State Of Origin I showed what many believed would happen, Queensland running away to a victory.
But, State Of Origin I also showed that the mew South Wales Blues can push Queensland to the limits and come up with some remarkable tries.
Who knows what would have happened if the the Jarryd Hayne "No Try" was allowed by video referees Bill Harrigan and Tim Mander.
In front of a home crowd in Sydney the Blues have every chance of winning the second State of origin.
Some minor changes will have to come into affect Jame McManus showed that isn't ready for state of origin football and Craig Wing will have to play more game time.
But the possibility of the blues winning State of origin II is high.
Origin II tip: blues to win and level the series in front of a home crowd.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
NSW origin team
The New South Wales State of origin team has been announced with eight new players into the squad to make their debut and yet none are from the competition leaders, but the selectors have made comment saying that the team was selected on form and for this reason i point your attention back to the competition leaders. With eight wins and two loses this season surely there must be a few players that are in "some good form" and as the Queensland origin team was announced today, with no major surprises only one player from the leading NRL team was named.
Ben Hannant has been is some great form and deserves his position, it has been the right decision to include the front rower, i think right at this moment Ben Hannant is the best front row forward in the game (i know that is a big call with players like Steven Price and Petero Civoniceva playing and both have been selected in Queensland starting side).
So after the origin teams have been named and those players are not unable to play this week, this leaves the Bulldogs, the competition leaders, taking on the Newcastle knights this week without Newcastle and NSW state of origin captain Kurt Gidley. Newcastle will also be without winger James McManus.
This week teams will be sacred with the lost of players but not the leaders i bet they are smiling this week.
Origin tip: I'm a New South Welshman and have always lived in this great state thats why this hurts me dearly to say that the Queenslanders will win the Origin series. The NSW Side doesn't have enough experience or skill to match the superatars from Queensland but who knows the Baby Blues may shock every one and win against the superstars but unlikely, or the Queensland team may lose a lot of their players through injury or suspension throughout the series but again unlikely and they would also have players with enough quality to fill in for the positions and beat the Blues.
NSW Origin team: http://www.nrl.com/NewsViews/LatestNews/NewsArticle/tabid/10874/newsId/55028/NSW-Aussie-Blues-Official-Origin-team-list/Default.aspx
PROVE ME WRONG NSW
Go the blues.
Ben Hannant has been is some great form and deserves his position, it has been the right decision to include the front rower, i think right at this moment Ben Hannant is the best front row forward in the game (i know that is a big call with players like Steven Price and Petero Civoniceva playing and both have been selected in Queensland starting side).
So after the origin teams have been named and those players are not unable to play this week, this leaves the Bulldogs, the competition leaders, taking on the Newcastle knights this week without Newcastle and NSW state of origin captain Kurt Gidley. Newcastle will also be without winger James McManus.
This week teams will be sacred with the lost of players but not the leaders i bet they are smiling this week.
Origin tip: I'm a New South Welshman and have always lived in this great state thats why this hurts me dearly to say that the Queenslanders will win the Origin series. The NSW Side doesn't have enough experience or skill to match the superatars from Queensland but who knows the Baby Blues may shock every one and win against the superstars but unlikely, or the Queensland team may lose a lot of their players through injury or suspension throughout the series but again unlikely and they would also have players with enough quality to fill in for the positions and beat the Blues.
NSW Origin team: http://www.nrl.com/NewsViews/LatestNews/NewsArticle/tabid/10874/newsId/55028/NSW-Aussie-Blues-Official-Origin-team-list/Default.aspx
PROVE ME WRONG NSW
Go the blues.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The career of Dan Norman
The career of Australia newest boxer has been put on hold for surgery, but his determined to start his career later in the year.
Dan Norman was scheduled to fight his first amateur boxing match in six weeks before he found out that surgery will clash with the date, that he was going to fight his first fight.
Dan Norman, who comes from western Sydney, has been training for a year and was very excited about starting his amateur career but now he will have to wait until later in the year to start.
