Swearing mad, coach’s backflip: Gold Coast sporting gossip with the Sniper
Swearing fit, coach’s backflip and champion’s new push: Welcome to Gold Coast’s sporting gossip column.
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SWEARING fit, coach’s backflip and champion’s new push: Welcome to Gold Coast’s sporting gossip column.
RUGBY LEAGUE
A CAMERA-shy former star is about to make his return to the limelight.
The former Broncos and Titans prodigy was deemed the next big thing before he gave the game away to pursue an uncommon extra-curricular activity.
Stay tuned!
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RUGBY LEAGUE
AN A Grade coach has flipped and flopped his way out of nominating a team of the decade.
The coach in question pulled out of submitting his nominated team just 15 minutes before deadline.
It was the worst non-decision the Sniper has seen since Nick ‘the Honeybadger’ Cummins ruined The Bachelor that year.
See how the coaches voted HERE.
SPORT
A COAST footy boss had to ask one Bulletin reporter to tone down his answers after giving the government an almighty spray on-the-record during an interview last week.
The reporter happily obliged because there weren’t enough #$%*& symbols on the keyboard to censor him politely.
The issue in question is still unresolved, though pollies sticking by the 20-person maximum limit for sporting grounds might have benefited from some unfiltered opinion on the rule.
FOOTBALL
OUR lone National Championship-winning team now has a winning website to match.
The Gold Coast Force Futsal team were crowned the Coast team of the year last year after going 19-1 in the Queensland Superliga competition.
They’re upping the digital ante at goldcoastforcefutsal.com and the Sniper is a big fan.
AUSSIE RULES
AN All-Australian on the field and an elite gamer off it.
Suns AFLW sharpshooter Kalinda Howarth has proven she’s just as deadly with a controller as she is with a football after finishing fourth in the AFL Gamers Network’s Stream Kings tournament.
Competing in the first-ever charity duos tournament featuring popular video game Fortnite, Howarth was paired with pro gamer Kalan “Serpennts” Jarvis in the three-match series.
Their equal-fourth finish in the maiden AFL eSports event saw the pair earn $5,000 for their nominated charities RizeUp (Howarth) and Lifeline (Jarvis).
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The tournament hosted 41 of football’s avid gamers, paired with 41 of the region’s biggest Fortnite content creators to battle it out for a share of the $100,000 charity prize pool.
Fellow AFLW teammate Ellie Hampson finished 18th in the tournament while SUNS AFL draftee Jeremy Sharp came 40th.
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FOOTBALL
OVER the weekend, the Bulletin revealed a raft of allegations against Football Queensland, largely regarding an update to their fee refund policy which Coast clubs claim has made it near impossible for players to attain refunds.
FQ hit back hard, calling such allegations a “myth” but the football fees debate is just getting started.
There’s plenty more allegations to come. Watch this space.
‘RISKY BEHAVIOUR:’ STUNNING TAKE DOWN OF COAST CLUBS
SPORT
HOT tip for young media players.
If you’re trying to douse speculation about a recent story, refusing to talk to the media isn’t the way to do it.
That’s the approach one club took last week and it’s fair to say it raised a few eyebrows regarding the seemingly innocuous circumstances.
Hockeyroo outcast reveals her next sporting move
Shunned Hockeyroo Rosie Malone has revealed the next step in her sporting journey and her new coach believes she could have played for Australia in this chosen sport.
How to face up against former Firebirds this Feb
A star-studded team of former Queensland Firebirds will lace up their netball shoes and return to the court to compete in next month’s Sunshine Challenge Netball Invitational at Nissan Arena. Here’s how you can rub shoulders with the greats: