We have just spent five glorious weeks in Australia visiting our son, his partner and their family and friends – it was great. It was even better as a lifelong rugby league fan and someone who has spent a 40+ year career working in the… Read More »‘Aussies can whinge as much as Poms’: What the NRL can learn from Super League (and the other way around)
A defiant Jason Demetriou is welcoming the pressure engulfing his tenure at South Sydney as the under-fire coach pleads with friends to stop checking in on him. Vowing that inspirational Souths skipper Cameron Murray would feature in the Bunnies’ Good Friday meeting with Canterbury, Demetriou… Read More »‘I’m sick of telling people I’m actually OK’: Demetriou bats back fears over his job as Murray sits out captain’s run
Cricket Australia have dropped Marcus Harris from their men’s contract list, leaving the race wide open to become the Test team’s next opener. Selectors on Thursday confirmed their 23-man contract list for this year, with Matt Short, Aaron Hardie, Nathan Ellis and Xavier Bartlett the… Read More »Forgotten opener, WA veterans snubbed in central contract shake-up as CA name 23-player list
“He was never going to chase. He was never going to chase. He was never going to chase.” If I close my eyes and listen hard enough, I can still hear Phil Gould whinging about the ‘no try’ decision in the closing stages of the… Read More »Fair comment not coming from unfair commentators whining about rules they should know off by heart
Yuki Tsunoda is in his fourth season in Formula One, yet he’s largely flown under the radar throughout his career. That’s changed over the past six months or so since Daniel Ricciardo became his teammate midway through 2023, with his capabilities being reappraised alongside the… Read More »Let’s talk about Yuki Tsunoda: F1’s rising son who has left Ricciardo ‘driving for his career’