North Melbourne already has four wins this season, including two in a row heading into another Tasmanian civil war, this time with Hawthorn rather than over a stadium. The last time they won four games in a season was 2021, so going by wins and losses, this year is already a success. Leave Harry Sheezel…
On the back of Kevin De Bruyne’s favourite tournament, the UEFA Nations League, football fans can rejoice, for yet another meaningless competition has interrupted the post-season break. Introducing the new and improved FIFA Club World Cup. Once an annual tournament designed to pit the champions from six continental federations (and the host nation’s league winners)…
As I see it, 10 teams could conceivably win the premiership this year and I wouldn’t vomit on the spot out of pure shock. That’s rare at Round 14, and it speaks to the overall health of the competition. There is no clear incoming dynasty, while the very worst teams have shown clear signs at…
State of Origin will head back to Perth for the second time this weekend as the game tries to expand its reach with its showpiece event. However, you could forgive the majority of West Australians for being a little bit confused over the sport when they are more used to the code that features 18…
“What if they play for the same club?” is a question you’ll often hear new rugby league fans ask when first learning about State of Origin. I can only speak for myself but I get a bit of a weird satisfaction about replying with “doesn’t matter, he’s not your teammate in Origin” and watching the…
Guys like Tony Soprano and Don Draper live in worlds that shift constantly, but they themselves remain mostly static. When they do change, it’s usually temporary. It’s a costume, not a transformation. Take Don, who enters his marriage with Megan as a happy man who is even comfortable admonishing Pete for cheating on Trudy. By…
Watching Hawthorn this year has been like that Seinfeld episode where Jerry dates a woman who looks stunning in one light and terrible in another. Some weeks, like last Thursday night against another second tier contender in the Bulldogs, Hawthorn were irrepressible. OH MY JOSH WEDDLE!#AFLDogsHawks pic.twitter.com/dEtt5kzOSP — 7AFL (@7AFL) June 5, 2025 Other weeks,…
Portugal has done it again! Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal teammates have defied the script to defeat European Champions Spain in a clinical penalty shootout to lift their second UEFA Nations League title. Call us reactionary, but Portugal might finally have what it takes to challenge for the FIFA World Cup next year. With a…
Tom Lynch played his 100th game for Richmond after leaving Gold Coast after the 2018 season. He played an anonymous role for a team that went two hours of real time without kicking a goal. But his irrelevance on Saturday arvo, and his generally quiet season as he has contended with three opponents like he’s…
In a stunning UEFA Champions League Final in Munich, Paris Saint-Germain erased more than a decade of embarrassment and failure with the most dominant performance in UCL Final history. A 5-0 lightning storm that saw Inter Milan battered and humiliated, and the Parisian Project has its crown jewel at last. With the final piece of…