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One of the more hilarious sporting sub plots of this year is the elevation of Alan Jones to serious Wallabies coach contender on a creeping miasma of self-generated noise and media credulity. QRU boss Peter Lewis threw out some speculative rhetoric on the need to make a radical choice as the next coach, and [...]

I was there four years ago, way up on high at Telstra Stadium ,when Jonny Wilkinson in an act of unrivaled sporting cruelty tore the heart of Australia and denied us a World Cup on home soil.
Last night, Wilkinson (and a committed English team) again denied Australia a chance at glory in the Marshal [...]

Thanks to Patrick in comments for the YouTube. It’s yawnion with the private school boys and other boring bits cut out, and the bits where sweaty men clamber over each other and Kiwis get bones broken left in.

And he’s a linguistic patriot!
Although …. watching some other vids even I can see he [...]

The Marshal Petain Cup (trading as IRB Rugby World Cup 2007) gets under way this week so its time to preview where the teams stand. In addition to the technical insight, I added an extra diagnostic tool: Wikipedia. From the team page, I pressed “random article” and let the Wiki lead me [...]

to the Joey grand scandale.
No more Wallabies training sessions. I died a little everytime I saw Him at one of those on TV.

The recent poll shows that nearly everyone agrees that Graeme Arnold should be red carded as the Socceroos coach … despite recent successes. Oh well, time to move on.
I must say that when I lived in Paris (just thought I’d throw that in, in case you didn’t know that I once lived in Paris, for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Well, whaddya know. The Wallabies have beaten the All-Blacks in Melbourne, 20 to 15. See, all Australian rugby needed was John O’Neill back and things are looking up.
But one win does not a winter of contentment make. Over a Troppo, Chris reckons the Wallabies are back but I shall remain skeptical. I’d like to [...]

Lote Tuqiri has contacted Wallabies selector Michael O’Connor to apologise for his act of stupidity at a NSW Waratahs drinking session - but this time he left his phone off loudspeaker.
Tuqiri was a goose but isn’t it O’Connor who should be apologising?
What on earth is a selector doing trash talking a player to [...]