Riding The Wave of Success

Just watching the Ironmen in action makes us want to lie down. But what amazing athletes! First up, congratulations to Shannon Eckstein, the defending champion of the Kellogg’s Nutrigrain Ironman title, on winning not only back to back titles, but

Rebels by Name, Only.

In Friday’s edition of the Australian newspaper Wayne Smith wrote an excellent piece on how the ARU are making life more than a little difficult for the new Super 15 franchise the Melbourne Rebels. One of the biggest stumbling blocks

Shining Bright

Congratulations to Torah Bright on winning Australia’s fourth Winter Olympic Gold medal in the half Pipe snowboarding event. After falling in her first run she nailed her second to take out gold. Not only was her holding her nerve worthy

Going With Flo

The Olympics always turn up great stories, but the one about Florence Parks at the Vancouver Winter Olympics will take some beating. Florence was born in New York City on November 16 1903. Just three years ago she met some

Seeing Reds, Good For Australia

What a magnificent performance last night by the Queensland Reds, over powering the Canterbury Crusaders at Suncorp stadium. Although the crusaders were a shadow of the team that we have all come to expect, credit must go to the Reds