Ross Lewis
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Footy body out of contact
It isn't just the start of new football season. For the game in WA it is the start of a new era. There is a freshness about the management of the game across the State. Following the departure of Wayne Bradshaw in December, the WA Football Commission...
Wed, March 28, 2012, 5:20 pm WST -
WAFL players take on big brother
Mitch Brown wouldn't have meant to do it. Gauging from the WAFL's response it was all just a big accident anyway.But the West Coast defender, who was Shark for a day last Saturday, might have delivered a major blow to his AFL club's attempt to win a...
Thu, March 22, 2012, 3:28 pm WST -
WAFL legends deserve their moment
It started as a throwaway line tossed out in office small talk.The idea prompted discussion that went for hours. Then days. That was after the paper and pens were used for charts and records and some voices got louder....
Tue, March 13, 2012, 7:40 am WST -
Putting a price tag on the WAFL
Has the WAFL got a deal for you.For just $75,000 you and 21 others can throw on the footy gear and pit your skills against a band of State league players. But wait, there's more. The scores don't count but you do get to play with a Burley, not a...
Fri, February 24, 2012, 12:58 pm WST -
Little appeal for the Mankad
Even the name thrust on the deed sounds sinister.Mankad could well be the villain of a James Bond script. The man in question wasn't. He was an Indian bowler who became entrenched in cricket history for performing a perfectly legal deed in a Test match...
Wed, February 22, 2012, 1:05 pm WST -
Punter earns a better exit
No one can doubt the message from Cricket Australia this week.While the national selectors have recently been criticised for their efficiency in communication, they were loud and clear about their views when releasing the latest Australian...
Mon, February 20, 2012, 2:11 pm WST -
NRL rivals want league of their own
There is a lot of rugby league about the battle for a WA NRL team.After 15 years without representation in a national competition, the faithful band of local leaguers thought they had held the right line to win a new team licence....
Wed, February 15, 2012, 3:03 pm WST -
AFL baulk at Steffensen talk
Professional athletes are a lot like the Hollywood movie set.Whenever sportspeople gather, there is always an outpouring of respect - mostly real, sometimes fake - for each other. There is that unwritten code that forces everybody to be happy...
Mon, February 13, 2012, 10:55 am WST -
The Boss needs grand final guidelines
So the boss has gone for The Boss.From reports on the east coast AFL chief Andrew Demetriou has once again shuffled through his pile of old 45s to select the pre-match distraction for this year's premiership decider.Meatloaf hadn't had a hit since...
Wed, February 8, 2012, 9:06 am WST -
Celebrate world cricket's dream field
Too much bounce, too much grass, too much movement.Too much whingeing.There is no doubt the WACA would have wanted at least two more sessions of play from the third Test between Australia and India. So, too, the local fans.But, unlike some critics,...
Mon, January 16, 2012, 3:11 pm WST -
Time for permanent WACA Test date
Good timing is the essence to great cricket.That ethos is relevant not only to the men swinging bats but also to those pushing pencils in the Cricket Australia planning office.Setting fixtures is a tough job....
Mon, January 9, 2012, 11:28 am WST -
Praying to sporting gods for bumper 2012
Sorry Santa. This request for a bunch of presents goes to the gods of sport - Winnius, Loseus and the Great Draw. The West's online sports department doesn't just want a bunch of gifts on one day. They need to be spread out over the 366 days of 2012....
Sat, December 24, 2011, 12:55 pm WST -
WA soccer glory is for all
It has become a strong trend in this office on Monday mornings in summer.With little or no AFL news - although those days are fewer as the league commands the spotlight with or without a ball being kicked - sports tragics need something else to...
Mon, December 19, 2011, 2:34 pm WST -
Gold pass eases life after AFL
It is one of the few times in the AFL that it was impossible to determine a winner.In one corner were the league bosses. They were chest pumping and air punching after standing their ground in the protracted pay deal negotiations with the players'...
Thu, December 15, 2011, 12:37 pm WST -
Don't bash cricket's new direction
Sporting historians mark down December 16, 2012. From then Australian cricket will never be the same.On that day the reincarnated Big Bash Twenty20 competition arrives on the sporting landscape....
Wed, December 14, 2011, 11:48 am WST -
Foreign cricket influx threatens local talent
It will be more than just a chance to roll the arm over and get the eye in.Should Paul Collingwood be rushed into WA's one-day team on Saturday it will be a defining moment for the abridged format on this side of the wide brown land.There is no doubt...
Thu, December 8, 2011, 12:00 pm WST -
Playing cricket's game for the ages
Less than 24 hours after Australian cricket put its faith in a trio of fresh faces, there was an announcement that took the game back in time.The revelation Stuart MacGill would return to senior domestic cricket by lining up for Big Bash newcomers...
Fri, December 2, 2011, 11:37 am WST -
High cost on the baggy green
Any former Test players considering selling their baggy greens to fund their retirement should get in quick.Where Southeby's would normally handle such a rare piece of sporting memorabilia, there are so many cheap Australian caps flooding the market...
Mon, November 28, 2011, 1:27 pm WST -
Life after AFL for Subiaco Oval
Good old Subiaco Oval, she has served WA football so well.But, in what is well known to every AFL fan still picking splinters from their backside after surviving substandard seating at the venue marketers now want us to call Patersons Stadium,...
Sat, November 19, 2011, 1:41 pm WST -
Commission chief kicked key goals
The football merry-go-round has been in full swing over the past few weeks.It almost seems there is a fixed pool of capable people at the higher levels of the game. And they jump from job to job. The names are the same, only the colours of their polo...
Wed, October 5, 2011, 4:23 pm WST
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Gary Adshead
May 24, 11:57 amA question of trust and clarityConstruction company boss Gerry Hanssen was quick to shoot the messenger when a report appeared on the front page of The West Australian yesterday ab...
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Andrew Probyn
May 25, 12:31 pmThomson inquiry in contemptDown in the bowels of Parliament there are remnant reminders of how seriously it takes punishment. In the southern end of the basement there were onc...
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Ben O'Shea
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