Australians love sports, and Sydney is home to many of Australia’s most renowned teams, stadiums, events, and fans! From footy to cricket, Aussie rules to soccer, Sydney is the place to be for the enthusiastic fan! And speaking of which, GO RABBITOHS!
A 15 minute ride aboard the Sydney light rail took me from my hotel near Pyrmont Bay in Darling Harbour to the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt North. I wandered for a few minutes around the charming neighborhood looking for the Leichhardt Oval stadium. I was most impressed by how lovely the houses looked, not to mention how green and lush the park where the stadium was...
My eyes light up with the same amount of wonder that a child could only muster on Christmas morning. Or Easter or their birthday. My knees go weak. I practically levitate down the stairs from the top of the bay inside Allianz Stadium. Although I was deep in the seedy underbelly of the Roosters home stadium, there was a very bright spot in the ugly swath of red...
As I walk uphill from Darling Harbour on Druitt Street towards Town Hall and the Queen Victoria Building, I take in every little bit of my familiar surroundings. The cool, morning wind blows in from Hyde Park towards Cockle Bay and refreshingly hits my face. The smell of that mid-morning breeze on a Sunday just takes me back. They say that smell is the sense that...
When we last left our beloved heroes, they were on their Aussie pub-crawl from Central Station to Allianz Stadium at Moore Park. Fueled by cold beer and the need for getting back at those goons in maroon from last year’s semi-final match, we were more determined than ever to see our beloved Bunnies get their redemption. I was ambling along the streets of...
It was beginning to feel a whole lot like deja vu: one year ago, I came to Sydney for my first Rabbitohs game, only to see the red and green get toppled by the Sydney Roosters. At least one year ago at ANZ Stadium, the Bunnies led most of the game. This time around, I arrived to see the Rabbitohs get beaten again by the Roosters on their own turf at Allianz...
It is often said that one oughta never meet their heroes in person, for they will only be disappointed and/or heartbroken. And to think Hollywood arguably invented that dumb saying, and to think they’re the ones who enable John Q. Public to love their heroes. It’s like mass manufactured masochism in the name of money. But I digress. For I am not here...
Reuniting with my mates in The Burrow and getting a hug off of Reggie was certainly the high point of the night at Allianz for me. Also, speaking of which, I would like to apologize to my readers and fans about the video quality of the clip shown in the previous article. I wasn’t fully aware that I had the camcorder pointed downwards and tilted to the side...
As loyal readers of my blog and avid fans of the South Sydney Rabbitohs know, I have much respect for the team, and even more respect for their beloved mascot, Reggie. As described in an earlier entry, I practically poured my heart out for just how important this enormous bunny is to the oldest and most winning rugby league club in Australia. And quite frankly, I...
What started out as a day of hope and promise, turned into a cold and wet night of heartbreak and deja vu. I was shuffling my feet out of the steel bird’s nest that is Allianz Stadium; a place that would be now synonymous with pain, and I am not just saying this because it is the home field of the Sydney Roosters. 12 hours earlier, I had just touched down at...
When we last left our heroes, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, they were leading the Melbourne Storm 14-0 at the half. The Rabbitohs were putting on a hell of a show, denying Melbourne both the opportunity to score as well as taking advantage of Melbourne’s dropped ball errors. Suffice it to say, the Bunnies were doing their job! As for myself and Bill, we were...