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Well at least it wasn’t a rent boy in a public toilet.
Johns caught with ecstasy.
The former rugby league star Andrew Johns has admitted that he was arrested for possession of an ecstasy tablet in London, but has blamed an “unknown person” for pushing it in his pocket at a notorious inner-city bar.
Johns has nonetheless described [...]

If there is anyone out there who like rugby union and likes to blog, Sidelined could use you. I’ve just realised the rugby union World Cup is just a few weeks away and it would be nice to have some analysis of the rounds plus tips.
If you are keen, drop a comment below and [...]

The penultimate round of the season is upon us. But with plenty of interest as the eight is still undecided apart from Storm taking out the minor premiership and Manly finishing second. Some great matches this round so let’s get into it.

…kicks off tomorrow at Sydney Football Stadium, where the Mariners-SFC rivalry will spark off for another season. With the added push from the defection of Sasho Petrovski this should be another memorable chapter.

On Facebook I guess!!
Here are my tips
(31% / $1.95) Saints Eagles ($1.78 / 69%)
(13% / $5.50) Blues Kangaroos ($1.13 / 86%)
(92% / $1.14) Dockers Demons ($5.25 / 8%)
(40% / $2.30) Magpies Swans ($1.57 / 59%)
(70% / $1.38) Crows Lions ($2.90 / 29%)
(23% / $3.00) Bulldogs Hawks ($1.36 / 76%)
(88% / $1.18) Cats Power ($4.40 / [...]

(72%) Magpies (11.15 81) Demons (9.16 70) (28%)
(76%) Bombers (18.10 118) Blues (16.12 108) (24%)
(73%) Saints (19.12 126) Dockers (14.12 96) (27%)
(47%) Lions Swans (53%)
(96%) Eagles Tigers (4%)
(80%) Hawks Power (20%)
(18%) Kangaroos Cats (82%)
(87%) Crows Bulldogs (12%)
It’s a tight game, but I’m happy to say that it’s been a good week’s tipping for me so [...]

The NRL seemed more like WWE with allegations and counter allegations of grappling and wrestling in the tackles. I’d like to see the end of the grapple tackle myself. It is dangerous and should be wiped from the game. But the controversy is a distraction from the race to the finals and the eight is [...]

Via the very web 1.0 Cyclingnews (third item).
Australian online tourism company, Roamfree.com, backed by former Australian Rules footballer turned businessmen Tony Smith, has announced that it will commit $20 million into setting up an Australian team, with the aim of obtaining a ProTour licence for 2009 in order to compete in the Tour de France. [...]

Last month I had great fun following the Kirk Foods cheese profiles for each stage of the 2007 Tour de France, now this sports crazy French food importer (and other good eats) from Melbourne has gone one better and thrown down $1000 of their hard earned and launched a Rugby World Cup tipping comp, and [...]

Here they are - and the shock defeat of Collingwood by the Magpies is the only one I’ve dropped thus far, with Geelong overcoming Adelaide and Essendon yet to play.
(9%) Tigers (18.8 116) Magpies (14.12 96) (91%)
(57%) Hawks (17.13 115) Lions (13.13 91) (42%)
(95%) Power (17.13 115) Blues (14.9 93) (5%)
(11%) Demons (19.15 129) Bulldogs [...]