The game of rugby league in Australia is littered with incredible sets of brothers that have performed superbly at the elite level. Their participation provides a comforting family feel and plenty of copy for journos hunting for a feel good story. Familial connections work perfectly in a game that has its roots in the working […]
Australia’s batting woes were well documented this summer, and on the face of it, that seemed pretty fair. Across the seven tests played from December to March, only three centuries were scored by Australian batters. But in a world of decreasing team totals and generally meagre Sheffield Shield batting returns, maybe it’s time to move […]
Football purists all over Australia were cringing this week at the announcement of three blockbuster end-of-season exhibition games bringing English Premier League’s perennial underachievers Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, as well as Women’s Super League heavyweights Arsenal, to the nation’s self-proclaimed sporting capital in May. Like the circus rolling into town, the A-Leagues end of […]
Australia’s new golden girl Annabel Sutherland has stepped in to rescue Australia in Dhaka, leading the tourists to a 118-run win over Bangladesh. After Australia slumped to 4-48 early on a slow and turning pitch, Sutherland hit a measured and unbeaten 58 to lift her side to 7-213 in the first ODI of the three-match […]
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. To be honest, I didn’t think I’d need to invoke a famous William Butler Yeats poem about post-WW1 Europe to describe Collingwood […]
