BY Paul Roos From: Herald Sun March 30, 2013 12:00AM Callan Ward and Kieren Jack to promote the “Battle of the Bridge”. Picture: Craig Greenhill The Daily Telegraph YOU could sense the displeasure this week when Swans players and coaches were asked about tonight’s game against Greater Western Sydney It has been marketed as the […]
By Peter FitzSimons Illustration: John Shakespeare HOW many things do I not get about soccer? So many that, just on the events of this week, I have had to put another man on, simply to keep track. Let’s start with the mass of Wanderers hooligans, creating mayhem at a Parramatta outdoor restaurant on Sunday afternoon
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By ANDREW JOHNS 28 March 2013 The return of Ben Barba this weekend is just what the Canterbury Bulldogs have been waiting for and his creative flair will lift them right across the park against South Sydney. The Bulldogs have been battling so far this season without some key players but Barba is obviously the
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27 May 2013 What a night! While SBS One trots out Wildest Arctic and World’s Most Dangerous Roads, Seven throws in the big guns with Highway Patrol, World’s Wildest Police Videos and Air Crash Investigations. Nowhere is safe. After Last Resort (8.30pm) – almost impenetrable for those of us who didn’t take the initial plunge
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Wearing the sky blue of the NSW Waratahs, Burke’s tally from 115 appearances resulted in 1,171 points from 36 tries, 206 penalty goals, 185 conversions and a field goal, making him the state’s highest all time points scorer. During his last season in Australian rugby (2004), he became the overall leading points scorer in
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Mar 20 2013 2012-13 ACA All*Star Teams winners The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) All*Star Teams for the 2012-13 season were announced at Cricket Australia’s (CA) State Cricket Awards at Blundstone Arena today ahead of Friday’s Sheffield Shield final between Tasmania and Queensland in Hobart. In addition to teams being named for the Four-Day, One-Day and
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Two rounds into the competition and the new shoulder charge rule is already causing great confusion among players and fans. We’ve seen two high-profile cases where players have launched themselves at an attacker in order to save a try and each case has been treated differently; Billy Slater charged, Nathan Merritt ignored. There comes a
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After the footy, excitement hits new peak by Tony Squires, March 22, 2013 And so it begins. Here we sit on the couch in front of the telly, hanging onto a coldie and hope. As the season opens Friday (Seven, 8.30pm) none of us has yet lost a game. The Crows host the Bombers, who
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BY Andrew Johns I was really impressed with the quality of the footy in Round One of the NRL last week. We saw the top teams flex their muscles but we also saw the teams that might struggle a bit in 2013. Manly’s win over the Broncos in Brisbane on Friday night was a really
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Matt Wright’s African Croc Attack, Nat Geo Wild, 8.30pm THIS documentary, in which Australian croc catcher Matt Wright (Outback Wrangler) heads to the Congo to try to catch a maneater, turns out to be quite haunting for several reasons. Wright sets off for Africa at the behest of two American adventurers whose guide and close friend
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