Stop the contest. End the World Cup. Tell Sachin to stop blubbing. Glenn Maxwell has completed ODI cricket and the best thing for us all to do is to go home and think about what we have just witnessed. It’s barely worth continuing the tournament.… Read More »Cricket World Cup Power Rankings: Forget Dutch destruction, ‘spineless’ Poms still deserve last spot
With the Finals over and the November 1 contract deadline passed, we can officially declare the NRL’s silly season open. Into the morass of gossip and conjecture, we will bring sanity, with the relaunch of Smart Signings, our dissection of where clubs are weak, what… Read More »Smart Signings: Whoever Des Hasler gets, it’s the collective that will make the difference at the Titans
Glenn Maxwell’s double century was spectacular and deserves to go down as one of the greatest innings in one-day international cricket history. But the Australians are kidding themselves if they think they can go all the way in this World Cup unless they fix a… Read More »Six-win streak but problems abound: The tactical, selection and form issues Australia must fix before World Cup semis
The halftime whistle goes at the Emirates Stadium and a bumper WSL crowd heads for the concourse. Queues have already formed for stadium food that traverse the walkways, the line for the women’s bathroom snakes out of the door and merges into those patiently waiting… Read More »Australia’s football fans still don’t appreciate how spoilt we are by our A-Leagues
So South Africa has become the undisputed world champion, winning the Rugby World Cup for the fourth time. Pretty impressive since they were not welcome to attend the 1987 and 1991 events. Still, that situation has now resulted in a Springboks team that is truly… Read More »How do you drag the Wallabies from the gutter to the Lions in 2025? You harvest the pick of the NRL crop