All Men Are Liars on Rugby
The "no d#@*heads" policy
Sam de Brito Now the cheering and jeering has stopped, the crowds returned home, the muddied boots chucked back in the cupboard and the football season (at least in the two codes that matter) put to bed ...
Glass mouses
Sam de Brito No doubt many people are shaking their heads after the revelation rugby league player and "online bullying crusader" Robbie Farah is guilty of the behaviour he's so outraged by, however, it shouldn't...
Sticks and stones
Sam de Brito Seriously ... we're letting a rugby league football player lead the discussion about online freedom of speech in this country?
Knowing your place
Sam de Brito Does anybody else get a chuckle out the constant teeth-gnashing by the rugby union fraternity, as they kid themselves there's actually something wrong with the world order of that sport when...
Death knock
Sam de Brito Everybody, it seems, knows how to do a journalist's job better than they do; with more integrity, greater insight, fuller imagination and better "splleing".
PC
Sam de Brito When I was in my early 20s and I'd had a massive night out, I'd jokingly tell people I'd been as "drunk as ten abos" and more often than not get a horrified laugh ...
Keep it to yourself
Sam de Brito I can't be the only person who feels a little ... icky about former rugby league star Andrew Ettingshausen's public self-flagellation over his affair with an ex-teammate's wife ...
Humour bypass
Sam de Brito Constructive criticism is a very good thing because when delivered correctly, it makes you rethink your beliefs and opinions and sometimes even your values. It's the engine of change ...
The biff
Sam de Brito It will be interesting to see what the NRL review committee has to say tonight about last Friday's all-in brawl between the rugby league teams Manly and Melbourne ...
