What is in The Spray that Peter Gardiner uses so liberally on the sporting shonks and shysters every Thursday? Pete rants at all the sporting injustices at this world…like why can’t Darren Lockyer go back to playing fullback and why the hell did they put Eddie McGuire in charge of everything? Recent entries
Bellamy hangs himself
Give Craig enough rope and watch the Storm unfold. >>
Footy players behaving badly
What great role models for the kiddies they are. >>
Sonny speaks out
Le grand SBW answers the big question: pourquoi? >>
Trickett tripwire ignites rage
Thanks to the Americans we're missing the best Olympics action. >>
Get smart - get this
Secret tapes reveal a real rugby dingo. >>
The Ballad of Money Bill
A little light music to soothe the beasts of Belmore. >>
Shark in frenzy over latest catch
Bringing you the news behind the news ... >>
Oh brother, Cows with no guns!
Just how bad could life be for the North Queensland coach? >>
The Four Temptations of Israel
The divine Folau considers switch to AFL, rugby, Gladiators. >>
If Jana's toe could talk
Rawlinson's dodgy second toe speaks in Olympics lead-up. >>
Maroons give Tosser tingles
Some Origin memories from the legend who passed away. >>
Blues should jail Bird
But what on earth would we charge him with? >>
Benny's dirt-poor days
1 CommentsA sign of the lean times in Wayne Bennett's world. >>
Someday my Prince will come
But hell will freeze and pigs will fly first. >>
Queensland's official anthem
The Maroons need a song in their heart. >>
Origin selectors all related to Blind Freddy
The rugby league adornment sits shoulders slumped in the dressing room in the lead up to Origin. >>
Jack Gibson meets the Little Master
At rugby league Heaven's pearly gates. >>
Gus Gould is not Big Brother but Big Bopper
And his hate sessions aren't just limited to two-minute sprays. >>
The Kama Zooter's Art of Loving Twenty20
A guide to help you really enjoy IPL cricket. >>
Time for a whacking great debate
Greats give D'Arcy some advice, hypothetically speaking. >>
Make sport a pollie-free zone
1 CommentsDoes every national competition have to be a photo op? >>
Why gall of it all is hard to swallow
Welcome to the latest sports physiology interrogation. >>
C'mon Channel 9, have a heart!
Gus's commentary could put a guy into cardiac arrest. >>
China steals the show under Beijing mist
Welcome to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. >>
Be careful what you wish for, Big Petero
Could you make me a Bronco for life? >>
You would have to be loco to be a Reds fan
Could this be the reason they've gone off the rails? >>
Unruly sledgers rounded up for brat camp
1 CommentsFast Eddy won't put up with any monkey business. >>
Benny's the centre of the league cosmos
Something bizarre is happening in the rugby league universe. >>
Muzza mutiny just another rum NRL deal
Cut-throat world of NRL is like Pirates of the Caribbean. >>
The Broncos' worst nightmare ... or is it?
Gus might put his brand right where it hurts ... >>
Big Dell: Show me the Bunny!
Gone but surely not forgotten, Dell is poised to make a comeback ... >>
Gilly's long walk hits a sour note
A fitting tribute to the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman to get right up the nose of Warnie. >>
Locky’s wonky knee is off to play for the Kiwis
But how will it stand up to the haka? >>
The Don’s in a spin
It’s Hell watching the cricket shenanigans from Heaven. >>
It's Benny v Bruno in Broncos showdown
Wayne marches in and slaps the launcher to his shoulder. >>
Who knows what lurks in the heart of a Warnie doll?
