‘Til It’s Done – what you need to know ahead of the Matildas vs Lionesses semi-final

Seventeen minutes. The longest penalty shoot-out in all of World Cup history. A twenty penalty spectacular to decide the most important football match that us Aussies have ever seen. It was one of those glorious evenings where a nation stops, just for a second, to share something special - except if you’re that one odd…

ByClancy Aboud16 August 2023

Sport

Rawson Round 2: Wesley falls to Drew’s 79-7

Rugby has long been a game of contrasting styles. Festival rugby is some people’s idea of heaven; others dismiss it as akin to basketball, all frills, no crunch. Unfortunately for Wesley College, the case of great rugby prowess and glory was getting close to dissipating completely. Wesley College continued their perpetual Sisyphean struggle; which has…

ByHarry Hartnell12 May 2023

Feature

‘The Kid’ from Orange: Phoebe Litchfield’s rise up the order

Mid-November is a time of stress for most 17-18 year olds in New South Wales. Rows of students organised in cold bricked halls across the state, tapping pens and gliding fingertips along the outlines of HSC papers. A flurry of rustling emerges as reading time begins. For Phoebe Litchfield, who sits in a hotel room…

ByClancy Aboud11 October 2022

Feature

M4 Madness: a grand final for the West

Out went the Rabbitohs and the Sharks. Then there were two. A national title between a 35-kilometre strip on the M4. Parramatta and Penrith go toe-to-toe for the first time in rugby league history, a fitting grand final given the past of these two trying outfits. If you watch rugby league, you’ll know the Eels…

ByStirling Taylor30 September 2022

Opinion

The Nick Kyrgios show: the tennis star who divides a nation

Clancy Aboud tackles the perennial Nick Kyrgios conundrum. Every sport has its villains. Look no further than the theatrical antics of UFC fighter Conor McGregor or the former NBA star Dennis Rodman. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t want these guys in your corner. They’re the characters that we love to hate, but more…

ByClancy Aboud25 July 2022

Collaborative

Football and Politics in the Gulf

George Bright and Tommy Go discuss the increasing interest in football in the Gulf states and examine some of the political issues that arise from this. Introduction In the last fifteen years, football has become of increasing interest to the oil-rich nations of the Persian Gulf. The reasons behind this sudden, perturbing interest have…

ByGeorge Bright2 October 2021

Opinion

Novak Djokovic and Defaults: Do The Rules Need to Change?

Kiran Gupta unpacks the rules around disqualifications in tennis in light of the Novak Djokovic incident and questions whether the rules need to change. A few days ago, the tennis world was stunned by the revelation that Novak Djokovic had been defaulted from the US Open. The reason? Towards the end of the first set…

ByKiran Gupta13 September 2020

Opinion

Australian Football’s Problem with Blue Players

George Bright analyses the psychology behind football and the effect on Australia’s football culture. Since the apogee of the Socceroos at the 2015 Asian Cup, Australia’s progress towards consistently becoming genuine contenders at the international level has seemingly stagnated. After unforgettably qualifying for the 2006 World Cup at expense of Uruguay, 13 of Australia’s 23…

ByKiran Gupta3 April 2020

Uncategorised

COVID-19: The virus barring Australian Rugby from triumph over our Kiwi counterparts.

Stirling Taylor talks about the impact of COVID-19 on Australian Rugby Union, especially with the Bledisloe Cup coming up. Six years ago, the Brumbies, based in Canberra, finally beat the Highlanders at home in their Wellington fortress. That same year, the NSW Waratahs won their maiden title, with Bernard Foley living up to his name…

ByStirling Taylor20 March 2020

Opinion

Coronavirus stops play: does the pandemic emphasise the dire need for unionisation in sport?

Kiran Gupta explores the benefits of unionisation in sport, especially in light of freak world events such as the spread of COVID-19. Coronavirus is playing out differently day by day. It seems like news is breaking every second and the outlook is becoming increasingly pessimistic. The outbreak has affected many different groups in many ways.…

ByKiran Gupta17 March 2020