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2 October, 2016. 11:02 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact EACH MAJOR GAME OF RUGBY league football is punctuated by a rousing monologue from former coach, commentator and controversial exclusion from the NRL Immortal list, Phil Gould - however, they're rarely coherent or to the point. Punting-giant SportsBet has put their money where their mouth is today, by offering dribblers $2.30 odds on...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND has sold out once again, despite both team's supporter bases being made up entirely of bandwagon fans. After finishing third overall this season, Richmond' story has inspired thousands of ordinary working-class Victorians to come out in force to show support for their 'second team'. Same can be said for VFL fans from...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following the Wallabies disappointing loss to a country of five million, coach Michael Cheika says he hopes there is still an improved sense of confidence amongst the Wallabies camp as they head into an exhibition match against the Rwandans next fortnight. "I hope they don't get too knocked around the loss against Ireland" he says. "We've been straight...

27 September, 2016. 17:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It may have been a celebration of athletic performances in the Aussies Rules arena but the 2016 Brownlow Medals was also a chance for both players and their partners to show some red carpet glamour. The biggest names of the game marched up the red carpet at Melbourne’s Crown Casino, with the evening marking the...

27 September, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact WHENEVER THEY CAN SCROUNGE together enough Sydney Cricket Ground Members Passes between them, Gavin Petersen and his friends clip-clop down Oxford Street in their customised RM Williams boots with a tummy full of Justin Hemmes-sourced Little Creatures on their way to watch the Swans. Watching Sydney's premier AFL team live is no...

26 September, 2016. 15:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Sutherland local, Sharryd Clayne, says he's starting to get around the idea of multiculturalism, following the performance on non-Anglo-Saxon footballers in his beloved NRL Club, The Cronulla Sharks. "I never thought I'd say this. But I think Cronulla has benefited greatly from the riches of multiculturalism" "I also never thought I'd see my boys...

23 September, 2016. 13:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT WAS A SIMPLER TIME - a time when rugby players still had collars and their jerseys and Michael Jackson was dangling babies from balconies while his world fell down around him. Queensland Reds season ticket holder Julian Crusoe was only 13, but he remembers the first time he cried in public...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Betoota Dolphins prop, Findlay Mignon (26), has reportedly slept with eight different women since Saturday's spectacular premiership winning field goal. The husky gentleman became a club hero after he kicked a field goal at 80 minutes to defeat the Noccundra Brahams 17-16. The Honourable Bob Katter MP, who was present on the day, says the impressive form by Findlay reminded him of Johnathon...

15 September, 2016. 10:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Queensland Reds have this morning announced the signing of 9-year-old Victorian rugby league sensation, Meaalofa Te’o, who became a viral sensation yesterday morning after a video of him playing in a Canberra exhibition match was shared online. Te'o will join the Reds for the 2017 and 2018 Super Rugby seasons, while also playing...

13 September, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE BOARD OF AUSTRALIAN RUGBY Union has lashed out at the suggestion that people don't care about the National Rugby Champion, the sport's third-tier competition that operates between a club and state level. Created to fill the void between amateur and professional rugby, the NRC runs in a similar capacity to New...