The dark days of a divided NSL and dinosaur opinions are finally dead: Australian football is entering a new and unprecedented period of success

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Despite all the highs experienced in Australian football history and the deserved credit given to those who pioneered the path for the modern generations, the game has never, ever, been amidst a more exciting and potentially successful phase. Plenty is made of the heroes of 1974; the amateur players that headed to the FIFA World […]

Cricket World Cup Power Rankings: Taxi for England, but the Afghans and Dutch drink it in

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Let’s lay the cards on the table early here. Your columnist is an England fan, and thus Australia’s poor start was quite hilarious. Suffice to say it is not funny anymore, given that the reigning, defending champions have jumped out of the Lamborghini and into the clown car over the last few weeks. England make […]

The Wallabies are the Wests Tigers – Neither fan base will be happy with that comparison or their team’s prospects

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Neither fan base will like hearing this but the Wallabies have become the Wests Tigers. And the Tigers are the NRL’s version of the Wallabies. Both once-proud sporting institutions have gone backwards at a rapid rate of knots over the best/worst part of two decades to hurtle toward that purgatorial place no sporting team wants […]

NRL’s marathon man: Has anyone in the game put in a bigger and better effort than this Critter over the past year?

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We often question the commitment to the game of some players, and justifiably so at times, but there is no chance of levelling any such criticism at Canterbury’s latest signing, outgoing Penrith star Stephen Crichton. He has just completed a marathon effort since helping the Panthers to their grand-final victory over the Eels in 2022. […]

Mexico City Grand Prix Talking Points: Advance Australia Fair, while Verstappen tastes sweet 16

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The second part of the final Formula One triple header is done with as we leave Mexico with more records broken and some smiles for Aussie F1 fans. There was also a sterling drive from an orange car and more pressure put on a certain driver who was trying to put on a show for […]