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Excellent point. You can't claim to be all in favour of equality and diversity and let a controversy like this become an exercise in Christian-bashing.

He could go back to League. He'd help class that joint up. Seriously though, I was on Folau's side the last time around even though I don't share his beliefs. However, if it's the case that he was warned explicitly that further provocations on social media could lead to suspension or...

Just threaten an invasion and the Frenchies will fold like a cheap suit. We need Olympic medals more than they do, anyhow.

I'd argue the first few years of the BBL. Of course, the geniuses at Cricket Australia got greedy and lengthened the season unnecessarily, so when it comes to sheer mismanagement of a once-popular tournament you'd have to give them the silver. No prizes for guessing who comes in first.

Wasn't played.

Absolutely! In fact, I wish there was less interviewing of athletes full stop. Half time in the soccer, drinks breaks in the cricket ... I just don't find it interesting and I wonder how many spectators do. It doesn't help that most sportsmen are so media-trained that all they can do is speak in...

That's the real challenge of setting up a purely domestic comp. You'd probably need at least 10 teams playing home-and-away to get a significant presence established, and no guarantee that it would be supported especially if it can't retain Australia's best players.

Just thought I'd post this here: https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/rugby-union/mitchell-dump-south-africa-from-super-rugby/ar-BBV4SOG?ocid=spartandhp Nothing much to say except that for some reason Andy Marinos' attitude reminds me of a story Michael McIntyre told about visiting the Titanic...

Might not be the worst thing in the world. People on the ratings thread have compared the Super Rugby ratings with the A-League's, but one advantage that that the A-League has is that its clubs are privately owned, so as long as there are high net worth individuals who love soccer enough to lose...

Hah. Of course we will. I have to say though, if they're going to show nice, respectable rugby on Viceland where would they show league?

Had an interesting exchange with my sister-in-law this morning. She works in stadium management in Perth and from time comes into possession of tickets for sporting events. Anyway, she offered me and my dad a couple of freebies for next week's game, which we didn't take her up on, but it seems...

Shepherd Rathbone Mortlock Giteau Tuqiri Barnes White Mowen Pocock Elsom Sharpe Coleman Kepu Polota-Nau Robinson It's a very contemporary-looking team, and yet I'm enough of a bluff old traditionalist to insist on listing the team from 15 down.

Not sure if this has done the rounds yet (I'm still on Perth time): https://thewest.com.au/sport/western-force/wheels-in-motion-for-japan-based-team-to-join-global-rapid-rugby-ng-b881137346z?fbclid=IwAR3sJymQzxcjt30RGmnQ2eXV02wqUvSm8uk_y2JLgZhpVzMidGWVmUY-_bw The gist of it is that the...

To be fair, I think that sort of off-field behaviour is just something that NRL fans price in now. It's not like the latest controversies are telling the fans anything they didn't already know about some of the players' behaviour, so as long as fans still enjoy the sport itself I'd frankly be...

Nah, the Russians weren't involved. They were just there to see the cathedral.

Unless she was bitten by a vampire recently it's pretty hard to imagine what could mitigate taking a chomp out of your opponent.

I blame the NBN.

Interesting:

So, assuming it's all a go for next year, it's: Western Force Fiji Latui Kagifa Samoa South China Tigers (i.e. Hong Kong) Asia Pacific Dragons (i.e. Singapore) Plus one-three others (possibly Japanese sides). Anyway, this is an interesting snippet from the West: If this competition is...

Hopefully they'll discover Kahlua's probiotic. I'm sick of inventing excuses for drinking the stuff.