Heroes versus villains: An NRL showdown of nice guys up against the nasty mongrels

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Every club has them. Champion blokes who embody everything that’s good through their character on and off the field. The jolly good chaps who you’d follow into battle. The “heart and soul of the club”. Every club also has the other extreme. The ones opposition fans, and sometimes home fans, just can’t stand. The ones […]

Darwin theory dictates only the strongest survive – Arthur on the rocks at Eels after embarrassing capitulation

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Gold Coast don’t get credit for doing too many things right but when it comes to sacking a coach mid-season they are the gold standard.  Probably because they have had a lot of practice over all the many iterations of league teams that have been in place on the holiday strip.  There is no nice […]

How the 50+1 rule ensures German leagues boast best atmosphere in world football

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When you think of German football, what comes to your mind? To some it might simply be Bayern Munich, but to many others including myself, the atmosphere that the fans create comes to mind and is by far the best of the top five leagues with it also up there for some of the best […]

‘I’m excited to challenge myself’: Test spinner turns to a new state in search of greater opportunities

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Three-Test spinner Matthew Kuhnemann has signed with Tasmania in a bid for red-ball game time ahead of Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka next summer. The 27-year-old didn’t play for his home state of Queensland in last season’s Sheffield Shield and was left off the Bulls’ contract list for 2024/25. Kuhnemann, who has 20 first-class matches […]

Five things: What Beale has over other golden oldies, double pain for Brumbies as Blues expose Australia’s biggest weakness

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Joe Schmidt has made it clear that his preference is to pick from home in 2024. His thoughts on the Wallabies’ eligibility policy could change by this time next year with the Lions to assemble, but for the mid-year Tests against Wales and Georgia, he’s unlikely to look to other parts of the world to […]