What is the point of rugby league? To win, or to not lose? It’s philosophical question as good as any in the game. Since 1895, one could argue, the point has been to entertain the punters and the development of the rules since has almost… Read More »Sufferball: How the Dragons are turning pain into pleasure under Shane Flanagan
There are few more positive, hopeful and less cynical of the game of football in Australia than me. At times, it can be a flaw. Sure, criticism is due when deserved, yet from this set of eyeballs, growth remains incremental and destined to see football… Read More »APL’s spin doctoring insults Australian football fans’ intelligence – and might well be the last straw
The FA Cup. Football’s oldest competition. Once viewed as the pinnacle of football in England. The magic of the cup. Where did it all go wrong? The main reason the FA Cup lost its prestige was due to the decision to start hosting the semi-finals… Read More »The FA Cup was once viewed as the pinnacle of English football – now it has been robbed of its soul
Every club has them. Champion blokes who embody everything that’s good through their character on and off the field. The jolly good chaps who you’d follow into battle. The “heart and soul of the club”. Every club also has the other extreme. The ones opposition… Read More »Heroes versus villains: An NRL showdown of nice guys up against the nasty mongrels
Gold Coast don’t get credit for doing too many things right but when it comes to sacking a coach mid-season they are the gold standard. Probably because they have had a lot of practice over all the many iterations of league teams that have been… Read More »Darwin theory dictates only the strongest survive – Arthur on the rocks at Eels after embarrassing capitulation