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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Putting his Hush Puppies up on the desk, it's almost 3 pm and Bruce McSpanner-Taylor can almost smell knock-off. He's earned that early mark, though. Bruce's role at Australian Rugby is a challenging one - one he's been doing flawlessly for many, many years now. It's a thankless job and demands a lot from whoever finds...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Arguably the toughest man in the fabled history of Australian cricket has broken his silence over the ball-tampering saga this morning, telling journalists that the outpouring of grief from the cricketers involved, the team's coach and the wider public has rattled him. Allan Border was captain of a cricket team caught in the tides of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A well-known and outspoken former wrist-spinner has told reporters today that he feels the punishment handed down to ball-tampers Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft are 'fair and just'. Shane Warne, who shot to fame in the mid-90's for his ability to take bags of wickets, turn the ball around corners and embody the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's ex-half-decent-athletes-turned-half-decent-journalists are today kicking themselves, after being reminded that they wasted the 'darkest day in sport' title on a briefly hysterical drug scandal in 2013 that only ended up involving one NRL team and AFL team. This comes ahead of the imminent resignation of Australian cricket coach Darren Lehmann who is set to part ways with the team...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister is expected to weigh into the ball-tampering controversy this evening as pressure mounts on the cricket governing body to sack all of those involved. However, before Malcolm Turnbull fronts the media, he had ball tampering and the dark art of reverse swing explained to him by retired express-pace bowler, Brett Lee. Speaking candidly...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "If we got a better pay deal, we might've actually been able to afford real sandpaper," he said. "But that's beside the point. I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to Australia for getting caught. I understand that cheating is fine if you don't get caught. Everybody does it so I don't know why...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Society | Contact Sitting on his couch, sucking back his fifth Pure Blonde and watching his rugby team pump the opposition, Justin Bennet (29) let slip his deepest fantasy. “Fuck I wish I was out there.” Justin is currently working a desk job in one of Betoota’s high-rises, however, he was once a star forward for the Betoota Dolphins...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NRL audiences are still in shock over the revelations made by NRL and fox sports commentators that the future rugby league immortal, premiership-winning North Queensland Cowboys Captain, Johnathan Thurston ages like every other human being does. In fact, he might even age faster than most ordinary humans, when you take into account the fact that he runs 3 or...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "Pathetic," laughed Daniel Pooley. An average Thursday has turned into one to remember from the 27-year-old office person as the English cricket team collapsed to a near-record low innings at Eden Park this afternoon. Rather than let the opportunity pass, Pooley told The Advocate that he's tagged nearly every English person on his Facebook friends list...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Toowoomba man making his way into Suncorp tonight has decided he's not going to let the result of a football match get in the way of lengthy Caxton Street kick on. As a resident of the agricultural gateway of the Queensland capital, the big unit says he could easily get away with being a Broncos fans. However, while meat...