LAST Saturday, close to 300 people walked around Jamison Park for 20 km (9 and a half laps) to raise awareness and funds for the Heart Foundation in our inaugural “Walk for Tobes” charity walk.  My great mate Toby Hughes passed away last July from a sudden heart attack at 50 years of age, leaving […]

Hello Wren Maree Geyer A LOT has happened in the 5 weeks since I penned my last column here for the Nepean News.  The Ashes has been run and won, convincingly by the Aussies. After lots of bravado leading into this series, the Pom’s huff and puff and “Bazball” chat was merely just that, all […]

Photos: Australian Men’s cricket team facebook page  THE build up to the Test Match Cricket Ashes series this year has been like that of State of Origin in Rugby League. A few twists and turns here and there, a dodgy hammy thrown in, a golfing injury the day before the test started…it was the melting […]

Photo: Australian Kangaroos Facebook THE Rugby League season officially came to an end last Sunday, and what a season it was! It feels like yesterday the Panthers, Sharks, Raiders, and Warriors opened the season with a bang in Las Vegas.  Now some eight months later, the international fixtures that have kept us entertained for the […]

Photo: Australian Kangaroos THE NRL season may have concluded almost a month ago, but the avalanche of rugby league continues with the latest international contests certainly prolonging a long off-season.  While the Aussie Kangaroos are off doing their thing in England against an underwhelming English team, the test matches back here have been emotional and […]

ALL good things must come to an end! This feels a tad surreal, writing my Grand Final column and not speaking of the mighty mountain men, the Penrith Panthers!  We as fans have had a blessed run, and I suppose must now come to terms with the fact that for the first time since 2020 […]

OH my goodness! What a first ‘round’ of footy finals we witnessed last weekend. It simply had everything. Game 1 last Friday saw the Melbourne Storm defeat the Bulldogs but only after they got an almighty scare from Ciraldo’s men. Up 18-14 with 20 minutes to go it looked like the Storm were gone – […]

AS we put 26 rounds of the NRL in our rearview mirror we turn our attention to the last round of the season proper. At this point, anything and everything can happen! The NRL’s dream scenario. There are 3 games this final round that have zero bearing on the semi-finals scramble. Dragons v Penrith, Titans […]

ITS been a relatively quiet year on the coaching merry-go-round front. Every clipboard holder has managed to stay away from the unemployment line at Centrelink. But that’s about to change. With three rounds of footy to go until the semi-finals are upon us, I reckon there’s up to 3, maybe 4 coaches who won’t be […]

THIS is an extremely hard column to write but I’m going to use it as a tribute to one of the best blokes I’ve ever met or known. Early Sunday morning on the 20th of July I woke to a call from my mate Coxy that our best friend, our brother, Toby Hughes had passed […]