The worst hangover imaginable: a randomised, utterly insane prediction of the 2024 AFL season (part one)

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Summer has come and passed. It is now time for another season of AFL football, new initiatives that will either infuriate or spark joy and all the ups and downs that only sport can entail. It also means it’s time for me to waste some of my finite time on Earth coming up with reasons […]

Sam Kerr to face court after denying accusation of racially aggravated harassment of police officer

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Sam Kerr, captain of Australia’s women’s soccer team, is to face trial in England accused of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The West Australian, who plays for Chelsea in London, appeared in court in the British capital on Monday accused of using insulting, threatening or abusive words that caused alarm or distress […]

NRL News: NFL owner wants to buy league franchise after Vegas extravaganza, Raiders duo facing uncertain future

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The owner of the San Francisco 49ers, Al Guido, has expressed interest in buying an NRL franchise following the Las Vegas double-header which attracted more than 40,000 fans to Allegiant Stadium. Guido, whose team made this year’s Super Bowl, has had an international focus as 49ers owner and has bought a share of English football […]

Violence is not ‘passion’: Wanderers fans chuck a wobbly again… why is it always them?

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I have never raised my hand and struck another human being. I’d like to think I never will. Should I do so, I would be nothing but a thug, a brute, a Neanderthal and a very tiny man inside the body of a slightly bigger one; pretty much like the Western Sydney Wanderers fans who, […]

The Crusaders dynasty looks dead – so how will it impact the All Blacks?

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So, well done to the Waratahs. I didn’t tip them to beat the Crusaders and, in fact, I didn’t even think the game would be close. I underestimated them and I was proved wrong. Which is great. If I have an issue with Super Rugby Pacific it’s the general lack of competitiveness. Too many games […]