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27 October, 2015. 14:05 HARRIS MANTER | Contributor | Contact In an exciting week that has seen a both New Zealand and Australian make it through to a trans-Tasman Rugby World Cup grand final, both former players and politicians have thrown in their two cents as the hysteria surrounding Rugby Union reaches heights not seen since the Alan Jones-era. Just yesterday, former-Wallabies captain, John Eales attracted...

20 October, 2015. 12:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact David Jones has been forced to defend its decision to feature former Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes as a brand ambassador. This comes as Australian social media users made the retail chain aware of the offense that had been caused by choosing such a controversial sporting identity. The retired AFL player and former Australian of...

19 October, 2015. 10:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact It is believed that the entire 6.8 million people that reside in Great Britain now regret that their Colonial ancestors invented the game of Rugby over 150 years ago. The office for Buckingham Palace has today sent out an official statement on behalf of the Royal Family, "Both her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the...

6 October, 2015. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE WORLD'S GREATEST cricketer and a pioneering space entrepreneur Elon Musk are joining forces to do something truely great for mankind. Australian bowler Shane Warne is set to become the first person in history to bowl a leg break in space. Coincidently, the 46-year-old will become the world's fastest bowler as the...

4 October, 2015. 11:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AFTER THE WALLABIES historic win in the nation's third most watched sporting event of the weekend, a heavily intoxicated man searched his phone for an English person for close to 20 minutes. Despite being awake for nearly three days, Sydneysider Michael Watson said he's already sent close to a dozen text...

4 October, 2015. 10:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact In a jam-packed Grand Final weekend, the people from every state and sovereignty across this nation have vested interests in some sort of football match. Whether its the South and West of the country tuning in to watch the Saturday night's AFL Grand Final between the Hawthorn Hawks and West Coast Eagles - Or whether...

30 September, 2015. 15:03 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE SUPREME LEADER of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has paved the way for a North Korean victory on day two of their test match against Cuba in Pyongyang yesterday. The 32-year-old scored a quick-fire 807 not out in the last session of the day's play, putting the Koreans in...

29 September, 2015. 10:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact The National Rugby League has today unveiled the "new and improved" Provan-Summons Trophy, to be awarded to one of the two Queensland-based teams in Sunday night's grand final showdown. With the Brisbane Bronco's comfortable defeat over the Sydney Roosters on Friday night, The North Queensland Cowboys then confirmed an all-Queensland NRL decider after defeating Melbourne...

26 September, 2015. 14:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN LIGHT OF the recent near tragedy of Rabbitohs Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray's painkiller overdose, the Sydney Roosters board have been quick to remind their players of what constitutes a "Mad Monday" celebration and what doesn't. Rather than turn a blind eye to what happens behind the closed doors of...

24 September, 2015. 12:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact Thomas Hadden, 27, says he is shocked and appalled that he has been forced to google the keywords "Rugby, Union, News" after reading the most circulated newspaper in Australia. Despite the fact that the Wallabies have just played their first match of the olympiad international Rugby Union World Cup, Mr Hadden was forced to...