One thing is for sure, we all wish Dan Norman the best of luck in his first fight and for his whole career.
Dan Norman was scheduled to fight his first amateur boxing match in six weeks before he found out that surgery will clash with the date, that he was going to fight his first fight.
Dan Norman, who comes from western Sydney, has been training for a year and was very excited about starting his amateur career but now he will have to wait until later in the year to start.
One thing is for sure, we all wish Dan Norman the best of luck in his first fight and for his whole career.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Interview with up and coming amature boxer Dan Norman
Matthew: When did you start training to become a boxer?
Dan: about a year ago, I started training, pretty much liked the sport and just my dad took me to the gym.
Matthew: Why did you want to become a boxer?
Dan: well i had a idol, he was a heavyweight boxer, his name was Tommy Morison and he was the WBA Champion of the world, i just really took interest in him i really wanted to be in his position at that time.
Matthew: So Tommy Morrison was your motivation?
Dan: Yes he was, he was a great fighter and i really liked him
Matthew: and your hero?
Dan: yes, he is my hero
Matt Why, why is he your hero?
Dan: Well just a very good fighter he was a very unique fighter, he was just a awesome fighter, i see a lot of him in me so i just like him a lot.
Matthew: Whats your training routine?
Dan: Well i get up at5 o'clock in the morning, every morning, i ran about 2-3 maybe even 4.kilometres, then i get back to bed, get up at 10 o'clock, walk my dog for 2 kilometres, probably wait until about 4 o'clock, then i might just go to the gym for about 2-3 hours , train pretty hard there , sweat up a bit, come home ran 2-3 maybe 4 kilometres again,and then go to bed, there we go, and get up in the morning again.
Matthew: Do you have a set diet to help with that routine?
Dan: yea, i try not to eat too much but i try to eat my vegetables, greens as usual, i try to eat health,whatever i can you know, i eat a bit of raw eggs, stuff to keep the protein up, strength up.
Matthew: so, your first armature fight was gonna be in about a months time, but somethings happened what was it?
Dan: well, yea, i have to go to hospital for key hole surgery, so its pretty much yea.
Matthew: When will your first armature fight be, now?
Dan: i was hoping, August maybe i don't know we'll have to see what happens when i get out of surgery.
Matthew: Are you excited about starting your amateur career, a bit nervous or whats going on?
What are you feeling about your start off
Dan: Well i probably will be nervous, i gotta control the nerves definitely, i gotta keep up the energy, but control the nerves and don't go ahead and you know don't get out of hand with the nerves and get too scared which i probably wont be scared but we'll see how that goes.
Matthew: here at this gym that you train in. you train with a number of boxers are there any issues between the boxers, any a little bit, of competition or something?
Dan: We have our doubts on each other, we all spa and get you know kinda rowdy a bit and you know, little low blows and elbows and little accidental things happen you know but what happens in the gym stays in the gym
Matthew: So, competition is high while at the gym?
Dan: Ah yes, its good, it keeps us all on our feet, you know, keeps us all strong.
Matthew: prepares you well?
Dan: Yes, it keeps us strong and wanna to train more you know.
Matthew: Has boxing helped you in any other part of your life?
Dan: Its helped me lose weight, definitely lost a lot of weight, and its helped me build up my strength, umm i don't know what the girls think,, maybe they think i might look a little bit better but.
Matthew: yes, the girls always very important there, umm whats happening there?
Dan: oh ahah, no one in my life at the moment, I'm not too much into, well I'm not interested in looking at the moment, i just whatever finds me finds me so.
Matthew: They all love ya, yes, well they will be soon anyway. What weight class are you in?
Dan: umm I'm a heavy weight at the moment, umm i might go up or down depending on how much weight i lose depends.
Matthew: What do you desire to be in? What weight class do you want to be in?
Dan: Definitely heavyweight cause all my favourite boxers, top 5 favourite boxers are in heavyweight so that where i really want to be in. What division i really wanna be in.
Matthew: What does height mean, to you, in the heavy weight division?