I never believed in evil spirits, but now that's changed. >>
Power of one unbeliever can turn back the night
Gallop has announced an end to rugby league’s longest purgatory. >>
Aussie rugby hit for sux as Robbie turns us All Black
Kiwi recruit is looking for the next bug Wallabies star. >>
It's cricket bull, but not as we know and love it
1 CommentsIs the game of cricket in for a reality check? >>
The gods are not crazy, just upset at their game
There's a war in the heavens as the PGA nears >>
MacGill’s spin talent withering on the vine
Andrew Hilditch, the head of Australian selectors, is in a festive mood. >>
Kiwi shame: from world champs to chumps
1 CommentsMass mourning could be fodder for a new blockbuster. >>
Not-so-free Willie boxes himself into a corner
The hour is late. The blood in the Canterbury Bulldogs boxing ring is fresh. >>
Murali diary bends and straightens truth
Cricket tour diaries are still all the rage to financially top up already fat player contracts. >>
Keeping up with the Jones
Shock jock turns to the old boys' club. >>
Dope tests are for dopes
Toxicology report disturbing in more ways than one. >>
Now for the war on sporting scapegoats
We are at war with the entire Asian sub-continent for crimes against Australian cricket. >>
All rugby is now banned in Kiwi land
3 CommentsGutted New Zealanders arise and embrace the 2060 Olympics. >>
Watto’s hammy wimps out again
Welcome to another consultation in the wonderful world of Weird Sports Science. >>
I spy with my little eye - Eddie Enigma
Forget the Bourne Supremacy, the biggest spy thriller in the world of covert operations today is the Eddie Enigma. >>
Just say no to Nine
If the grand final is not at 3pm, then I’m watching some real knuckleheads in Kath and Kim. >>
I think I'm turning Argentinean
Ever since I invested $2 in the office sweep, I’ve have a whole new interest in rugby and the World Cup in France. >>
It's Apocalypse Wow!
Welcome to the psychedelic world of Andrew “Joey” Johns. >>
Forget grapple tackles, go for the Atomic Drop
Every time I watch the Melbourne Storm go the gang grapple, I feel I am watching the unnatural evolution of rugby league. >>
Lote faces the rugby inquisition
Seems to me that Lote Tuqiri is in a pretty dark place now, where he can never put a foot right … and there’s no way out. >>
Rubbing Bazza up the wrong way
The Bonds that don't break you may just tear you apart. >>
The Seven Deadly Sin Bins of Rugby League
The Rugby League Hall of Shame would be chock full of brain-exploding imbeciles rather than immortals. >>
Whingeing to the tune of Dolly Parton
Wayne Bennett has been kicking and screaming about grapples, too much footy and whiz kids play-acting. >>
Driven Potty by Broncos' dramas
1 CommentsNow that the planet has finished going Potty over young Harry and JK Rowling has a superannuation fund superior to that of Heather Mills, it’s time to get back to ... >>
Imbedded with the 'Shockeroos'
Dateline, July 16, 1800 hours: At the Australian Football Federation, the lines of communication have been in meltdown ever since the Aussies’ crock and bore tactics against an Iraq insurgency ... >>
Dallas decision a no-brainer
This may come as a shock, but in my forgettable sporting career I took quite a few head knocks. >>
Perfect match off court
2 CommentsHey, hey, all you sporting funsters out there looking to get a surrogate life – welcome back to the latest fake reality show: "Game, Set and Match". >>
They who hath wielded the blade deserve thy damnation
As reaction to big Petero’s snub smoulders, I decided to turn to the Bard to make nonsense of the whole tragedy unfolding. >>
The war on Origin traitors starts with Workmate Choices
To the Honourable Premier, C/O the Coward’s Castle, Brisbane. >>
Would-be Wallaby saviour has crosses for others to bear
Wallaby coach John “Knuckles” Connolly is goose-marched into the office of Australian Rugby Union commander-in chief John O’Neill. >>
Coaching life of Brian
Brian Smith enters the darkened confessional with his trademark glower that not even a mother could love. >>
The true Blue secret to Muzza’s Origin oblivion
Dateline: Townsville, Saturday May 26. High noon: Cowboys coach Graham Murray is in his office watching replays of Matty Bowen running rings around the Bulldogs. >>
Darren’s bad ankle inspires even crooker verse
By the time this goes to print it will be game over. Origin One done and dusted. After last year’s game one, I wrote a dubious tribute piece to Darren ... >>
The Zimbabwe cricket tour that might have been... obscene
So former Aussie bat Dean Jones thinks Australia should still tour Zimbabwe to help take the locals’ minds off their daily cares. No doubt he would have been one of ... >>
Life for Benny can be pretty spooky
There is no peace for Wayne Bennett. His side has just beaten the Bunnies 8-4 in the ugliest sight at Lang Park since Manly prop Don McKinnon let it all ... >>
Graeme surely has got to be choking
Why is it so? How do two super-dense, colliding objects – that is the Eagles and the Dockers – appear to break every law of logic to bend believability and ... >>
Why is it so hard to follow AFL’s logic?
Why is it so? How do two super-dense, colliding objects – that is the Eagles and the Dockers – appear to break every law of logic to bend believability and ... >>
Wayne struggles to see the light ...
Thanks for coming in Wayne. Please, feel free to loosen the straitjacket and make yourself comfortable on the couch.” “What choice did I have Doc? That traitor Bruno Cullen had ... >>
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