It’s Wrestlemania time! Wrestlemania, the WWE’s flagship show, is airing this Monday morning in Australia.  The show is eminating from Miami, Florida (The Rock’s hometown) at a sold out open air show at Sunlight Stadium.  It is headlined by the marquee match John Cena vs The Rock, which has been over a year in the making. Why Will Wrestlemania XXVIII ...

Down with the Katness

BRISBANE ROAR 2 GOLD COAST UNITED 1 Brisbane Roar won their last game of the season against Gold Coast United who played what could possibly be their last game in the A-League.  But it wasn’t enough.  Earlier in the day Central Coast Mariners beat the Phoenix by the same scoreline to secure the Premiere’s Plate.  Well done to them. It’s ...

Jen and I watched The Hunger Games last night.  We both thought it was pretty good.  Jen is a fan of the book series as well. What I didn’t realise is just how popular The Hunger Games book trilogy is and subsequently how massively anticipated the film is.  Based on a pre-purchased tickets, it might end up having the highest ...

Last year during the Asian Cup, I blogged about my incredulity at the sheer crappiness of India and China as footballing nations.  I argued that although both countries had a large portion of their population living in poverty who wouldn’t have the opportunities to develop in football, they both still have around 50-100 million people living in middle to upper ...

Don't turn your back on the wolfpack

Like most secular and modern Western countries, Australia has a healthy distrust of right wing political parties.  In Australia, the major conservative party is the Liberal National Party (LNP).  The party’s members tend to have outdated social views on immigrants, gay people and women that are more aligned with your grandpa or that super Christian kid in your high school.  ...

Every day I'm Sheparding

NEWCASTLE JETS 1 BRISBANE ROAR 2 And so it has come to this.  The Roar beat Newcastle in a topsy turvey 2-1 encounter in which the men in Orange missed one penalty, hit the post three times and threw away a lead before finally squeaking home with a win to ensure that the Premiere’s Plate for the A-League season of ...