From a Crikey tipster today: Well-sourced rumour is that David Jones are mightily displeased that their advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi dumped them in it by making pre-teen girls in its ads look sexy.
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Tips and rumours: David Jones unhappy with ad agency?
Wallabies v Italy: first test preview
This year Italy got spanked by everyone except Wales in Rome. Despite having quality players like Sergio Parisse, the second half should be a blood bath of points for the Wallabies, writes Matt Gagger.
Lote’s long road back
Matt Gagger speaks to rugby player Lote Tuqiri in the wake of news that he has not been selected for the latest Wallabies test.
Brumbies 2010: is their greed good for all?
Should all the chips fall the right way, the Brumbies could be just about to pull off the most remarkable recruitment drive since the franchises inception, says Crikey Sports.
Force leaves the field
Tonight the Western Force has its last go-round on its oval ground at Subiaco as an era ends in Perth.
Mortlock’s end; a stirling career on the wane?
Is this the beginning of the end for Stirling Mortlock?
Force’s Super 14 future bleak with player exodus
Western Force Super rugby players are now heading back across the Nullarbor or overseas to Europe or Japan.
Tips and rumours
Wayne Swan at the AICD Budget Lunch in Melbourne earlier this week (Tuesday) tried to warm up the largely business crowd by talking AFL. Trouble is he apologised for Brisbane winning last weekend, and said it didn’t matter, it was only against Carlton. The groans that followed weren’t just from the Carlton supporters, well-represented as […]
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Forget the finals, follow Fort Fumble’s off-field farce
The NSW Waratahs might have made a Super 14 semifinal, but the NSWRU is fumbling and bumbling in the administration stakes, writes Michael Pascoe.
Australians get ugly over the Rugby World Cup
When the history of Australian sporting journalism comes to be written many years from now, one piece will surely be dusted off and held up as perhaps the finest example of its type. Few articles can have been so wide of the mark. Charles Happpell reports.
