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If the trend continues, the Wests Tigers may soon prove unrecognisable to their supporters. After giving the axe to head Coach Jason Taylor and handing the reins to Ivan Cleary, player defections have been the latest development. Mitchell Moses, a young gun with years left on his clock, has given the cold shoulder to a…

It is becoming increasingly rare for an athlete to spend an entire career with one club. There is the salary cap to thank for that in professional leagues all over the world, where underperforming clubs have money to spend on top players and the top clubs face the uncomfortable reality of not being to keep…

Early in the season of the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership competition, the Essendon Bombers are showing promising signs of having finally shaken off the harsh reality of last season, which saw them trying to make do with old men and cast offs they found lying about when the AFL permitted them to top up in…

The NCAA’s March Madness, even though now poaching on April lived up to its name yesterday and the Final Four matchups provided some high drama. The Gonzaga Bulldogs, no relation to the AFL’s Western Bulldogs, or the NRL’s Canterbury Bulldogs, beat the South Carolina Gamecocks in one of the semifinals, in the process of so…

Say what you will about Steve Smith. The fact remains that he needs support if Australia is to experience cricket success at the international level, on both sides of the bowl. In the recent tour of India, where the Aussies tantilised with the prospect of success, before ultimately crashing and burning, Smith poste the fifth…

Aussie cricket Coach Darren Lehmann had nothing but good things to say concerning his skipper, Steve Smith, following the recent loss in the Indian Test series. Smith was the sole batter who provided reliably run production, tallying 499 runs and three tons, leading Lehmann to invoke comparisons to Don Bradman, Ricky Ponting, Mark Taylor and…

The Australian cricketers went down to defeat in their Test series with India, with the final score being 2 – 1. The Indians took possession of the Border – Gavaskar trophy that seemed to be well within the Aussies’ grasp in the early stages of the series. There was some high quality cricket played, but…

Affairs did not go swimmingly for the Aussie cricketers on day three of the fourth Test at Dharamsala. The better word might be “drowningly.” The Indians were dominant on day three and the Aussies now have their proverbial backs to the proverbial wall. In the first session, the Indians secured a 32-run lead with their…

The Bulldogs are reportedly out to snatch the “big four” from the Wests Tigers, something that will do little to tame the traditional hostility betwixt the two sides. Canterbury has made overtures to James Tedesco, Mitchell Moses, Luke Brooks and Aaron Woods, hoping to lure the quartet to Belmore for the 2018 season. Wests Tigers…

Things have been said to the effect of the fine levied by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) against Conor McGregor are having an impact on the rumoured fight between McGregor and Floy Mayweather, but if you were to listen to McGregor, as if listening to him were an option, his recent appearance before the Commission…