As the century’s first decade comes to an end, a look at how various Australian sporting codes are faring, and where they might be in another ten year’s time.
Rugby
Albo gives Howard’s NRL dreams the boot
The SMH reveals how Labor MP Anthony Albanese played a key role in scrapping plans to give former PM John Howard a senior position administering the NRL.
John Howard transforming NRL: there goes the black fan base
Rugby league has been a dying game for many, many years — is John Howard really the man to revamp it? It makes even less sense when you consider a large percentage of the hard-core league fan-base is black.
Why the Parramatta Eels need to win
A victory for the Parramatta Eels over Melbourne Storm this Sunday would be a victory for the rugby league heartland and tribalism over the corporate dollar, writes Chris Seage.
Video of the Day: Rugby in slow mo
For the geeks: David Coiffier shot this during a recent rugby competition in the Stade de France, Paris with mostly 1000FPS shots. For the rest of us: watch til the jelly at the end.
It’s Super 14 crunch time, but for which teams?
So we’ve reach crunch time for the top teams. But the beauty of this year’s tournament is that any result is possible.
The business case for pro-sports evaporates
The French rugby team, the English soccer team, the Southampton Premier League soccer team and the Texas Rangers baseball team are all in trouble, writes Glenn Dyer.
