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JASON BARRY | Victorian Leg Tennis | Contact“Oh dear God please don’t let it happen.” This and similar despairing prayers have been collectively launched this week from AFL fans to the Footballing Gods in response to Collingwood’s unstoppable march towards destiny awaiting them in the last weekend of September. “They’ve been the best team all year,” one non-Collingwood supporter admitted under his breath to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Brisbane was absolutely pumping over the weekend, with more than 100,000 fans cheering on both the Broncos and Lions in their supercharged premiership tilts. From Suncorp Stadium to The Gabba, the city was awash with the very similar colours of both the local AFL side and the local NRL side for the entire weekend. With the Brisbane Lions and Brisbane...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT In news from the coal-face, a Newcastle man is beginning to join the dots this week as he traces his lineage back to a famous Knight in 1997. Born on the 24th of June in 1998, Darren Lambton has always thought his entrance into the world seemed a little unplanned, not to mention it was odd that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Kiwi mate has finally re-integrated into society after three days of complete silence. Local wool auctioner, Nelson Plymouth (30) came into last week with a puffed up chest. But an unlucky series of events appear to have quite severely humbled him. In fact, he's still not talking, and has only today unmuted his group chats are a self-imposed sabbatical. The...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Talkback radio and the NewsCorp outlets have been alight this week, with sensational claims about Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell The South Sydney fullback joins a long list of Indigenous people that Australia's conservative media and political class have identified as 'too big for their boots' - and must be knocked down a few pegs with constant and sensationalised media...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After 10 on the trot, the Steel City of Newcastle is almost back to 1997-levels of excitement - as their boys in blue and red look like they might have a bit of a hum on. Newcastle secured a narrow win during double extra time against the Raiders last Sunday night, continuing into the next round of NRL finals. Meanwhile...

JASON BARRY | Victorian Leg Tennis | Contact "Argh! We’ve got no run" / "We keep missing shots" / "We’ll never win a final playing like this.” These depressed phrases and more were shouted by St Kilda Saints member, Jarred Dempsey (42), from the Shane Warne Stand at the MCG on Saturday. While everyone around him quietly hated the guy for his incessant negativity, Dempsey was...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The world's largest MMA promotion, the UFC is back in Australia for the second time this year, as middleweight champion Israel Adesanya fights the number 5 ranked middleweight Sean Strickland to defend his belt in Sydney this Sunday. However, it's the co-main event that is generating the most noise in the Harbour City, as Sydney's own Bam Bam Tuivasa...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT An Auckland-born Western Sydney resident of Samoan heritage has quite a lot to think about this weekend. For Kingswood school teacher, Koa Smith (30), the September sporting calendar has blessed him with one of the most emotionally draining two days of his adult life. With his beloved Penrith Panthers taking on his beloved 'second team' The New Zealand Warriors in...

STACY OAKSHEAF | City News | CONTACT Convoys of short-back-and-sided young men are currently pilgrammaging to Sydney this weekend, ahead of UFC293 in Qudos arena on Sunday. The human cockfighting of mixed martial arts has achieved mainstream popularity within the corporate sector of late, as men who really struggled with team sports as kids work tirelessly to learn as many stats and facts about professional...