Dan: Ah well, see theres a lot of tall heavyweights, and they just want to keep you away with one punch , which is the jab and i want to, you know since I'm a small heavy weight, I'm 5 foot 10, 5 foot 11 1/2, sorry, umm just want to duck, weave, you know its gonna be a lot harder for them to hit me with just that one punch they have, the jab so i just duck, weave, do whatever i can you know with my height so its a lot harder for them to fight a smaller fighter
Matthew: so its better to be smaller?
Dan: Ah well, depends what type of fighter you are, if you learn, you might be better at the jabbing, you might be better at the in-fighting like i am., you might be better at you know different types of fighting styles
Matthew: so thats what your game plan is, well the heavyweights is your division obviously, so you try to get in there so they can't use there reach?
Dan: yes, yes, ah, i try and, thats called in-fighting and i try and get int here so they cant use their reach and then they really have nothing against me so pretty much belting away at their stomachs and you know do upper-cuts and use my height to my advantage.
Matthew: Ok, Where do you realistically see yourself in 5 years?
Dan: I'm hoping to be professional in 5 years, 5 years time, hoping to be a world known fighter, i don't want to be just a Australia fighter just cause you know how that goes, but yea
Matthew: Will that be in 5 years though? Will you be world known in 5 years?
Dan: I'm hoping because you know a lot of fighters have, from Australia have become world known, umm
Matthew: Such a young age?
Dan: Yea, such a young age i guess
Matthew: Boxing terms? boxing terms is that young?
Dan: What is?
Matthew: Well in five years. five years you'll be 23, is that young in boxing terms?
Dan: Umm well for a world known boxer, the biggest boxing country in the world is America, so if i just make it into America, you know i can get my lucky shot, take that lucky shot and push it you know, see where i can get.
Matthew: so America is where you want to be?
Dan: yes definitely
Matthew: Definitely, Alright ah thank you Dan and umm thanks for the interview and hope to talk to you soon, in i don't know, a few months a couple of years, see where you are then
Dan: about a year ago, I started training, pretty much liked the sport and just my dad took me to the gym.
Matthew: Why did you want to become a boxer?
Dan: well i had a idol, he was a heavyweight boxer, his name was Tommy Morison and he was the WBA Champion of the world, i just really took interest in him i really wanted to be in his position at that time.
Matthew: So Tommy Morrison was your motivation?
Dan: Yes he was, he was a great fighter and i really liked him
Matthew: and your hero?
Dan: yes, he is my hero
Matt Why, why is he your hero?
Dan: Well just a very good fighter he was a very unique fighter, he was just a awesome fighter, i see a lot of him in me so i just like him a lot.
Matthew: Whats your training routine?
Dan: Well i get up at5 o'clock in the morning, every morning, i ran about 2-3 maybe even 4.kilometres, then i get back to bed, get up at 10 o'clock, walk my dog for 2 kilometres, probably wait until about 4 o'clock, then i might just go to the gym for about 2-3 hours , train pretty hard there , sweat up a bit, come home ran 2-3 maybe 4 kilometres again,and then go to bed, there we go, and get up in the morning again.
Matthew: Do you have a set diet to help with that routine?
Dan: yea, i try not to eat too much but i try to eat my vegetables, greens as usual, i try to eat health,whatever i can you know, i eat a bit of raw eggs, stuff to keep the protein up, strength up.
Matthew: so, your first armature fight was gonna be in about a months time, but somethings happened what was it?
Dan: well, yea, i have to go to hospital for key hole surgery, so its pretty much yea.
Matthew: When will your first armature fight be, now?
Dan: i was hoping, August maybe i don't know we'll have to see what happens when i get out of surgery.
Matthew: Are you excited about starting your amateur career, a bit nervous or whats going on?
What are you feeling about your start off
Dan: Well i probably will be nervous, i gotta control the nerves definitely, i gotta keep up the energy, but control the nerves and don't go ahead and you know don't get out of hand with the nerves and get too scared which i probably wont be scared but we'll see how that goes.
