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For Love Not Money

In Modern day sport it is almost unthinkable that New Zealand’s All Blacks or Brazil’s football team would find themselves without a sponsor, especially on the eve of a major tournament. Yet sadly arguably Australia’s most successful sporting team the

Sportsmanship Alive and Well

Playing the game in the right spirit should be something that is commonplace, but sadly in today’s world when we witness acts of sportsmanship they stand out. Yesterday at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, Australia played arch

Keeping Up With Jones

Eddie Jones has never received the credit he deserves in Australia, although occasionally when he succeeds overseas a nation basks in reflected glory. The reason being he did not win the Rugby World Cup, even though he and his players

T20’s Path to Acceptability

When the first T20 match was played between Australia and New Zealand, Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack reported that “neither side took the game especially seriously.” In fact fans were told that T20 was just that a bit of fun and would

Vale Jonah Lomu

He was labelled the first “superstar of rugby.” There are some who will argue that Colin “Pinetree” Meads, Barry John or JPR Williams were superstars before him, but they never received the coverage that Jonah Lomu’s feats did, as in