Chris Dutton
Chris Dutton has worked at The Canberra Times since 2007, starting as a junior reporter before covering the Canberra Raiders and ACT Brumbies. He now writes extensively on Super Rugby and is part of the Fairfax team covering the London Olympic Games - with, of course, a focus on Canberra athletes.
Australian football
Giants consider Canberra change
Chris Dutton The Greater Western Sydney board will consider ''spreading out'' games in Canberra and moving their visits to Manuka Oval to later in the season to help boost crowd numbers in Sydney.
Australian football
Birch puts best foot forward at Ainslie
Chris Dutton Ainslie defender Alex Birch is determined to make the most of his football second coming when he makes his debut.
Australian football
Coach sees testing ground for AFL hopefuls
Chris Dutton Guy Cannon is adamant Canberra can be a breeding ground for mature-age hopefuls and wants to prove the capital can match it with the traditional AFL powerhouse zones.
Australian football
Giants, Saints to light up Manuka for first time
Chris Dutton Night-time AFL is poised to make a spectacular debut in Canberra when the GWS Giants play St Kilda in April for what will be the first premiership fixture under the new Manuka Oval lights.
AFL
Giants skipper sets sights on pointy end
Chris Dutton Phil Davis has begun plotting the GWS Giants' path to the AFL grand final.
Australian football
Tigers happy despite meek defeat
Chris Dutton A WEEK of celebrations and emotion drained the Queanbeyan Tigers of their premiership spark as they failed to fire in the NEAFL championship match at Manuka Oval yesterday.
Australian football
Fourth time lucky as Clarke breaks jinx
Chris Dutton NATHAN CLARKE spent six years in Canberra trying to break his Manuka Oval hoodoo and the former Eastlake coach finally achieved his goal yesterday.
NEAFL
Tigers' Jaques keen to bid farewell with another title
Chris Dutton Roy Jaques always dreamed of ending his career with a premiership and the prospect of walking away from the Queanbeyan Tigers with two grand final wins in less than a week has the veteran salivating...
AFL
Not just yesterday's hero: Akermanis revives Hawks
Chris Dutton The Tuggeranong Hawks want to lure another retired AFL star to Canberra next year after declaring 'Akermania' delivered the biggest financial day in the club's history.
NEAFL
Irwin's big day sealed with win
Chris Dutton An exhausted Neill Irwin was almost reduced to tears as the Queanbeyan Tigers clinched the biggest victory of their NEAFL season at Margaret Donoghoe Oval yesterday.
