Two sides of the coin

By Chris | Permalink

Great news for women’s basketball in Australia with the news that Lauren Jackson has been named MVP of the WNBA in the USA. The 22 year-old Opal star lead the league in scoring, and field-goals made, and finished fourth in rebounds per game.

On the other side of the coin, Socceroo Lucas Neill broke the leg of another player in a double footed, jump tackle of the most cynical kind. He then disputed the referee’s decision to send him off. If you watch the tackle on a reply, it’s just sickening. Neill says it wasn’t malicious, but he was not even close to playing the ball.