By STEVE MASCORD ON Friday, Mark Ramsdale and I were supposed to be at the Honourable Artillery Company in London’s financial district, braving the elements. I was to be manning a Mascord Brownz stall selling jerseys and such. Mark was to be running the Varsity match between Oxford and Cambridge. Instead, when I spoke to Mark around kick-off time, neither…
By COREY ROSSER The Sportsafe ARL Nines get underway this Saturday, with 12 Auckland clubs set to battle it out for early bragging rights at Stanmore Bay on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast. This year marks the fourth edition of the tournament, with reigning champions Pt Chevalier returning to defend their Championship title and Otahuhu, who won last year’s Plate, back as well. In…
By STEVE MASCORD THERE are many small pleasures that only reveal themselves after following a sport or a team for at least a decade. One is seeing a promising rookie player in unfamiliar surroundings and living long enough to see him become his club’s captain. Saturday, January 17, 2009 was my 40th birthday and I spent it un the unusual…
Photo: Jake Humphreys, Mudgee Guardian THE Entrance Tigers have taken out an all-Central Coast final to be crowned Mudgee Nines champions after an undefeated run through the weekend. Tigers captain Matt Kilick lifted the trophy late on Sunday after his team survived to beat hosts Mudgee Dragons 1 8-6 in their pool match on Saturday. The Entrance won their other…
THE Rugby League Nines World Circuit moves to Mudgee, west of Sydney, Australia, this weekend with eight senior teams competing at the Glen Willow Stadium. Home side Mudgee Dragons have entered two teams with the rest of the draw – spread over two pools – made up of teams from across country New South Wales. Mudgee media has expressed excitement…
By STEVE MASCORD AS the gates swing open on a sprawling vineyard, the fine light peculiar to southern France illuminates a tree-lined, evocative private road leading to Remi Casty’s 200-year-old farmhouse. Actually, that’s horse crap. I met the Catalans Dragons captain in Huddersfield. But I thought it would make a nice intro to this story. I remember interviewing Casty, now…
By MICHAEL HILLIER HOST nation Australia is tonight celebrating a clean-sweep of the 2018 Commonwealth Championship held at Dolphin Stadium, Redcliffe. Australia beat a gallant Tonga 14-8 in a thrilling Men’s Under 23 final, its third Gold for the Championship following the success of the Women’s and Physical Disability teams. Australia claimed a hard-fought 14-8 win over Samoa in the…
By MICHAEL HILLIER HOST nation Australia is well placed to push for Gold medals in the Men’s Under 23, Women’s and Physical Disability competitions after a superb start to the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship. Heavy rain fell throughout the opening day of the tournament at Redcliffe’s Dolphin Oval, but all three Australian teams were up to the task as…