Matthew: here at this gym that you train in. you train with a number of boxers are there any issues between the boxers, any a little bit, of competition or something?
Dan: We have our doubts on each other, we all spa and get you know kinda rowdy a bit and you know, little low blows and elbows and little accidental things happen you know but what happens in the gym stays in the gym
Matthew: So, competition is high while at the gym?
Dan: Ah yes, its good, it keeps us all on our feet, you know, keeps us all strong.
Matthew: prepares you well?
Dan: Yes, it keeps us strong and wanna to train more you know.
Matthew: Has boxing helped you in any other part of your life?
Dan: Its helped me lose weight, definitely lost a lot of weight, and its helped me build up my strength, umm i don't know what the girls think,, maybe they think i might look a little bit better but.
Matthew: yes, the girls always very important there, umm whats happening there?
Dan: oh ahah, no one in my life at the moment, I'm not too much into, well I'm not interested in looking at the moment, i just whatever finds me finds me so.
Matthew: They all love ya, yes, well they will be soon anyway. What weight class are you in?
Dan: umm I'm a heavy weight at the moment, umm i might go up or down depending on how much weight i lose depends.
Matthew: What do you desire to be in? What weight class do you want to be in?
Dan: Definitely heavyweight cause all my favourite boxers, top 5 favourite boxers are in heavyweight so that where i really want to be in. What division i really wanna be in.
Matthew: What does height mean, to you, in the heavy weight division?
Dan: Ah well, see theres a lot of tall heavyweights, and they just want to keep you away with one punch , which is the jab and i want to, you know since I'm a small heavy weight, I'm 5 foot 10, 5 foot 11 1/2, sorry, umm just want to duck, weave, you know its gonna be a lot harder for them to hit me with just that one punch they have, the jab so i just duck, weave, do whatever i can you know with my height so its a lot harder for them to fight a smaller fighter
Matthew: so its better to be smaller?
Dan: Ah well, depends what type of fighter you are, if you learn, you might be better at the jabbing, you might be better at the in-fighting like i am., you might be better at you know different types of fighting styles
Matthew: so thats what your game plan is, well the heavyweights is your division obviously, so you try to get in there so they can't use there reach?
Dan: yes, yes, ah, i try and, thats called in-fighting and i try and get int here so they cant use their reach and then they really have nothing against me so pretty much belting away at their stomachs and you know do upper-cuts and use my height to my advantage.
Matthew: Ok, Where do you realistically see yourself in 5 years?
Dan: I'm hoping to be professional in 5 years, 5 years time, hoping to be a world known fighter, i don't want to be just a Australia fighter just cause you know how that goes, but yea
Matthew: Will that be in 5 years though? Will you be world known in 5 years?
Dan: I'm hoping because you know a lot of fighters have, from Australia have become world known, umm
Matthew: Such a young age?
Dan: Yea, such a young age i guess
Matthew: Boxing terms? boxing terms is that young?
Dan: What is?
Matthew: Well in five years. five years you'll be 23, is that young in boxing terms?
Dan: Umm well for a world known boxer, the biggest boxing country in the world is America, so if i just make it into America, you know i can get my lucky shot, take that lucky shot and push it you know, see where i can get.
Matthew: so America is where you want to be?
Dan: yes definitely
Matthew: Definitely, Alright ah thank you Dan and umm thanks for the interview and hope to talk to you soon, in i don't know, a few months a couple of years, see where you are then
Sunday, May 10, 2009
School kids on Sydney trains
The way Sydney school kids act on Sydney trains these days is appalling. As a college student at Macleay college and living in Sydney's west i travel to and from the city each day and everyday there is school kids messing around and having what they say is "fun".
This is beyond the joke, it is not only disrupting other travellers on Sydney Trains in there travel but it also becoming a problem with safety. The other day i was on the train coming back from Sydney, there were school children on the train and at every stop they felt the need to get off the train and back on it until it got to the point where the driver had to make a very blunt announcement "Get on or off".
This is not only annoying travellers but putting the safety of these children and others around them at risk. These children also play games where they push each other around for kicks, pushing themselves into each other and into others.
