With less than three weeks to go to the start of the football season, there are a number of new coaches anxiously counting the hours until Round 1. For some of them, this time will be one of either confidence that they have inherited a well-managed list with great potential, or a realisation that there’s [Read more]
The Dogs are Barking
March 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Dogs came out barking in this highly anticipated match. Talk earlier in the week focussed on whether Frank Pritchard was going to cop a suspension for his high shot on Penrith winger David Simmons. He got a week. Most of the betting agencies – if not all, had the Dragons as favourites to win [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Reunion Rugby League
March 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Pete Abela The last time I went to the footy with Robbo was on the 2nd of July, 1989. The match on that occasion was between South Sydney (who would go on to be minor premiers) and Penrith (who finished second that year, but bombed out of the semis). In those days, the Panthers [Read more]
crio’s Q?…strut your stuff
March 12, 2012 by 7 Comments
I’m in Adelaide. Cup Eve and just back from the Highway Inn. There’s been spirited discussion on all sorts of various topics and I’ve mostly kept my counsel. But there was one niggly moment. Eric Cantona’s famed scissor kick came up in discussion, prompting me to declare his body language as the most positive I’d [Read more]
Wollongong Surfer
March 12, 2012 by 7 Comments
Photo by Keiran Deck A perfect way to spend a long weekend.
New Zealand Trip Pt. 1
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Had my recent trip to New Zealand’s North Island been graphed on its intensity levels, it would have looked similar to the electrocardiogram of a healthy 21-year-old; high peaks and moderate troughs. This was fitting because the reason for our visit was to celebrate my 21st birthday. The sweet lung-lolly found in rural New [Read more]
What Makes a Good Pre-Season?
March 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
What makes a good game of the West Coast Eagles and the Saints in the last Pre-Season match? (Warning: the following is very one-eyed) Winning: so much for that for St.Kilda, one win of the three rounder (note 34 degrees at night), a splosh around in the rain and floods, playing amongst ourselves at Wangaratta [Read more]
Clint McKay
March 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Photos and words by Peter Argent He’s big, he’s Victorian and naturally Bill Lawry loves him. After his performance in the last ODI on Thursday in Adelaide, so does Australia it seams – Clint McKay bowled the Aussies to victory with a five-wicket haul and celebrated. He also produced a important and handy cameo with [Read more]
Why Geelong will win the premiership
March 11, 2012 by 9 Comments
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART SEVEN. By Alex Wadelton WHY GEELONG WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP Gee, they’re long in the tooth. For the rest of the competition the Cats being perennial contenders is getting really old, it’s got so people just can’t think straight anymore. They’ve been at the top for so long [Read more]
Some Australia V Sri Lanka ODI history
March 9, 2012 by 7 Comments
Sri Lankas performance in the recent tri- nation ODI seres brought back memories of their first tri-nation ODI series in 1984-85. The third nation then was the West Indies. Australian cricket at the time was struggling. The end of the previous summer saw the retirement of the Big 3, Chappell G, Marsh, and Lillee. This [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Labour Day weekend 2012
March 9, 2012 by 22 Comments
There’s always plenty of racing over the Labour Day weekend. I ran in to picnic bookie Lee Walker out at Sandown yesterday and checked his schedule for the weekend. “Alexandra Saturday and Balnarring Monday.” Great meetings both. Others are heading up to Echuca, reassured by messages that the track and environs are unaffected by the [Read more]
Tweeting Temptations
March 8, 2012 by 8 Comments
By Anne Fedorowytsch Nothing could disrupt my passion for the Adelaide Crows. No number of non-performances, near misses in front of goal or non-efforts could ever see me change my one-eyed ways. Although not something but someone has got my eye wandering… It all started on popular social networking site Twitter. An innocuous tongue-in-cheek tweet [Read more]
The Malinga Kiss
March 8, 2012 by 7 Comments
Photo and words by Peter Argent. Is Lasith Malinga’s unique habit of kissing the ball (refer image) as he starts his run up the most unusual habit in world cricket?
Why Freo will win the premiership
March 8, 2012 by 12 Comments
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART SIX. By Alex Wadelton WHY FREMANTLE WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP By any measures Fremantle have the most successful history in all of Australian Rules football. A perennial powerhouse, they have claimed 42 senior premierships in the WAFL, shared between East and South Fremantle. Sadly, however, this is a [Read more]
Dragons prepare for big season in 150th year
March 8, 2012 by 3 Comments
By Richard Jones SANDHURST Football and Netball Club, one of the Bendigo league’s oldest, is gearing up for a big 2012 as the Dragons prepare for their 150th year. With ex-Dragon Joel Selwood now anointed as captain of reigning AFL premiers Geelong, Sandhurst hopes to have as many former players, members and officials as possible [Read more]
Premier Cricket: The ‘Mud Match’ of ’82
March 8, 2012 by 22 Comments
It was thirty years ago today – remembering the “Mud Match” – Richmond v Footscray March 6 & 8 1982 Punt Rd Oval This weekend Victorians will enjoy the traditional Labour Day long weekend. Proclaimed in 1879, the public holiday was known as the “Eight Hour Day” until a name change to “Labour Day” occurred [Read more]
The 22nd Annual Ladder Ladder Competition
March 7, 2012 by 38 Comments
The LADDER LADDER Comp! It’s back! Again! But what the hell – I mean heck (sorry Mum) – is it? The LADDER LADDER Competition is simple (a bit like me, many would say). It’s a comp that requires you to do no more than to write down (or type) the names of the 18 AFL [Read more]
Sachin
March 7, 2012 by 9 Comments
by Darren Dawson And just like that, he is gone. But was he ever really here? Their season horribilis has finally come to end. But, I ask you, what was more disappointing? The Indians’ below-par on-field performances, or their surly off-field attitude? This Indian tour will not be fondly remembered for a number of reasons. [Read more]
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