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Is Leichhardt oval not one of the best league venues in the land? The crowd is vocal and close to the action, the food and drink vendors operate out of the traditional vendor caravans. You get you beer in a can and kids can get an ice cream. Best of all is doesn’t cost you [...]

Origin once more makes the form guide useless. But that does not mean a boring round. Teams are jostling for position in the eight and have plenty to play for. At the other end of the table, the battle for the wooden spoon has become very interesting indeed. I’ve consulted the Ouija board and the [...]

Greg Bird’s injury is a blessing for the NSW selectors for Origin III.
They can safely avoid the original plan to stick with Bird (relying on the modern management skill never admitting a mistake no matter how obvious) and pick Anasta. The trouble with Bird at 5/8 is that he is fine when the team [...]

Origin influences this round especially for the those vying for NSW selection. The word is no major changes will be made but the halfback spot is open depending on Wallace’s injury and a few forward spots could be up for contention. Those in with a chance will have a final chance to cry out “pick [...]

The Telecrap continues its speedy descent into places even the most appropriately disheveled gutter journos would avoid. The latest is their coverage of the altercation Tigers star Benji Marshall found himself in during the wee hours of Monday.
Marshall was cleared of any wrong doing by the police as he was provoked by an [...]

A strange thing has happened. I have no memory from about 8:00pm till 10:00pm last night. It’s like I witnessed some horrible happening, an event too distressing to deal with and hence I have shut it out.
While I try and recover that memory, ponder round 14 of the NRL. It is the downhill run [...]

I know I should do a proper preview but pushed for time. I’ll just say that NSW are going for the 3-nil whitewash and Bellamy will have them primed. The Prince/Thurston experiment in the halves will be interesting. I’m just not sure it will work unless their communication is spot on.
Tune in between 7:30 [...]

I don’t know much about Candice Falzon apart from what has appeared in the press especially regrading the infamous incident with Sonny Bill Williams last year (Google will turn up more than enough stories on this). But on Australian Story last night, the picture of Candice was far from the man-hunting, floozy that some sections [...]

Origin is upon us one more making the form guide a useless document by which to divine the intentions of the footy goods. It also makes us almost halfway through the season. For some teams, it is time to strike out for the eight. For tipsters, time to make that play to get to the [...]

The Socceroos motor along at the top of their group, seven of the minimum ten points already in the bag and nine more up for grabs. After a patchy victory over Iraq we now travel to Dubai for the first of two night games played in searing 26-degree heat.
Iraq, needless to say, won’t be [...]