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Geoff Lemon

Expert

Geoff Lemon

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Tied and tied again: How the greatest-ever World Cup final was won

The great games don’t necessarily tell you they’re great at first.

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spruce moose said Roar Guru

Jul

And he’s professed that where?

He’s not a professional cricket player. He’s never purported himself to be one.

He’s a…(more)

Cricket

Jul

Tied and tied again: How the greatest-ever World Cup final was won

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Tied and tied again: How the greatest-ever World Cup final was won

The great games don’t necessarily tell you they’re great at first.

Cricket

Jul

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Tied and tied again: How the greatest-ever World Cup final was won

The great games don’t necessarily tell you they’re great at first.

Cricket

Jul

Tim Gore

Expert

CNK's honesty makes all the cold pies totally worth it

League

Jul

CNK's honesty makes all the cold pies totally worth it

The Journeyman

Roar Rookie

Lord's: A glorious cricketing tragedy

Cricket

Jul

Geoff Parkes

Expert

A message to all rugby players: It’s ok to be not ok

Rugby

Jun

Matthew Galea

Expert

Has European football left the Matildas in its wake?

Football

Jun

Tim Gore

Expert

CNK's honesty makes all the cold pies totally worth it

As a rugby league broadcaster who interviews players and coaches, every now and then I get lucky and get an insight that just stops me in my tracks and makes my love for the game explode.

League

Jul

The Journeyman

Roar Rookie

Lord's: A glorious cricketing tragedy

Martin Guptill dives, Jos Buttler stays clutch and I drop back to my seat. Head in hands, I listen to the monkey-freeing roar that rings around Lord’s.

Cricket

Jul

Geoff Parkes

Expert

A message to all rugby players: It’s ok to be not ok

Two weeks ago Vic Masters rugby celebrated one of the highlights of their season, what has now become an annual fixture, a curtain-raiser to the Rebels vs Waratahs match at AAMI Stadium, between the ‘Wannabees’ and ‘Old Blacks’.

Rugby

Jun

Matthew Galea

Expert

Has European football left the Matildas in its wake?

It would be easy to blame the Matildas’ disappointing result against Italy in their FIFA Women’s World Cup opener on a high defensive line.

Football

Jun

Brett McKay

Expert

“Yeah, but it was” …the laziest cricket argument going

Cricket

149

Feb

“Yeah, but it was” …the laziest cricket argument going

Lucas Gillard

Roar Guru

The fruits of the Socceroos’ Asian experiment

Football

Jan

The fruits of the Socceroos’ Asian experiment

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Sliding doors: Wallaby lessons from the 2001 Lions tour

Rugby

198

Jan

Sliding doors: Wallaby lessons from the 2001 Lions tour

James Silver

Roar Guru

Moneyball: Selecting the Australian Test team on stats only

Cricket

Jan

Moneyball: Selecting the Australian Test team on stats only

Brett McKay

Expert

“Yeah, but it was” …the laziest cricket argument going

If there’s a cricketing retort that grates me more than any other, it’s the one that has regularly been thrown up over the last fortnight as Australia marched to a convincing series win over Sri Lanka in Brisbane and Canberra, reclaiming the Warne-Muralitharan trophy along the way.

Cricket

149

Feb

Lucas Gillard

Roar Guru

The fruits of the Socceroos’ Asian experiment

Australia’s 3-2 defeat of Syria in their final group game in the AFC Cup had resonance beyond the scoreline and the official booking of the Socceroos into the next round.

Football

Jan

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Sliding doors: Wallaby lessons from the 2001 Lions tour

Last week was ‘purge’ week. That nadir of the year when you collect all of the old paper you’ve accumulated – bills, adverts, statements, letters – and burn the outdated rubbish in a steel bin.

Rugby

198

Jan

James Silver

Roar Guru

Moneyball: Selecting the Australian Test team on stats only

Moneyball was a movie based on the Oakland Athletics’ Major League Baseball team’s success in building a team of undervalued talent through purely statistical and analytical measures.

Cricket

Jan

Ronan O'Connell

Expert

Ronan O'Connell

Expert

The great Australian heist: How Australia won their first Cricket World Cup

It’s a mystery the Australian team wasn’t arrested by Indian authorities. They didn’t even try to hide their actions.

