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Anthony Rock could’ve been rolled

August 17, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
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Anthony Rock is lucky to be alive.  It was cautious anticipation that saved him.  It was timing and speed.  Rock was barely a teenager.  Everything he achieved in football and life might never have happened.

In 1984, Rock was meters away from being run over on Chapman Avenue in Glenroy.  My mum, Patsy was driving.

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Hopeless on the punt – Fools Die

August 10, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
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He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I’ll show you a loser, show me a hero and I’ll show you a corpse – Alfred Gronevelt

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    In front of the player’s race at Arden Street.

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    Welcome to the Ramble,

    My name is Matt Watson, avid AFL, cricket and boxing fan. Since 2005 I’ve been employed as a journalist, but I’ve been writing about sport for more than a decade. In that time I’ve interviewed legends of sport and the unsung heroes who so often don’t command the headlines.

    The Ramble, as you will find among the pages of this website, is an exhaustive, unbiased, non-commercial analysis of sport and life. I believe there is always more to the story. If you love sport like I do, you will love the Ramble…
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