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Robert CraddockSenior sports journalist

Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock is regarded as one of Queensland’s best authorities on sport. ‘Crash’ is a senior sport journalist and columnist for The Courier-Mail and CODE Sports, and can be seen on Fox Cricket.

Robert Craddock

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Golf

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 13: (R-L) Bryson DeChambeau of the United States and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland line up putts on the third green during the final round of the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2025 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Rory’s Tiger trick: The five hour snub that snared a green jacket

Tiger Woods did it. Tom Watson too. Now Rory McIlroy is the ultimate beneficiary of one of sport’s oldest and coldest ploys.

Sport

The ‘invisible’ monument Brisbane must build for the Games

There’s been scores of Olympic venues announced across the state but one more is needed to give it an everlasting soul, which could honour some of Australia’s greatest ever athletes.

NRL

Payne Haas is giving everything he has for the Broncos and needs more support. Pic: NRL

Payne, Pat and daylight: Legend’s Broncos pack crack

The first hard man ever signed by the Broncos has warned the club it needs more than a one-two punch to win a title, putting Brisbane’s forward rotation under the microscope.

NRL

Ezra Mam the biggest loser from explosive Thurston-Leniu feud

Hidden behind the explosive feud between Johnathan Thurston and Spencer Leniu lies the harsh reality facing Ezra Mam when he returns to first grade football, writes ROBERT CRADDOCK.

Sport

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 21, 2025: Queensland Bulls batter Usman Khawaja during a press conference at the Allan Border Field. Picture: Tertius Pickard

Cricket’s cold war nears end amid rumours of Khawaja quit threat

Usman Khawaja may yet finish his cricket career in Queensland as urgent crisis talks appeared to sooth his fiery feud with the Bulls – as rumours swirled of a shock switch for the veteran.

Cricket

Heartbreak Kid: Pucovski’s sad place in Australian cricket history

Will Pucovski gets married on Friday and can move ahead without the ball and chain he had been dragging for the past decade. But the sadness will linger for cricket’s Heartbreak Kid, writes ROBERT CRADDOCK.

Cricket

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan, AFLPA CEO Paul Marsh and AFLPA President Patrick Dangerfield speak to media at Marvel Stadium to provide an update on the AFL community response to bushfire relief. AFLPA CEO Paul Marsh speaks to media. Picture: Sarah Matray

Marsh urged not to let Australian cricket ‘die on the vine’

New players association boss, Paul Marsh has been urged to not let Australian cricket ‘die on the vine’ as he re-enters the sport in a volatile era where India have seized control of the game.

Sport

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: Will Pucovski of Australia is seen fielding in the outfield during day three of the Third Test match in the series between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 09, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Test greats laud ‘one-Test wonder’ cricket prodigy

The once-promising cricket career of Will Pucovski is over at just 27 years of age, and some of Australia’s greats have praised the man who could have been one of the nation’s best.

NRL

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 05: Brendan Piakura of the Broncos is taken from the field injured during the round five NRL match between Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers at Suncorp Stadium, on April 05, 2025, in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

How Bronco left rugby league’s toughest man ‘sick in the guts’

One of rugby league’s most feared hit men winced when Broncos enforcer Brendan Piakura paid the price for his kamikaze style. Trevor Gillmeister analyses Piakura’s tackling technique.

NRL

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 05: Adam Reynolds of the Broncos is seen watching on from the sideline during the round five NRL match between Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers at Suncorp Stadium, on April 05, 2025, in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Lockyer formula could solve Reynolds’ contract riddle

A contract formula which enabled Darren Lockyer to stay a Bronco for life may yet solve the Adam Reynolds riddle as Brisbane mulls over the veteran’s short and long term future.

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