Wednesday, September 11th

Dylan Leach
let's hear if for the mooy!

The very long journey to World Cup 2022 got off to a good start this morning with the Socceroos getting the job done over Kuwait with a 3-0 win in a hot 38-degree night.

The Socceroos looked a class above their opposition and the game was never in doubt.

Most of the Socceroos squad had 12 players who had 10 caps or less but the likes of captain Matthew Leckie’s brace and Aaron Mooy’s beautiful bolt made sure we got the three points in what will seem to be a never-ending journey to qualify for Qatar in three years’ time.

Coach Graham Arnold was full of praise after the game

“It was a fantastic win, you know a very positive start to the campaign and a lot of younger fresh faces that we’ve brought in over the last six months really stood up tonight,”

“We’re very proud of them.”

 

 

 

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eye for an eye

The 2019 NRL Season is OVER for Canberra Raiders rookie Hudson Young, copping an eight-game ban for eye-gouging and the “players code” is alive and well in the NRL judiciary with both players Young and Adam Pompey denying they made any contact with Pompey’s eyes.

It was a long night with the hearing lasting two and a half hours at the judiciary with Young looking a shattered man at the end of it.

He will miss Canberra’s entire NRL Finals campaign and at a minimum the first month of the 2020 season.

Young had priors which lead to the harsh penalty with the Raiders rookie earning five games earlier this year for making contact to Aiden Tolman’s eyes only three months ago.

The NRL counsel wanted a 10-12 suspension but they were able to argue it down to eight.

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tributes flow for spud

The AFL has announced that a moments silence and that all players and officials will wear black armbands as a mark of respect for Danny Frawley, who tragically passed away in a car accident on Monday.

FOX Footy has also announced that it’s show “Bounce” who Frawley was a major star on will be rested this week as a mark of respect.

The show plans to return in the preliminary final weekend paying tribute to him. 

Channel 7 has also announced they will dedicate this weeks episode of The Front Bar to Frawley and its Friday Night Footy coverage will also broadcast special tributes to the much loved St.Kilda legend and AFL media identity. 

SEN and Triple M will combine this Saturday with a special edition of the Rub to pay tribute to Spud. 

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan paid tribute to Frawley in a statement 

“Danny was a friend to everyone in footy and his passion for the game, from the elite to the grassroots was unmatched,”

“Whether you knew him as the St Kilda Captain, the Richmond Coach, or the loveable guy on the TV or radio who always made you smile, the acknowledgement this weekend is a way for everyone to pay tribute to the man we all knew and loved.”

A petition is already doing the rounds and has collected so far 45,000+ signatures for Danny Frawley’s Golden Fist award, a feature of the FOX Footy show “Bounce” to be handed out at this years Brownlow Medal as a tribute.

The Golden Fist is awarded to the best defender in the game.