Tag: 2008
Santa Smiles on the Deserving
“You have ruined Christmas” my brother Matt yelled down the phone in total despair, tears most likely filling his eyes. “There will be no Midnight Mass this year and I can think of nobody to blame but you.” He was clutching at straws but I would just have to wear it. That is what brotherhood […]
A Most Preposterous Notion
It was Saturday morning and I was sitting at the bar of the Richmond Hill Larder sipping my fourth breakfast martini- a fine beverage of vodka, blood orange and Baghdad marmalade that would anger the martini purists but is, nevertheless, a sunny drink and a perfect way to get your buzz back on in the […]
Digging for New Lows
Australian sport has just endured one of its most shameful weekends, a low point in the grand sporting history of this nation. It has been a weekend marked by hypocrisy, grubbiness, favouritism, stupidity and ethical failure. It was the great trough of sportsmanship, the protruding pimple on the pig’s arse, an abject moral crash that […]
A Favourite September Pastime
“History never repeats I tell myself before I go to sleep” -Split Enz The bad news for Cronulla fans is that history does, in fact, repeat itself. There is no point in suggesting otherwise be you a fan of Split Enz or the Cronulla Sharks. It repeats itself constantly, particularly when it comes to failure […]
Epilogue to a Tragedy
For good or ill, and probably good, the whole sordid drama has reached its conclusion. The curtain has been drawn on a modern day sporting tragedy, a sad parable of unquenchable greed and the indifference of the modern athlete to notions of history, loyalty, decency and gratitude. All that is left to do now is […]
A Portrait of a Simple Minded Coward
Sonny Bill Williams was once the toast of rugby league, a bright star traveling on a trajectory so steep that greatness seemed assured and the possibilities of achievement limitless. A prodigious talent with a hulking physique and seemingly inexhaustible skill, he was seen as an asset that would not only win matches but sell tickets. […]
Only Whores and Rats Truly Love the Night
Those in rugby league will never forget the name Sonny Bill Williams. He will be remembered by history as an ungrateful greedhead who’s only God is the almighty dollar, a money hungry whore who will throw his friends, family, reputation and soul on the flames to earn an extra buck or two. $100 for a […]
Talking Television
The current NRL television deal is good. This new covenant was such a marked improvement on previous deals that it is preposterous to be overly critical of it, considering the weak negotiating base the code started from. The current deal is, however, far from great and relative to other football codes in this country, the […]
Some Kind Words for a Rugby League Legend and the Midseason NRL Review (Part 2)
It was an inglorious way for such a legend of the game to depart the arena he had come to dominate. Danny Buderus, an Origin icon, was sent out a loser, the captain of a team who lost three consecutive series to the Old Enemy. It was an unfortunate farewell for a man who deserved […]
Some Timely Thoughts on Political Correctness and the Mid-Season NRL Review (Part 1)
We live in a strange and hypocritical world where personal indignation has replaced principle and a social disconnect has seemingly bestowed the right of intellectual sterilization on antisocial minorities. That previous statement probably offended many: Intellectuals, anti-intellectuals, hypocrites, strange people, the antisocial and perhaps anybody who considers themselves members of the world. And this is […]
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