It’s good to have the footy back, of course, but why does the AFL have to make it so hard for us to love it? Opening Round, or Round 0, or whatever we want to call it, was a poor way to start the season,… Read More »‘Dripping in inequality and stupidity’: Footy is back… and so is AFL interference
Sometimes, you have to see things through someone else’s eyes to get the true picture. Walking out of Brookvale Oval – sorry, 4 Pines Park – on Sunday afternoon with my parents, in town visiting from the UK, my father remarked upon the sold out… Read More »Leichhardt and Belmore are the soul of the NRL – fans should enjoy them while they still can
We have all self-diagnosed on the internet. A sudden pain under your arm, a throbbing headache. Type these symptoms into Doctor Google and you may have anything from migraines to period pains. The point (outside of seeing a medical professional) is that not all symptoms… Read More »Ilias not even half the problem as Rabbitohs’ woes run far deeper than struggling playmaker
The hooker in rugby league evolved from someone who lived up to their names by hooking the ball back in scrums to becoming a creative force. They had little skill and plenty of toughness back when scrums were a contest when dinosaurs roamed a Sydney… Read More »The evolution of the hooker in rugby league taking a backward step – creativity drops as workload increases
Can I just start by saying, how good is rugby! And how good is Super Rugby Pacific this year: close matches, brilliant attack, desperate defence, and upsets aplenty. For the rejuvenated Queensland Reds, the likes of Fraser McReight, Josh Flook, Harry Wilson and many others… Read More »The astounding numbers that must propel Corey ‘Rocket Man’ Toole into a Wallabies jersey