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Melbourne the Sports Capital of Australia? Ever since the 1956 Olympics Victorians have been telling us how their state, and capital city (Melbourne) is the home of sport in Australia and possibly the world. As an outsider I get the feeling they’re having themselves on. Okay, Melbourne attracts huge crowds to the spring horse racing [...]

1. My dog ate my passport 2. The beaches in ‘down under’ don’t have the same characteristics as beautiful Blackpool. 3. Umm… Glenn McGrath has made me his bunny. 4. Mark O’Meley plays for the Kangaroos. 5. Sometimes they say mean things to me when I’m playing, and I’m nervous and scared and a bit [...]

The barrier draw for the Cup is complete and all is set for the crowning of a new staying champ on Tuesday. For the last three years we’ve seen Makybe Diva dominate the great two mile event, this time however, things are different. ‘The mare’ is no more, and Australia awaits for a new champ [...]

Lets hope the events surrounding Nathan Fien’s dismissal from the New Zealand national side serves as a deterrent to other would-be traitors. We can now be assured of Fien carrying a notoriety with him for the rest of his career. And I’m pretty confident the Mt Isa born Queenslander wont be getting any chances of [...]

I ask Willy to imagine a world where you have to pay to do what you love. I know guys who pay to play for their local footy side. I’ll bet everyone else knows people like this. I wonder how Willy would cope in a world where you had to work during the day then [...]

What is the story with ‘poms’. They’re at it again. If it isn’t Rugby League players having to go home with excuses of being overworked, it will be cricketers telling us they can’t cope with being away from their ‘sceptered isle’. The events of the last fortnight have prompted me to come up with a [...]

It’s official the ARU have gone into panic mode. Australia’s Wallabies are experiencing woe on their tour of Europe with defeat from Wales and Ireland, and a close shave against the Italians. Embarrassing. As a result the press have already told us of an impending raid on rugby league ranks which David Gallop (NRL boss) [...]

I couldn’t help but be repulsed by the final of Australia’s Dancing with the Stars. The competition was eventually won by Anthony ‘Kouta’ Koutoufides in a grand final dance off against Arianne Caoili. Now cudos goes to Kouta, but my major ‘erk’ is with the petulance of the judges on the show, in particular Todd [...]

Hi I’m Willy Mason, I’m a professional rugby league player and I don’t think me and my friends are getting paid enough. Not only do we have to get paid to do what we have a love and passion for, but we also have to do all this television and other stuff that makes us famous. [...]