Phillip Cancar’s rather comical and momentarily delayed dive in the 36th minute of Newcastle Jets 3-1 win over Sydney FC on Sunday was a clear reminder of the blight that simulation is on the game of football. Sydney’s Robert Mak was the guilty party, red carded for violent conduct after Cancar had drawn him into […]
The Champions League returns this week – and with the intensity dialled up another notch. After a stellar Round of 16, with two crunch ties going to penalties, we enter the endgame for Europe’s biggest football tournament with a vastly different picture to just a month or so ago. The ties are set for this […]
Here’s a fun game you can play the next time you hear someone say there isn’t enough talent for NRL expansion: go look through the team lists for the last two weekends of reserve grade and pick the best side you can. In fact, go one better: pick two. The Roar did exactly this as […]
Somebody call Mr Chow, there’s a fourth version of The Hangover playing out. All four teams who took part in the NRL’s Las Vegas extravaganza to kick off the season have been below their best since returning to home soil. The Rabbitohs have been downright dreadful, the Roosters and Broncos are also out of the […]
Whether you visited the Norwood Food and Wine Festival as part of attending the thrilling Richmond-Saints game, ventured rurally into the Adelaide Hills and saw the much-hyped Harley Reid stamp his presence, or were able to catch the captivating double header on Saturday at the Adelaide Oval with both games decided by under two goals, […]
