Four games in 2006: Remembering Romário’s A-League detour on his ‘quest for 1000 goals’

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Renowned for his clinical finishing and known as being one of the greatest players of his time, Romário de Souza Faria, known simply as Romário, arrived in Australia on the 21 November 2006 (17 years and around one month ago) to play for Adelaide United in a four-match guest stint in the A-League. It was […]

BBL Power Rankings: Shocking stars, hot Heat, but reigning champs still the team to beat

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We’re seven games into the 2023-24 Big Bash League season and it looks to be yet another jam-packed season of twenty over cricket. Unfortunately, a rainout and a tournament-first match abandonment due to a dangerous pitch means we’ve only seen four games thus far… But that’s more than enough to evaluate some team rankings and […]

As young stars switch places, are ‘Marky’ and ‘Joey’ a chance to be ‘All-Australian’ rugby dual internationals?

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We have two new famous rugby code hoppers: Mark Nawaqanitawase, who’ll be joining the Roosters in the NRL from the Waratahs/Wallabies in 2025, and Anavaotau’a Iosefa Aukuso Sua’ali’i (to use his Samoan Chief name), who’ll be heading in the opposite direction with his financial advisor in tow. In the interests of brevity, we’ll stick with […]

COMMENT: David Warner defied his critics – but he didn’t prove them wrong

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“What a way to answer any critics – but I don’t think he’s worried about that at the moment.” – Mark Waugh, Fox Cricket As David Warner celebrated his 26th Test century against Pakistan in Perth to put Australia in a commanding position on Day 1 of the first Test, his reaction could scarcely have […]

‘One of the best fullbacks in Australia’: Just how high is Jacob Farrell’s ceiling?

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Jacob Farrell may be one of the most effective players currently playing in the A-League. The Central Coast Mariners youngster proved to be a dominant full-back over the two seasons he has played and is now in his third season with the Mariners at the age of 21. Given his breakthrough under Nick Montgomery in […]