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Gould part of League’s problem

June 26, 2009 – 5:49 am

Apparently, there are calls for Phil ‘ Gus’  Gould to coach NSW again. But he says things would have to change before he would even consider it (the guy’s ego has been out of control for a long time), including this gem:
“There would also have to be massive improvement in the relationships between players and [...]

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Rugby League discovers that all publicity can be good publicity

June 18, 2009 – 7:41 am

Think the NRL is fading under a welter of controversy? Think again:
The NRL is trumpeting an increase in crowds and television ratings for 2009.
The league says crowds are up five per cent on the same time last year and have totalled 1,688,948 so far in 2009.
It says game one of the State of Origin series [...]

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Is group sex the same as sex with your mates?

May 14, 2009 – 3:26 pm

Earlier this week I pointed to some fairly obvious homoerotic aspects of the enthusiasm of certain high profile rugby league players for group sex. Today, Annabel Crabb has written a brilliantly funny piece along the same lines. She’s good, she didn’t miss. You must read it!

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Rugby League and homoeroticism

May 11, 2009 – 7:39 pm

Allegations of group sex, akin to those we expect to hear about on Four Corners tonight, have surfaced intermittently in recent years. In the descriptions of these events, the key point seems to be the opportunity for the boys on the team to engage in a sexual activity together with the woman involved a sort [...]

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Lance Armstrong’s Truman Show

April 16, 2009 – 5:57 pm

Philip Gomes says it’s time for transparency both ways:
Today we are watched and we watch the watchers, recording everything and each other via mobile phone, Twitter, blogs, images, video and more.
Many of us who engage fully in social media are, like Armstrong, already living a Truman Show life anyway. Why not step it up to [...]

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Ronaldo – unbelievable

April 16, 2009 – 2:07 pm
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Play well or go home naked

April 7, 2009 – 2:26 pm

Some fans take it just a little too seriously:
Juve Stabia are a club from Castellamare di Stabia, a town outside of Napoli (also the birthplace of Fabio Quagliarella). Juve Stabia, or the Vespe (bees) as they are nicknamed, have always been a club that bounced around the lower divisions, never reaching the paradises of Serie B and Serie [...]

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