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

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Perfectionism in Sport

It’s 2020. An Olympic year. Come the end of July, the world’s attention will turn to Tokyo to watch the best of the best compete for Olympic glory. An estimated 11,000 athletes representing 206 nations are expected to compete.[1] But what does it take to reach such a high level of athletic achievement? Of course,…

ByZoe Latham21 February 2020

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In Triumph and Disaster

Track and field isn’t a game. It’s not like rugby or tennis, it’s not something that you ‘play’. Track and field is high performance. It is sport in its purest, simplest form. In the 100m the margin between glittering success and heartbreak is often 0.01 of a second, a moment that defines your aptitude as…

ByRohan Browning10 October 2019

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Doping, don’t do it

Nobody likes a cheater. Growing up, we are taught the difference between right and wrong. We learn that good behaviours should be rewarded and that bad ones should be punished. We learn that it is wrong to cheat. Although we may start out with such moral codes engrained in our childhoods, not everyone lives their…

ByZoe Latham10 October 2019