Lies, corporate speak and audacious coach poaching
So all the ‘Penrith in crisis’ rumours were true, and Phil Gould is happily mounting another stuffed NRL coach in his trophy display cabinet.
The Socceroos need to do more than just participate in the World Cup
So the Socceroos saved their worst until last and another FIFA World Cup campaign ends with more questions than answers.
The Socceroos need to do more than just participate in the World Cup
So the Socceroos saved their worst until last and another FIFA World Cup campaign ends with more questions than answers.
Roger Federer's greatest mistake
A total of 20 grand slams. The oldest number one ever. 310 weeks at the top of the rostrum. Mistake?
Ecstasy, agony, heartbreak and hope: Whatever happens at the World Cup, Australian fans have been there before
You can get to Kazan Arena by following Prospekt Khusaina Yamasheva until it curves to the right past Continent Park and the stadium rises dramatically out of the earth like a flying saucer.
Will grassroots and professional rugby ever embrace each other?
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans want World Cup success, and teams that play competitive, attractive rugby in the years in between.
Roger Federer's greatest mistake
A total of 20 grand slams. The oldest number one ever. 310 weeks at the top of the rostrum. Mistake?
Ecstasy, agony, heartbreak and hope: Whatever happens at the World Cup, Australian fans have been there before
You can get to Kazan Arena by following Prospekt Khusaina Yamasheva until it curves to the right past Continent Park and the stadium rises dramatically out of the earth like a flying saucer.
Will grassroots and professional rugby ever embrace each other?
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans want World Cup success, and teams that play competitive, attractive rugby in the years in between.
Taking rugby league to the other side of the world
Roar Expert Robert Burgin helped administer the first Latin American Championship of rugby league on November 17-18. Here he tells of how this bizarre adventure became reality – and how it gives hopes to other average fans who want to play a part in growing their sport.
Empire versus upstart, coloniser versus colony: The contests which define the Ashes
The Ashes is the story of antagonism. The itching, grating, sandpaper-underwear tension between colony and coloniser, between a perceived dominion and those who thought they could rule it.
Fourteen Wallabies, one victory, and a long history of prejudice: Why the Indigenous jersey must be permanent
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, Riverview. After about 15 minutes, the telephone rang. “How good is he!” my son Zolton yelled out down the line.
Destruction Tour: How the Tigers eviscerated the rest of the AFL and everything we thought we knew
Richmond. 6am Sunday morning. The first day of October. The streets are bare, the light is grey, the sun about to rise. An empty Punt Road Oval is to the right, Melbourne’s largest church behind it.
Taking rugby league to the other side of the world
Roar Expert Robert Burgin helped administer the first Latin American Championship of rugby league on November 17-18. Here he tells of how this bizarre adventure became reality – and how it gives hopes to other average fans who want to play a part in growing their sport.
Empire versus upstart, coloniser versus colony: The contests which define the Ashes
The Ashes is the story of antagonism. The itching, grating, sandpaper-underwear tension between colony and coloniser, between a perceived dominion and those who thought they could rule it.
Fourteen Wallabies, one victory, and a long history of prejudice: Why the Indigenous jersey must be permanent
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, Riverview. After about 15 minutes, the telephone rang. “How good is he!” my son Zolton yelled out down the line.
Destruction Tour: How the Tigers eviscerated the rest of the AFL and everything we thought we knew
Richmond. 6am Sunday morning. The first day of October. The streets are bare, the light is grey, the sun about to rise. An empty Punt Road Oval is to the right, Melbourne’s largest church behind it.
Random observations from the experience of a lifetime: Sitting courtside at a Lakers game
Last week, I ticked off a major bucket item in my life: sitting courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game.
Random observations from the experience of a lifetime: Sitting courtside at a Lakers game
Last week, I ticked off a major bucket item in my life: sitting courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game.