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Groogs said Guest

Jun

Great read.

Cricket

May

Ronan O'Connell

Expert

Ronan O'Connell

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The great Australian heist: How Australia won their first Cricket World Cup

It’s a mystery the Australian team wasn’t arrested by Indian authorities. They didn’t even try to hide their actions.

Cricket

May

Ronan O'Connell

Expert

Ronan O'Connell

Expert

The great Australian heist: How Australia won their first Cricket World Cup

It’s a mystery the Australian team wasn’t arrested by Indian authorities. They didn’t even try to hide their actions.

Cricket

May

Tony Cocking

Roar Rookie

Tony Cocking

Roar Rookie

Man enough? Man, enough! Dispelling outdated notions of leadership and masculinity

The 2018-19 season ended for the Tennessee Titans as so many have before; prematurely, without a playoff berth to look forward to, and endless questions lurking on the horizon.

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Johann Leffler said Roar Guru

Jan

Great piece! Nice to see some quality NFL content here.

NFL

Jan

Man enough? Man, enough! Dispelling outdated notions of leadership and masculinity

Tony Cocking

Roar Rookie

Tony Cocking

Roar Rookie

Man enough? Man, enough! Dispelling outdated notions of leadership and masculinity

The 2018-19 season ended for the Tennessee Titans as so many have before; prematurely, without a playoff berth to look forward to, and endless questions lurking on the horizon.

NFL

Jan

Tony Cocking

Roar Rookie

Tony Cocking

Roar Rookie

Man enough? Man, enough! Dispelling outdated notions of leadership and masculinity

The 2018-19 season ended for the Tennessee Titans as so many have before; prematurely, without a playoff berth to look forward to, and endless questions lurking on the horizon.

NFL

Jan

The Crowd

Roar Guru

What would Australia XI vs Australia A look like?

Cricket

Jan

What would Australia XI vs Australia A look like?

Ronan O'Connell

Expert

How Nathan Lyon went from a groundsman to Australia's GOAT

Cricket

Dec

How Nathan Lyon went from a groundsman to Australia's GOAT

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Australian greats can't see the 'good hard cricket' lie

Cricket

131

Dec

Australian greats can't see the 'good hard cricket' lie

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Clarke's triple: When Australia's captain walked where cricketing mortals fear to tread

Cricket

Nov

The Crowd

Roar Guru

What would Australia XI vs Australia A look like?

An international cricket selector must look at both statistics as the foundation of form and non-statistical information to understand those stats in context.

Cricket

Jan

Ronan O'Connell

Expert

How Nathan Lyon went from a groundsman to Australia's GOAT

There are poisoned chalices and then there’s being asked to replace Shane Keith Warne.

Cricket

Dec

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Australian greats can't see the 'good hard cricket' lie

We keep hearing it. That Australia needs to play hard cricket. Or tough cricket. But not one person who says it can define what it means.

Cricket

131

Dec

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Clarke's triple: When Australia's captain walked where cricketing mortals fear to tread

The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread.

Cricket

Nov

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Brilliant belligerence: Remembering Adam Gilchrist's brutal Ashes century

Cricket

2018

Brilliant belligerence: Remembering Adam Gilchrist's brutal Ashes century

Geoff Lemon

Expert

The match Mitch found his mojo: The Test which paved the way for Johnson's Ashes

Cricket

2018

The match Mitch found his mojo: The Test which paved the way for Johnson's Ashes

Peter Hunt

Roar Pro

We can’t handle the truth - Australian cricket’s culture

Cricket

2018

Geoff Lemon

Expert

When Shane Warne spun a dead Test into life - and Australia to the most unlikely of victories

Cricket

2018

When Shane Warne spun a dead Test into life - and Australia to the most unlikely of victories

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Brilliant belligerence: Remembering Adam Gilchrist's brutal Ashes century

Adam Gilchrist’s career was always about being fearless.

Cricket

2018

Geoff Lemon

Expert

The match Mitch found his mojo: The Test which paved the way for Johnson's Ashes

For the rest of Mitchell Johnson’s life, the defining moment of his career will, of course, be the 2013-14 Ashes, with the early 2014 tour to South Africa to follow.

