“No cricketer that has ever lived hit the ball so often, so fast and with such a bewildering variety of strokes.” – HS Altham Gilbert Jessop was born 150 years ago this week, on 19 May 1874. On the eve of a T20 World Cup,… Read More »The true inventor of Bazball was born 150 years ago, and his records are still utterly bonkers
After last weekend, coach Yapp and the players have a few things to address for the USA game on Friday. All Tests are important, but this one has a bit more to it. A win would get the Wallaroos into World Rugby’s top-tier tournament WXV… Read More »The big Wallaroos issue Canada exposed – and how they’re going to fix it in a high-stakes battle against the USA
Football pundit Graeme Souness locked horns with Simon Jordan on TalkSport about the gulf in class, or lack thereof, in the opinion of the Scot, between Celtic and Rangers. Speaking after Celtic’s third victory of the season over bitter rivals Rangers put them six points… Read More »Old Firm Feud: It’s wrong to say the Celtic-Rangers gap is small – and really, neither side is the force they once were
With the first week of Sir Doug Nicholls Round upon us, we examine some of the big talking points ahead of what will be another fantastic round of footy. Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Can Gold Coast maintain its Darwin domination? Ever since they started… Read More »Questions to ponder in Round 10: Swans or Blues in midfield battle, can Greene regain form and will Fritsch carry his forwards?
Anyone who has read things I’ve written in rugby forums before knows that I am the guy who bangs on about junior rugby participation a lot. Only now I’m doing it with even more words! What I’m going to bang on about here is that… Read More »Player meet-and-greets and truckloads of Gilberts: It’s time RA started looking at grassroots growth as an investment instead of an expense