Calculated risk is fine – but the NRL needs to do the maths
The implications for rugby league after episodes like Slater's are obvious.
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Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is an Australian journalist and author, based in Sydney. He is also a former Wallabies player.
Abs-normal behaviour for tall poppy Norman
You bloody narks! You've been sniggering most unpleasantly about Greg Norman posting photos of his naked self on social media, showing off his 62 year old abs, and you've been sneering that he is a man who'd make Narcissus blush!
Dugan and Ferguson have skills, but not character, for Origin
Josh Dugan and Blake Ferguson, you say, got on the squirt? Well, knock me over with a feather!
No captain off field in Cricket Australia's pay dispute
Of all the cricketers, it is Smith's view that will carry most weight.
Bernard Tomic, it's time for you to stand down
Mate, it's time for you to stand down. Take a year off. Get totally away from tennis. Find yourself.
How long will blood sport continue?
You will recall, you older ones, the days when we used to smoke in the office and when planes even had the absurdity of smoking and non-smoking sections.
Only one hope for Wallabies against All Blacks
Yup, the very nature of Twitter is that it is short and to the point, but even by those standards, the tweet from the Maitland Mumbler last Saturday afternoon was . . . pointed.
Origin game sets up cracker for the ages
Snide warnings aside, the narrative of this State of Origin series will likely be talked of for years.
The tormentor from Townsville set to toy with NSW again
Look, you can call me a football guru if you like, a see-er of things that completely escape others, but I reckon the inclusion of Johnathan Thurston in next Wednesday's Origin II is going to lift the Queenslanders by – I couldn't say exactly, but – around 53.24 per cent.
Fool me twice using taxpayers' money?
Fool me both times using taxpayers' money and I reckon you have a political embarrassment in the making.
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