We’re at the point in the season when just about every tipster could do with a magic trick or two. Magic Round in Brisbane is tossing up a few tricky match-ups with the injury bug yet again making straightforward predictions a little dicey. Cronulla’s Nicho… Read More »The Roar’s NRL expert tips and predictions, Magic Round: Injuries cast a spell over festival of footy
Perceptions can be hard for rugby league players to shake but it’s not impossible. David Fifita is the latest NRL star who needs an image overhaul, particularly in light of his surprising decision to turn his back on the Roosters after agreeing to a four-year… Read More »For Fifita’s sake he now needs to show he’s the real deal to shed ‘lazy Davey’ mercenary tag
“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