sidelined

A sign of spring is the first call to pre-season cricket training. From this weekend we start preparing for the season ahead. The other sign of spring is the fight for a finals spot in the footy. The eight is not settled just yet with the Eels, Tigers and Bunnies making a play for one [...]

So Karmicheal Hunt is ditching league for the AFL. He has copped a serve from The King and it is obvious the challenge he is looking for is how much more money his manager can squeeze from him. The AFL can rightly crow about the coup but in a few years I predict this experiment [...]

An interesting week where one major player decides to seek the filthy lucre in the Land of the Rising Sun and another is about to be welcomed back into the fold. A shame for Souths as Wing should have been at the club for life. A classy player whose propensity for injury prevented him from [...]

Origin is over (though Gus is still wanting a fourth game) and the run the finals is officially on. 8 rounds to go and intrigue floats around both ends of the table. Seven teams are looking over the shoulders at the moment hoping that they won’t be the ones with the wooden spoon. Nine teams [...]

Live blog of the third and final State of Origin game from 7:30pm AEST tonight. State of Origin III

Well didn’t Nate Myles put the NRL into the pooh? The Central Coast is unfortunately now a stop on the “Bad Boys of League” tour. Round 18 features the final origin shortened round. Origin III:The Final Rites isn’t really being met with that much interest down here. Yes, there is the academic interest in whether [...]

Brett Seymour dumped by the Sharks for another alcoholic indiscretion. Two Roosters players get involved in a nightclub stoush. This season has pretty much followed a sadly predictable patter. Not what David Gallop’s approach with the Roosters is. Their behaviour pretty much reflects their position on the ladder. But it is not all doom and [...]

…down south.