This is ridiculous and has to stop for the safety of everyone involved.
This is beyond the joke, it is not only disrupting other travellers on Sydney Trains in there travel but it also becoming a problem with safety. The other day i was on the train coming back from Sydney, there were school children on the train and at every stop they felt the need to get off the train and back on it until it got to the point where the driver had to make a very blunt announcement "Get on or off".
This is not only annoying travellers but putting the safety of these children and others around them at risk. These children also play games where they push each other around for kicks, pushing themselves into each other and into others.
This is ridiculous and has to stop for the safety of everyone involved.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Trust, Respect, Belief
Yesterday was Katelyn McIntosh's Birthday.
And i started to think to myself why, and what is it, that makes me so attracted to this girl?
And it comes down to
1)Trust
2)Respect
3)Belief
Then i started to think more about those 3 words and what they mean, what they really mean and when i did think about just that, i found that those three things can be applied to everything in life.
In religion, relationship, college, with friends and over all life.
Now this blog is nothing like my first few and i probably wont ever write another one like this but as i kept thinking about these things it become more and more true to me.
Trust, respect and belief. Its all you need in everything in life
And i started to think to myself why, and what is it, that makes me so attracted to this girl?
And it comes down to
1)Trust
2)Respect
3)Belief
Then i started to think more about those 3 words and what they mean, what they really mean and when i did think about just that, i found that those three things can be applied to everything in life.
In religion, relationship, college, with friends and over all life.
Now this blog is nothing like my first few and i probably wont ever write another one like this but as i kept thinking about these things it become more and more true to me.
Trust, respect and belief. Its all you need in everything in life
Friday, May 1, 2009
Swine Flu, threat or overreaction?
With the swine Flu traveling around the world at a rapid rate, everyone is fearful of this new disease threatening lives. Swine Flu its here but is it a threat? Has there been a overreaction?
Swine flu is almost definitely a threat, try telling those in Mexico and the United States, that have lost family members to the disease, that it isn't a threat. So yes swine flu is threat but has there been a overreaction to it here in Australia.
In my opinion, yes, here in Australia people are worrying and preparing for the worst but there in no evidence as yet that anyone in Australia has contracted the disease. Now don't get me wrong the precautions taken at the airports around the world are not a overreaction that is something that does need to happen and it is very sad to hear that there now has been a deaths around the world and it is scary that there has been a death outside of Mexico and i do feel for that American family but here in Australia, apart from the airport precautions there as been a slight overreaction.
We do need to wait for those 128 Australians that have been tested to get back their results before making any panic decisions and once we have those results back then is the time to sit down and decide how to combat the problem.
Swine flu is almost definitely a threat, try telling those in Mexico and the United States, that have lost family members to the disease, that it isn't a threat. So yes swine flu is threat but has there been a overreaction to it here in Australia.
In my opinion, yes, here in Australia people are worrying and preparing for the worst but there in no evidence as yet that anyone in Australia has contracted the disease. Now don't get me wrong the precautions taken at the airports around the world are not a overreaction that is something that does need to happen and it is very sad to hear that there now has been a deaths around the world and it is scary that there has been a death outside of Mexico and i do feel for that American family but here in Australia, apart from the airport precautions there as been a slight overreaction.
We do need to wait for those 128 Australians that have been tested to get back their results before making any panic decisions and once we have those results back then is the time to sit down and decide how to combat the problem.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Hi Bloggers
I'm Matthew Foreman a journalism student at Macleay college in Sydney, this blog will be my opinion on everything and anything from whats in the news to what i came across in day to day life.
So I'm looking forward to it and i hope you enjoy it or hate it either way it should be fun.
all i can say for now is watch this space for more.
I'm Matthew Foreman a journalism student at Macleay college in Sydney, this blog will be my opinion on everything and anything from whats in the news to what i came across in day to day life.
So I'm looking forward to it and i hope you enjoy it or hate it either way it should be fun.
all i can say for now is watch this space for more.
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