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Raymond Van Barneveld announced his return to the big time with a scintillating show of heavy scoring in a 6-3 win against Ronnie Baxter at the Cash Converters Players Championship on Thursday night. The big Dutch crowd pleaser arrived in at the Doncaster Dome hoping for a return to form ahead the year-end showpiece PDC World Darts Championship, starting on December 15, and hit eight 180s while also averaging 104 to move into the last 16. Those looking at the darts betting will have been...
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Phil Taylor was grateful for "a proper game of darts" when ending the 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts dream for Mervyn King and booking his own place in the last 16 of the Wolverhampton Civic Hall showpiece. Three-time tournament winner Taylor needed three legs to make sure of his progress to the knockout stages and sent out an ominous warning with four maximums from his first four darts, although it was his great rival who broke first. The pair continued to trade blows until Taylor threw...
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CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE RJSportworld.Com (Start – 15:30)Today is a momentous day, as the brand new rjsportworld.com is launched. To ensure everyone isn’t lost when they’re navigating the site for the first time, the podcast takes everyone through the layout of the site and explains just what content you’ll see on the website, talking about the contributors.The Socceroos Squad + The Future (15:30 – End)After the announcement of the Socceroos squad for upcoming games against Oman and...
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CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODEWhinge of the Week – Protesting (Start – 2:45)In what is possibly the first – and last – time that non-sport related politics will ever make an appearance on the RickJames SportsCast, the podcast tries – with their extremely limited political knowledge – to make sense of why people would sit in the Melbourne city streets just to emulate a bunch of people in America. Results are hilarious.The B-League – Would It Work? (2:45 – 12:35)The latest re-incarnation of...
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It was a huge weekend in sport again this week, punctuated by a wide range of emotions. On one hand there was the pure joy and passion of New Zealand finally securing their mantle as the World’s Best Rugby Nation. On the other side of the spectrum, the Motorsport world mourned the death of a bright young talent, Marco Simoncelli.Marco Simoncelli was an up and coming rider in Moto GP, fresh from finishing Second to Casey Stoner in the Australian Grand Prix. He was up near the...
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CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODEWhinge of the Week – Personal Injuries (Start – 2:05) With James suffering from a mysterious injury, the question has to be asked; how does he cope with the pain? What has he actually done to himself? And what has he done that Ricky classifies as arguably one of the funnier things he’s ever seen?Derby Days (2:05 – 14:45)This weekend sees derbies all over the soccer world, so Ricky and James take a look at both the Melbourne derby (Victory v Heart) and the...
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CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODEWhinge of the Week – Scapegoating (Start – 4:40)After Ricky’s most recent post on The Shinblogger detailing how some players have to be the object of ridicule for the supporters, we ponder why this has to be the case. Why can’t there ever be a time where no-one is the whipping boy?How Much Do You Take Out Of Week 1? (4:40 – 16:05)With the first weekend of the A-League completed, how much can you take out of Week 1? Were impressive teams really all that...
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CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODEWhinge of the Week – The NBA Lockout (Start – 3:25)While the news this morning that the rest of the pre-season has been cancelled is devastating for Ricky, what’s more annoying is that he has absolutely no idea who to believe. Is it the section of the NBA media that remains positive a deal is close? Or is it the people that are adamant the world is about to collapse?Comparing Geelong of 07-11 to Brisbane of 01-04 (3:25 – 10:20)Geelong’s third premiership in...
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CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODEWhinge of the Week (Start – 2:00)Because of the weather turning the high-tech recording studio into something imitating Old McDonald’s farm, Ricky explains just why this is the case.A-League Preview 3rd – 1st (2:00 – 9:00)In the third and final week of the A-League season preview, Ricky and James both disagree over the placings of the remaining three clubs. So, with that in mind, Adelaide, Brisbane and the Victory are all discussed.AFL Grand Final Preview (9:00...
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CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Whinge of the Week (Start – 2:45)This week’s whinge is one about a pseudo-sport as Ricky talks about his discontent with the direction the WWE have gone with a storyline that had the potential to garner mainstream attention if done correctly.A-League Preview 6th – 4th (2:45 – 14:10)With James and Ricky disagreeing on which order to place the three clubs, they’re talked about in general terms. Central Coast are from 2:45-6:35, followed by Melbourne Heart from 6...
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