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Tinkler has to prove he loves the club not the glory
The $100 million, not-for-profit takeover offer of the Newcastle Knights from Hunter millionaire (some say billionaire) mining, property and horseracing magnate Nathan Tinkler seems perfect. But is it...
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A simple solution to solve the gang tackle problem
When Australia’s top orthopaedic says gang tackles must be outlawed, your first reaction is probably to grimace at the prospect of another unenforceable law change. No, blowing the whistle when the...
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Ricky Ponting is the Kristina Keneally of sport
Ricky ‘Punter’ Ponting may be more likely to study a form guide than a poll result but he can learn a thing of two from the NSW election, because he is a lot like the Kristina Keneally of Australian...
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Who really owns your favourite team?
The Newcastle Knights this week became the latest in a long line of sporting organisations to be privatised. So as you wrap your club scarf around your neck and grab your season ticket, ask yourself...
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How to get a crowd to your stadium (by someone who failed)
Every sports team in the world wants to play in front of a huge crowd, yet a consistently-packed stadium is an elusive dream for all but the chosen few. Winning is the sure fire way to ensure a healthy...
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Wayne Bennett to coach the Newcastle Knights
They are unlikely bedfellows and yet it is a match made in heaven. The anti-charismatic yet highly-theatrical supercoach Wayne Bennett has anointed the Newcastle Knights worthy of his wisdom for the...
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Launch Origin 2.0, the War in the Pacific
State Of Origin has lost its lustre. No longer is it the event that defines winter on the east coast of Australia. No longer is it the showcase of the greatest players in the game. When commentators...
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Are you a true sporting tragic? Take the test and find out
If you’re reading this, you love sport. But are you a true tragic? The Roar is for the sports purist who respects every nuance of most every game. But a purist is not necessarily a tragic. If you’re...
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Bridges building bridges to European stars
Newcastle Jets marquee and one-time English Premier League wunderkind Michael Bridges will leave a far greater mark on Australian Football in retirement than he ever did with a boot. That’s not to say...
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Skimpy self-consciousness or pathetic parents’ sporting shame?
Goalkeeping in junior football - photo supplied. New research reveals skimpy uniforms are stopping kids from playing sports. Skimpy uniforms? A pathetic parental penchant for pandering to preciousness,...
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Kostya Tszyu is one of the all-time great Australians
If it’s good enough for John Farnham and Lee Kernaghan, Kostya Tszyu should be crowned Australian of the Year. One-time Russian, now all-Aussie Kostya Tszyu is about the stand alongside Mike Tyson and...
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Tyson’s ear-biting effort still Top of the Pops
Hey Molly Meldrum, do yourself a favour and right this equation down: Tyson + Chess x Pop Culture = Sport’s greatest contribution to music. The man who most recently has been seen on Dancing With The...
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NSW Blues must breed a winning Origin culture
NSW State of Origin coach Ricky Stuart is well within his rights to keep picking a losing side under one condition – when the series is lost he hands in his resignation. I love the new caring,...
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Which will be top summer sport in Oz in 20 years?
It was a question tweeted by Head of ABC Radio Sport, Craig Norenbergs, this week. The decisions he makes in that capacity could go a long way to determining the answer, but the very fact he considers...
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Why Australian sports needs more Mad Dogs
Adam MacDougall gestures during the round 26 NRL match between the Newcastle Knights and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. AAP Image/Action Photographics, Colin Whelan When the Mad Dog finally says farewell...
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Crowds are about mob rule, not social commentary
Can everyone stop psychoanalysing a booing crowd? NRL boss David Gallop is the latest to feel the ire of the angry man in the cheap seats. A crowd of 14,000 Storm fans gave him a right old raspberry,...
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Today: Union vs League, tomorrow: Cricket vs AFL
The upcoming Kiwi Union/League boxing event, headlined by Jonah Lomu against Manu Vatuvei, is being billed as the final word on which is the superior code – but it should be just the start of a new...
View ArticleMost Kiwis support both All Blacks and Warriors
The media is pumping this weekend as an NRL vs RWC battle for the hearts and minds of New Zealanders, but I have some confronting news for them and you: most people like more than one sport. If you...
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Newcastle’s superclub safety dance
The Newcastle Jets’ decision to re-appoint a former coach and star player may just have returned them to serious A-League contenders but it has also provided the first glimpse of the dangerous nature...
View ArticleKurt Fearnley: the most impressive human I’ve ever met
He is like one of the science fiction characters I was enchanted by as a boy, a meld of man and machine that became something more, something better. It was clear watching Kurt Fearnley in full flight...
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