Brilliant photos from Peter Argent and bowling from the Melbourne Stars. The Adelaide Strikers were inept. Phil Hughes has “technical issues” (who knew?) And Rulebook’s love child Callum Ferguson can’t even get a game.
Diva demands
January 11, 2014 by 5 Comments
Basically this piece in the Herald Sun got me thinking. It was about some of the crazy demands and requests celebrities have when they are on tour. This got me thinking if I were famous what would my demands be? After some thought Danni’s Diva Demands include: A Swarovski crystal tiara. 3 Maxibons. A packet [Read more]
60 Years Ago (1954) – A New Era for the Yallourn Blues
January 10, 2014 by 6 Comments
Footy historians gather round. Roger Spaull tells the story of the Yallourn Footy Club’s involvement in the new Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954.
Motlop cops nine-week suspension
January 10, 2014 by 5 Comments
Jackson Clark reports that Daniel Motlop’s football career was on a knife’s edge this week when he was threatened with a life ban.
Australian Open: DNQ
January 10, 2014 by 2 Comments
Swish Schwerdt asks: What was Spaniard Oscar Hernandez doing trying to qualify for the Grand Slam of the Asia-Pacific?
Tennis: Follow a Stranger
January 9, 2014 by 2 Comments
After his first visit to the Australian Open last year, Swish Schwerdt hit on a method of keeping the interest up all year long.
Ashes Summary (or ‘Why I Should Have Listened To My Brother’)
January 9, 2014 by 5 Comments
On the morning of Day One of the First Test in Brisbane, my brother made the confident prediction that Australia would comfortably win the Ashes. I didn’t believe him; partly because he is 15 but mostly because nobody in the world can polish a turd like my brother.
Crio’s Racing: Follow the Money
January 9, 2014 by 8 Comments
Magic Millions is hogging the limelight, but down south Crio also has his eye on the Flemington chances.
Sydney Test – Day 3: Travelling well
January 9, 2014 by 14 Comments
John Harms wins the fight for the car radio and considers the Ashes summer as it comes to its end.
Bing Lee: still launching them (photos by Peter Argent)
January 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
Brett Lee in full flight. Peter Argent captures the veteran at the Adelaide Oval.
Black Cats
January 7, 2014 by 4 Comments
Daryl Sharpen reports on a classic knock (a triple century in a 50-over match, no less) down New Norfolk way. [Very amusing from D. Sharpen, yet again. Includes reference to Peter Hudson – Ed]
The last ball of the last Test
January 7, 2014 by 7 Comments
Vin Maskell with the ultimate metaphor.
Farewell Skull: a legacy of knowledge and smiles
January 7, 2014 by 37 Comments
Matt Zurbo celebrates the very human Kerry O’Keeffe in this tribute.
Getting on with it: in praise of netball
January 6, 2014 by 6 Comments
Rick Kane has come to understand and appreciate the game of netball, especially since the Moomba Park Under 15s premiership victory.
Crio’s Question : Rating the Under-rated?
January 6, 2014 by 10 Comments
Crio thinks that Younis Khan (who?) is an under-rated cricketer. Name your under-rated competitors in any sport, and help us shed light on why they never get the attention of the ‘stars’.
Ashes Review: Pantsing
January 6, 2014 by 58 Comments
Malcolm ‘Rulebook’ Ashwood runs the ruler over the Ashes series and finds the ‘All Nations’ trouserless. (Note: Bob Neil is a stalwart of Rulebook’s beloved Adelaide Uni footy team.)
The Day I Set Out For Ipswich
January 6, 2014 by 3 Comments
John Green sets out for the FA Cup tie at Ipswich, winds up at a Blackpool game, and then has a stroke of fortune. More from John Green on tour with Preston North End FC.
Sydney Test – Day 3: Revelation begets revelation (the Piggieballah-Albion chronicle)
January 5, 2014 by 11 Comments
David Wilson (aka E.Regnans) has pensioned Clarrie off, but introduces Piggieballah in this metaphysical meditation on Australia’s Ashes success.
Sydney Test – Day 2 : The View from Shepparton
January 5, 2014 by 4 Comments
Peter Schumacher, the Shepherd of Shepparton, passes judgement on Day 2 at the SCG. He is a hard marker – thank God we are not losing.
Sydney Test – Day 2 : Different day, same England
January 5, 2014 by 11 Comments
John Butler, the bard of Ballarat, returns to stick his boots into the enfeebled poms. He predicts Brett Ratten will replace Andy Flower.
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