sidelined

While the cooler weather has not gone away there is that promise of spring in the air. If you listen closely, you’ll hear the soft sounds of cricket players dusting their whites and oiling their bats. Elsewhere, participants of the round ball game are attending acting classes in preparation for their season. But for us [...]

With Ron Gauci appointed as the the new Melbourne CEO and the legal action against the NRL being dropped, maybe the beginning is in sight for the Storm. They still need to play this year out and sort out the roster for next season but it is time to be moving forward as some seem [...]

On the train this morning, I ventured the following: “It seems a common defense that when caught with the hand in the cookie jar or, as in this case, been caught giving out more cookies than allowed, to cry that you are the victim. That seems to be what the independent Storm directors are up [...]

Welcome to the 2010 NRL season. Sure, there have been 17 rounds prior to this but post-Origin is when the comp really starts. The wooden spoon will go to Melbourne and they will have plenty of space in the trophy cabinet now for the award. The Cowboys will be thankful that 2010 is the year [...]

A fine way to discourage riff raff I’d say. Or could it be a loyalty test in that only true Queenslanders would pay 15 bucks for a XXXX? And what of this game tomorrow night? One that I had almost forgotten about till mentioning it in passing to a colleague at work. Queensland’s focus is [...]

Tabloid newspapers thrive on controversy to drive sales. And not just on the front page. A good old fashioned beat up on the back page is a bonus. As was the case this week with the Daily Telecrap in Sydney spending most of the week talking about a rift between Jarryd Hayne and Eels coach [...]