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The Biff!
The Biff!
I’ve seen it happen anywhere
Rochdale on a pouring down Sunday afternoon
Melbourne on a baking hot Saturday
Featherstone on a cold midwinter Friday night
Sydney on a misty winter Wednesday
The Biff!
At the eruption of a scrumdown wrestle
The stiff arm of a bewitched fullback
As a dancing standoff sidesteps his frame
A punch that comes from the seco...
Saturday 20th June 2020 12:56 pm
Dreadnought
Dreadnought
We crossed the Chantry Bridge
As the Calder boiled beneath
And a drifting, chilling mist
Hung heavy on the heath
We came from far and wide
Marching all together
To gather at Belle Vue
Despite the dank, inclement weather
There were grandfathers and fathers
There were mothers, daughters, sons
Hand in hand in heavy coats
As the frost caressed ...
Tuesday 28th January 2020 4:43 pm
Full Contact
Full Contact
A mighty engine with a human heart,
steam billows from the rolling muscled mass
until the beast unlocks and breaks apart.
Its body parts move swift across the grass.
Two behemoths colliding head to head,
their age old frames rough hewn from tempered steel,
the scars of battle dripping ruby red
yet, win or lose, the wounds will never heal.
T...
Monday 14th October 2013 7:18 pm
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