Massive overreaction to Sam Draper non-story proves players can’t even enjoy harmless fun anymore

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The AFL world can throw up some weird and not-so-wonderful storylines from time to time. The comments Sam Draper made about Luke Beveridge and the Western Bulldogs on his podcast a few weeks ago should be put in the ‘mountain out of a molehill’ category, if not outright as the most unnecessary AFL story of […]

Bennett is a short-term solution for Souths – the elite of the NRL might have moved past him

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There’s a joke in soccer about the guy that if you sack your coach midway through the season, you give it to Big Sam until the end of the year. Rugby league doesn’t quite have the hire ‘em and fire ‘em approach that pervades football, but we have the archetype of the no-nonsense, back-to-basics style […]

‘It’s led to teams going for it’: Mark Bosnich on the one rule change that has made this the Champions League ever

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The UEFA Champions League is set for its biggest change in two decades next year with a shake-up for the group stages – but, according to one of the biggest names in Australian football, it’s another rule change altogether that has made this year’s competition one of the best ever. The 2023/24 knockout stages have […]

‘The real deal’: Love ’em or hate ’em, the Reds are exactly what Australian rugby needs

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The Reds are the real deal. Les Kiss’ side have now played all five Kiwi sides, beating three and pushing both the Hurricanes and Blues past 80 minutes. Importantly, that run was full of blockbuster rugby that people want to watch. The loss against Auckland was one of the great matches in Super Rugby history, […]

Entitled NRL players trying to stand over Kasey Badger are in for a rude shock

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The lack of respect shown to Kasey Badger as she refereed Saturday’s Wests Tigers vs Canterbury Bulldogs game is unfortunately nothing new. Nor is the reaction from the dark corners of the web that crawl out from under rocks whenever a female sporting official makes an error.  Badger made a few errors at Accor Stadium […]