No doubt, the Sydney-Melbourne rivalry is fun to highlight as we wage a tongue-in-cheek literary battle against our southern neighbour, often providing excellent wit, while mocking their many failures (“Kicked […]
Read MoreValour of Roosters unmatched
Afire with football feather-fever from kick-off, the Pointsbet Stadium surely witnessed the best game of the season as the Sydney Roosters downed the Sharkies in a panoply of spectacular table-turning […]
Read MoreMelbourne v Sydney
As this festival of frivolity proceeds in the annual media silly season, it might be a surprise to the world that Melbourne beat Sydney at something! (“Melbourne a tourist trap”, […]
Read MoreVics, its better you stick to chook raffles
Extolling itself as a sporting and racing mecca of the world, but proving too poor to host the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne’s reputation currently might be best suited to competitively running […]
Read MoreWinner is Sydney
Your correspondent Tyson Jackson offers a too humble view of the place of Sydney in the world of sport. (Sydney’s fighting for top spot in sport, 25/8). Having hosted the […]
Read MorePowering up NSW
As The Daily Telegraph publishes the annually revised list of Sydney’s Top 100 Power Players, I guess it highlights the limitations of “renewable human energy” and the sad reality that […]
Read MoreMelbourne trams.
After a recent visit (under duress) to Melbourne, I was appalled at the ugliness of their worn out trams. They contrast greatly with Sydney’s aesthetic new light rail. Sydney has […]
Read MoreVics with blinkers on
Racing Victoria continues to wage war against the NSW-inspired Everest horse race (“Peak hypocrisy”, 14/10). To suggest that two horse races on the same day would be competitive rather than […]
Read MoreJeff Kennett
After a bruising career as Victorian premier in the 1990s, Jeff Kennett earned our universal approbation for his caring role as the human face of Beyond Blue. During the live […]
Read MoreBad publicity for AFL
AFL player Andrew Brayshaw has forgiven Andrew Gaff for the cowardly punch that left him with a broken jaw and minus a few teeth (“Battered Brayshaw forgives”, 10/8). Nevertheless, for […]
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