Australia’s greatest fighter… ever!

Australia’s been blessed with any number of sporting greats. We’ve always punched above our weight as a sporting nation and many of our heroes have been renowned for their fight. But this week I witnessed a performance that I rate among the greatest ever displays of fighting spirit by any Australian sportsman or woman… ever! [...]

Dunaden chalks up another win for the DD Blog!

We can now add Dunaden to the Sea Eagles among the list of winners tipped right here in the DD Blog this year. But how close was it? The tightest finish ever in a Melbourne Cup. The tip was there for all to see yesterday, complete with a photo of the French stayer winning the [...]

It’s Cup Day!

Dunaden wins the 2011 Geelong Cup

Sea Eagles to claim another Premiership

Another season… another Grand Final for Manly. Des Hasler has now guided the mighty Sea Eagles into seven consecutive Finals appearances and three Grand Finals in five seasons… what a coach! I just can’t see Manly losing this Sunday’s decider. This team seems unstoppable… young inexperienced halves and bench players playing like 200 game veterans! [...]

Spring and Sport – what a combination!

And what a week for a tennis tragic and mad Sea Eagles fan. First up, the mighty Manly plays its way into a Grand Final qualifier by scoring more points in a half of Finals football than any other team has ever done in the history of this great game. Then slammin’ Sammy Stosur cleans [...]

What a week in sport!

You have to give credit where credit’s due… though I was cheering for The Blues, Queensland were just too bloody good last night… again! The Blues were brave throughout the entire series providing many encouraging signs for the future… but in terms of the here and now, that first 30 minutes of the decider simply [...]

Congrats to Australia’s new No. 1

Bernard Tomic’s win against the World No. 5 Robin Soderling is the most incredible feat by an Australian sportsman this year. Having thrashed former World No. 3 Nicolai Davydenko in the first round… then recovered from 2 sets to love down to defeat another Russian, Igor Andreev in 5… to then defeat the 5thbest player [...]

Brave effort from Hewitt

I got angry this morning when the radio news reported that Hewitt had “blown a 2 set lead” to lose his second round match at Wimbledon. Do they ever think about what they write and read? Here’s a guy who’s hardly played any tennis in recent months… just 9 weeks ago his foot was in [...]

It’s on again!

What a great start to the 2011 State of Origin Series last night… despite the result. Queensland played like Queensland play – brilliant; fast; tough… but the Blues can hold their heads high. To come back from 10-0 down, hold out the Cane Toads for so many consecutive sets as the Maroons attacked the line [...]

Sin Bin yourself Simpkins!

I was really hoping to get through the 2011 NRL season without having to rant about the referees… and I have to admit, though there are mistakes in every match, the new ref.’s regime of Bill Harrigan and Stuart Raper seemed to be making a positive difference this year (despite some ridiculous knit-picking around scrums). [...]