As part of a series profiling the expected Round 1 sides for all 17 NRL clubs in 2024, it’s time to check in on the Roosters as they try to get back into the upper echelon.  The Roosters have refreshed their roster on the run but it still looks to be in a state of […]

The term once-in-generation player is overused in all sports and spotting the player who takes that mantle is an inexact science to say the least.  For the Australian cricket team, the current player who has been the standout among his peers is undoubtedly Steve Smith although Pat Cummins is mounting a solid case as the […]

Everything’s coming up Western United. After a gruelling six years of setbacks and lethargic progress (no thanks in large to that damnable virus), Western Melbourne Group (WMG) finally (finally!) secured the penultimate funding required for their $2 billion commercial, residential and sporting masterplan. This includes a boutique 15,000 capacity stadium for Western United FC, providing […]

If you somehow travelled back in time to the probably smelly streets of Sydney in the early 1900s, you might happen across some of rugby league’s pioneers playing a game with its own style, but a game which still looked a lot like the one they fled, rugby union. Rugby league evolved slowly after it […]

‘Captain’s knock’ is a frequently used term within the cricketing fraternity. And fair enough too – in the long history of the game, there are numerous examples of occasions where a captain changes the course of a match with his batting. It may be a case of a brilliant counterattack, or it can simply be […]