Is the NRL salary cap an “illegal cartel”?
I can only assume that op-ed pundit/pop historian Peter FitzSimons must have been wrapping his trademark red vanity hijab too tightly around his head and...
Manly and Collingwood
The two finals for the oval ball codes do not just share a weekend this year. Two of the finalists - Collingwood in the AFL...
The truly national footie code?
I grew up playing rugby union and rugby league in northern beaches Sydney. But you couldn't call rugby (union) Australia's national game, especially after tonight's...
Of billionaires and sporting superstars
I was contemplating writing a post about an ignorant, self-interested op-ed by billionaire mining heiress Gina Reinhardt until I asked myself the question: what's the...
Why is the individual talent premium so much higher in the AFL than the NRL?
After a year of reading about relative salaries in different sports, salary cap breaches, player unrest and defections in the NSW press, I only just learned...
Shaking and Stirring, the basket weavers strike back
Balmain is not just the city of basket weavers it is also a place to find thinking drinkers and binge thinkers. Put this in your...
League ’08 preview. Lyon the key
Getting back to the basic things that really matter. If the Manly Seaeagles are to fulfull their promise as the favorites for this event, and...