With news breaking of over 75,000 Tasmanians registering as foundational members of the AFL expansion club set to begin play in the 2028 season, the Newcastle Jets are on the brink of A-League extinction. The contrast is a clear representation of just where the two sports sit in terms of support, growth and viability in […]

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, not least for the stupidity of the name. Poor old […]

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 crowd and how it appeared to almost entirely be locals, […]

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 reveal the illness. South Sydney are in their self-diagnosing phase […]

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 suburban premiership sponsored by cigarette companies.  And then they became […]