As part of a series profiling the expected Round 1 sides for all 17 NRL clubs in 2024, the Sharks are looking to make the leap from a finals team to title contenders. The Sharks are gaining a reputation as the NRL’s nearly team. For the past two years they have been regular-season heavyweights and […]
In this series of articles I am selecting teams for each state comprising the best performed domestic 50 overs players in that competition’s history. This time we have the Queensland team. Jimmy Maher (1993-2008) 3 titles, 4,589 runs at 44.99. 10 centuries. 13 man of the match awards Jimmy Maher may be Queensland’s greatest ever […]
Ian Chappell recently wrote that Pat Cummins reminds him so much of his old team mate Dennis Lillee, in the way that Cummins is determined to get batters out. There are many great attributes to Chappell as a cricket analyst,, but he couldn’t be more wrong on this one – Cummins is the far superior […]
Rugby League’s crystal ball never fails to unearth surprises. Last season the big surprise was the Warriors with a top four finish and while the Cowboys (11th), Eels (10th), and Rabbitohs (9th) all performed well under expectations, no team was more disappointing than the highly rated Roosters, who came home strongly after shocking mid-season form […]
Rory McIlroy has conceded he was “too judgemental” in his criticisms of those who joined the breakaway LIV Golf Tour. McIlroy took a strident position against the big-money venture, which has tempted a host of top names with lavish paydays and disrupted the established order of the PGA and European Tours. The Northern Irishman became […]