Cricket

2018

Peter Hunt

Roar Pro

We can’t handle the truth - Australian cricket’s culture

As I read the 145 pages of the Ethics Committee review into Australian cricket, I started hearing Jack Nicholson’s voice – in the role of Colonel Nathan Jessup from A Few Good Men – creeping slowly into my consciousness, like an insidious, hissing snake.

Cricket

2018

Geoff Lemon

Expert

When Shane Warne spun a dead Test into life - and Australia to the most unlikely of victories

Some moments, you always remember where you were when they happened.

Cricket

2018

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Why the answers for Australian rugby are blowin’ in the wind

I had my first taste of boarding school when I was 11 years old. At the time, I used to whistle Bob Dylan’s song Blowin’ in the Wind out of habit. I liked the lyrics and the melody, and it appealed to my feeling for a new life that I neither knew nor understood.

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Plumpants said Roar Rookie

Jan

I got chatting with a former NZ Rugby & Athletics international, turned award winning journalist and documentary mak…(more)

Rugby

341

Nov

Why the answers for Australian rugby are blowin’ in the wind

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Why the answers for Australian rugby are blowin’ in the wind

Rugby

341

Nov

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Nicholas Bishop

Expert

Why the answers for Australian rugby are blowin’ in the wind

Rugby

341

Nov

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Australia vs India, Adelaide 2014: When a terrific Test followed cricketing tragedy

Occasionally, it isn’t a matter of hyperbole to talk about something in terms of the best or worst ever. This is one such case.

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SteveO said Guest

2018

As usual,a beautifully written piece Geoff…

Cricket

2018

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Australia vs India, Adelaide 2014: When a terrific Test followed cricketing tragedy

Occasionally, it isn’t a matter of hyperbole to talk about something in terms of the best or worst ever. This is one such case.

Cricket

2018

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Geoff Lemon

Expert

Australia vs India, Adelaide 2014: When a terrific Test followed cricketing tragedy

Occasionally, it isn’t a matter of hyperbole to talk about something in terms of the best or worst ever. This is one such case.

Cricket

2018

Jay Croucher

Expert

Destiny makers: How the Eagles re-wrote their story and seized the premiership

AFL

2018

Destiny makers: How the Eagles re-wrote their story and seized the premiership

Jaydel new author

Roar Rookie

Enough is enough: Cooper’s ‘heroism’ does more harm than good

League

2018

Enough is enough: Cooper’s ‘heroism’ does more harm than good

Tim Gore

Expert

The ultra definitive NRL grand final stats preview: Sydney Roosters vs Melbourne Storm

League

2018

The ultra definitive NRL grand final stats preview: Sydney Roosters vs Melbourne Storm

Matt Porter

Roar Guru

As a rabid All Blacks fan, why was I okay with this shocking loss?

Rugby

103

2018

As a rabid All Blacks fan, why was I okay with this shocking loss?

Jay Croucher

Expert

Destiny makers: How the Eagles re-wrote their story and seized the premiership

There are three minutes left in the grand final. Collingwood have been hanging on for dear life for an hour now, but a ticking clock has tightened their grip on the premiership.

AFL

2018

Jaydel new author

Roar Rookie

Enough is enough: Cooper’s ‘heroism’ does more harm than good

By now Cooper Cronk’s grand final heroics are etched in rugby league folklore. His act – playing with a broken scapula – puts him alongside Sam Burgess’ broken cheekbone and John Sattler’s shattered jaw in the ranks of courageous fools who played through injuries in big games.

League

2018

Tim Gore

Expert

The ultra definitive NRL grand final stats preview: Sydney Roosters vs Melbourne Storm

So here we are at the final game of the season. I’m not feeling a lot of love for either of these sides out there. However, both are very deserving participants.

League

2018

Matt Porter

Roar Guru

As a rabid All Blacks fan, why was I okay with this shocking loss?

Okay, so the All Blacks have just lost at home.

Rugby

103

2018

Paul Nicholls

Roar Guru

Paul Nicholls

Roar Guru

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.

Football

2018

Paul Nicholls

Roar Guru

Paul Nicholls

Roar Guru

Mothering the Matildas: The trailblazers who kickstarted Australian women's football

Football

2018

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