The Greater Western Sydney Giants AFL club has posted 10,000 members despite having not played a single game – thanks mostly to the pulling power of former NRL star and marquee recruit, Israel Folau. Giants CEO Dale Holmes told ThePublicApology that most of the credit belonged to Folau, adding that he was key to the…
Read More GWS hits 10,000 members, mostly MormonsThe man charged over the Madeleine Pulver collar bomb hoax now faces a fresh legal battle – in the form of an opportunistic law suit brought by the Essendon Bombers AFL club. Essendon CEO Ian Robson said the club would seek legal help to avoid what he believed was a breach of intellectual property by…
Read More Collar bomb suspect faces fresh legal battleA Collingwood player has signaled his intention to play in the 2011 decider despite the fact his pregnant wife is due to give birth on grand final day. The footballer, who asked to remain anonymous, said he took heart from former Collingwood great Saverio Rocca, who famously left his wife in labor to play in…
Read More AFL player bucks trend, puts grand final over birth of childThe AFL has watered down suggestions the code is inherently racist after yet another on-field allegation. Disgraced Western Bulldogs AFL player Justin Sherman will spend four weeks in the Victorian Football League after admitting to racially abusing an indigenous Gold Coast Suns player Joel Wilkinson last weekend – the pair apparently resolved their differences at…
Read More AFL denies ‘racism’ tag… againThe teenage girl embroiled in sex allegations against AFL player agent Ricky Nixon is to release a tell-all hypothetical description of the events, entitled ‘If I Slept and Took Drugs with Him.’ Appearing on Chanel Ten’s The 7pm Project last night, 17-year-old Kim Duthie told hipster comedian Charlie Pickering that she had never had sex…
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