It was inevitable really. Just when you think you’ve got it cracked, something appears to make you feel stupid all over again. Life covering the Greatest Game of All involves a lot of watching, discussing, interpreting and analysing rugby league, but there’s always something coming… Read More »Thanks, NRL Grid: you’ve made me realise how little I know about rugby league
The final round before the Big Bash League gets underway and the Test summer… let’s see who impressed in an intriguing Round 6 of Shield cricket! New South Wales vs Tasmania 3 Sentence Summary: Tricky conditions and a difficult pitch led to some incredibly low… Read More »Sheffield Shield Round 6 Wrap: Who’s hot, who’s not heading into the Test summer?
Nathan Lyon is joining James Anderson at Lancashire next year and it wouldn’t be a great surprise if the Australian spinner plays Test cricket into his 40s like his new county teammate. Lyon is just five wickets away from becoming only the eighth player in… Read More »Why Lyon should keep playing Tests into his roaring 40s – and Maxwell can keep white-ball berths as long as he wants
G’day Rugby fans, Barry here, and let me tell you, the latest move by Rugby Australia is like a breath of fresh air in a scrum. Let’s talk about Phil Waugh. The unsung hero of Aussie rugby. He and, no doubt, the RA board have… Read More »Cheers to Phil: Waugh’s leadership the missing ingredient but Wallabies could do with a ‘secret sauce’
On Matchday 14 Pep Guardiola’s table-topping Manchester City take on Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur. With an extensive injury list of up to eight first-team players injured, Spurs have lost three in a row and have slipped to fifth after being undefeated for their first seven… Read More »Socceroos abroad, A-League preview, and Ange’s big test: Australian football round-up