I’ve had a front-row seat to greatness and madness in my time as the Herald’s chief sports writer.
The game’s administrators are happy to kick these questions down the road until a future generation is forced to close the border.
The NRL will anoint just the 14th Immortal on Wednesday night. But is there a case to add a 15th too,one from its past and another from the present?
Rugby league’s 14th Immortal,the sport’s highest individual honour,will be announced next week. Smith and his Queensland teammates are now officially eligible.
Cameron Smith and Queensland’s era of State of Origin greats are in contention to become Immortals as soon as August under the NRL’s revised hall-of-fame rules.
Five months out from this year’s event,there is still no official venue. Is the viability of one of the most historic golf tournaments under threat?
Smith,a veteran of 42 Origin games and one of the state’s greatest ever players,was an assistant for both of the Maroons’ series victories under Billy Slater.
Australia’s No.1 golfer is out of the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland,while Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott battle it out at the top of the leaderboard.
Cam Smith started in the box seat to win an extra $29 million as the overall points winner of the LIV Golf season,but a double-bogey on the 15th hole denied him the chance to add to his tally.
Only rain can save Australia from a heavy series-levelling defeat at Old Trafford after another excellent display by England on the third day at Old Trafford.
As players,they inspired Queensland to eight straight series victories. Now as coaches of the Maroons,Billy Slater and Cameron Smith are piling more agony on to the Blues.