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The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun
At the end of another extraordinary sporting year, it’s time to celebrate the best and worst athletes, moments and quotes from 2024.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast
The success of Gout Gout demonstrates the virtues that Peter Norman, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were on about way back in 1968.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab
Next week, world football’s governing body will sign off on the Saudi bid to host the 2034 World Cup. They’re selling it as a catalyst for human rights reform in the Kingdom. Rubbish.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Rugby will be on fire if Wallabies prune the power of Scotland
Two down and two to go - come on you Wallabies!
- by Peter FitzSimons
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The Wallabies are officially back. Now, let’s watch them fly
Hold me back, but it seems like everything is again pointing in the right direction for the team in green and gold.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Campo, please put a sock in it
David Campese was one of the greatest Wallabies, but his latest attack on the game is incorrect.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Why Parramatta letting a leader like Gutherson leave is madness
Just as the Rabbitohs learned with Adam Reynolds and the Wallabies learned with Michael Hooper, a veteran leader isn’t easy to replace.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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I’m a genius. Here’s how to make the Wallabies and rugby league better
Let’s put Nathan Cleary on the London/Paris/Buenos Aires rugby circuit instead of the Cronulla/Campbelltown/Canberra NRL one, as fine as those cities are.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Hallmark not Hellfire: Too many Mr Nice Guys at the Swans
When things started going south in the AFL grand final, there was no battle-scared old bastard to hold the others to account.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Is Buddy Franklin the greatest exemplar of the Ewing Theory?
Lance Franklin is an all-time great of the AFL, but it looks like the Sydney Swans are better without him.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Look on the bright side: The All Blacks are going like busteds, too
Whatever the Wallabies enduring woes, they have at least shown signs of life under Joe Schmidt that we never saw under Eddie Jones in last year’s endless cluster-ruck.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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