The Rugby League Almanac Celebration is on at the Erskineville Hotel in Sydney on Dec 19.
Third Test – Day 4: Don’t dream. It’s Over.
December 4, 2012 by 8 Comments
Smokie Dawson suffered nightmares of being locked in the Channel 9 commentary box the night before the fourth day of the Test. Worse was to come.
Third Test – Day 4: Nightmare
December 4, 2012 by 7 Comments
Day 4 at the WACA was a nightmare for the Australian team and Colin Ritchie.
Crio’s Question: Who was destined for greater things?
December 4, 2012 by 29 Comments
Ricky Ponting’s retirement announcement triggered fond reminiscences. There are some wonderful anecdotes of his formative sporting days from blokes who knew even then that he was marked for special honours. Who have you “spotted” well before they became public property?
Third Test – Day 3: Tasmania is on fire
December 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
Tasmania is on fire: Australia is not is the message from ABC radio. We constantly cross between the WACA and Hobart for updates on each of the potentially catastrophic events at distant sides of the country.
Punter Looks at Forty (apologies to Jimmy Buffett)
December 4, 2012 by 3 Comments
Peter Baulderstone channels the American singer-songwriter for his Ricky Ponting commemorative poem.
In A-League of its Own: Round 9
December 3, 2012 by 3 Comments
After a blistering start to the 2012-13 season, the A-League slowed almost to a halt at the weekend with just 6 goals scored in 5 games, says Tom Riordan.
Thank you Test Cricket for sumptuous, textbook batting
December 3, 2012 by 9 Comments
Textbook shots, when played by the finest batsmen are of endless wonder, says Peter Zitterschlager, who never tires of their nuance and charm.
Player Review System a farce
December 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
Cricket has been played for a long time and it seemed perfectly fine for over a hundred years to take the good with the bad in terms of umpiring decisions, says Rob Stewart.
Off Season Odyssey – Part 44: The Final and Opening Siren
December 3, 2012 by 11 Comments
It’s the last stop of our encore performance of Matt Zurbo’s Off Season Odyssey.
The Footy Almanac 2012 on sale here
December 2, 2012 by 15 Comments
The 2012 Footy Almanac – the game by game account of the season written by fans, for fans, and graced with a John Spooner cover portrait of Sydney’s Adam Goodes – is available for purchase through our online store now.
Should footy fans take responsibility when things end badly?
December 2, 2012 by 2 Comments
After what has happened with the Kurt Tippett saga, Andrew Weiss asks Crows fans should take some of the blame for what has occurred.
Third Test – Day 2: Ricky and me
December 2, 2012 by 6 Comments
The bowling selections which seemed so brilliant on the opening day seem decidedly lacking in this second innings, says Susie Giese.
Third Test – Day 2: Tourists score at will against flat Aussies
December 2, 2012 by 2 Comments
Australia needs early wickets today but Luke Reynolds says it doesn’t have the attack to do it.
Third Test – Day 1: The proof is in the fruit-cake
December 1, 2012 by 8 Comments
Bernard Whimpress says that the so-called rotation approach where top cricketers are rested de-values Test cricket.
Third Test – Day 1: Typical Wild Wild West day, well almost
November 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
The crowd support Ricky Ponting received today will surely spur him to one last century, says Mick Jeffrey at the WACA.
Third Test – Day 1: Intelligent bowling/Lazy batting
November 30, 2012 by 5 Comments
Phil Dimitriadis watches the batsmen forget the basics in the Third Test ‘Grand Final’ at the WACA.
Third Test – Day 1: Ricky’s Garden
November 30, 2012 by 4 Comments
Thanks to Ricky Ponting, Pamela Sherpa took up gardening a couple of years ago and named the far back corner of her yard the ‘Ricky Ponting Memorial Garden’.
Third Test – Preview: A Climax in Act One?
November 30, 2012 by 16 Comments
How much will Australia be spurred by Punter’s last hurrah? What has the man himself got left in the tank?
Will Francis “Casino” Jackson ever learn his lesson?
November 30, 2012 by 17 Comments
Richmond’s head recruiter, Francis Jackson, has been getting plenty of credit of late for choosing Houli, Grigg, Maric, Knights and Chaplin, pity he didn’t choose any of them, says Louise Comra.
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