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Sydney Morning Herald
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
2003: Disgraceful Magpies took footy fans for a ride
Last year in the big one, Mick Malthouse's men were brave. They were entitled to shed a few tears after a narrow defeat. There were no tears shed late Saturday afternoon, and nor should there have been, because the team effort was disgraceful. Instead of tears shed, there should be some arses kicked. Every second of a grand final is heavily scrutinised. There should be some mightily embarrassed Collingwood players. While Brisbane stood firm, Collingwood flinched. Shane Woewodin and James Clement chose not to play with reckless abandon. Nor did Rhyce Shaw. They chose at times to look and consider. Now they will have long summers to do plenty of considering. Richard Cole, backing back, dropped too many marks. He could have made a name for himself by going back uncompromisingly hard into the unknown. But he did not. He chose to tread warily instead. Shane Wakelin allowed himself to be too easily brushed aside in physical contests and Alan Didak got off line when crunch time came. Brodie Holland is a good frontrunner. When his team is up, he goes well. When the team struggles, so does he. Jason Cloke is yet to prove he can win a kick in a contest. Playing loose in defence is the easiest gig in town, as is coming in from behind to be third man up to fist the ball away in a marking or ruck situation. When given the chance to earn a kick as a key forward, Cloke could not cope. And Leon Davis is another frontrunner. And do not use size as an excuse, Leon. Get some tapes of John Platten and see what a big heart in a little body can do. Allan Jeans's speech to his players in the 1989 grand final is football folklore. Jeans told his players they would have to pay a price to win the premiership. That they did. Dermott Brereton, Robert DiPierdomenico, Gary Ayres ... the list goes on. They put their lives on the line. We heard Simon Black, as he accepted the Norm Smith Medal, say that he would die for his teammates. Do not knock it. Because that's the way the Lions played. Collingwood did not. They either would not or could not. The coach will cop criticism for his selections and placements. He should not. He threw his faith in with youth (Tristen Walker, Cloke, Davis, Shaw and Cole). They did not measure up, but neither did most of the senior group. Leigh Matthews had it easy. He admitted himself, he is in awe of his men. How they dig so deep. Michael Voss sets the example. The rest would be embarrassed not to follow. Three premierships in a row makes Leigh's Lions the best team I have ever seen. They have to be favourites for next year's flag. As for the Magpies, I do not know where they go. They failed the ultimate test quite miserably. A whopping loss like that could set them back considerably. A dream run crashed ingloriously at the final hurdle. And let us hope there is no whingeing about Anthony Rocca's suspension. He got what he deserved. It was a stupid, costly, unnecessary, undisciplined act. Loading Mick, Eddie (McGuire), Balmey (Neil Balme), please tell him so. Do not let big Anthony feel he has been hard done by. There is no doubt the Magpies improved this season. There is also no doubt that, come crunch time, they were embarrassingly meek. Today, few Magpies will have physical pain. It's the mental pain that is the problem. That will last forever.
The Age
15-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
2003: Disgraceful Magpies took footy fans for a ride
Last year in the big one, Mick Malthouse's men were brave. They were entitled to shed a few tears after a narrow defeat. There were no tears shed late Saturday afternoon, and nor should there have been, because the team effort was disgraceful. Instead of tears shed, there should be some arses kicked. Every second of a grand final is heavily scrutinised. There should be some mightily embarrassed Collingwood players. While Brisbane stood firm, Collingwood flinched. Shane Woewodin and James Clement chose not to play with reckless abandon. Nor did Rhyce Shaw. They chose at times to look and consider. Now they will have long summers to do plenty of considering. Richard Cole, backing back, dropped too many marks. He could have made a name for himself by going back uncompromisingly hard into the unknown. But he did not. He chose to tread warily instead. Shane Wakelin allowed himself to be too easily brushed aside in physical contests and Alan Didak got off line when crunch time came. Brodie Holland is a good frontrunner. When his team is up, he goes well. When the team struggles, so does he. Jason Cloke is yet to prove he can win a kick in a contest. Playing loose in defence is the easiest gig in town, as is coming in from behind to be third man up to fist the ball away in a marking or ruck situation. When given the chance to earn a kick as a key forward, Cloke could not cope. And Leon Davis is another frontrunner. And do not use size as an excuse, Leon. Get some tapes of John Platten and see what a big heart in a little body can do. Allan Jeans's speech to his players in the 1989 grand final is football folklore. Jeans told his players they would have to pay a price to win the premiership. That they did. Dermott Brereton, Robert DiPierdomenico, Gary Ayres ... the list goes on. They put their lives on the line. We heard Simon Black, as he accepted the Norm Smith Medal, say that he would die for his teammates. Do not knock it. Because that's the way the Lions played. Collingwood did not. They either would not or could not. The coach will cop criticism for his selections and placements. He should not. He threw his faith in with youth (Tristen Walker, Cloke, Davis, Shaw and Cole). They did not measure up, but neither did most of the senior group. Leigh Matthews had it easy. He admitted himself, he is in awe of his men. How they dig so deep. Michael Voss sets the example. The rest would be embarrassed not to follow. Three premierships in a row makes Leigh's Lions the best team I have ever seen. They have to be favourites for next year's flag. As for the Magpies, I do not know where they go. They failed the ultimate test quite miserably. A whopping loss like that could set them back considerably. A dream run crashed ingloriously at the final hurdle. And let us hope there is no whingeing about Anthony Rocca's suspension. He got what he deserved. It was a stupid, costly, unnecessary, undisciplined act. Loading Mick, Eddie (McGuire), Balmey (Neil Balme), please tell him so. Do not let big Anthony feel he has been hard done by. There is no doubt the Magpies improved this season. There is also no doubt that, come crunch time, they were embarrassingly meek. Today, few Magpies will have physical pain. It's the mental pain that is the problem. That will last forever.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
Late boat skipper hailed a hero after saving friend's life
An experienced sailor and fisherman who died when his boat sank in the English Channel was hailed a hero for saving his friend's life. Peter Cloke was commended for saving pensioner Richard Bayly (corr) in the incident in May 2023. Mr Cloke, 73, had been out on his 20 foot boat Petrel with Richard when the vessel suffered a catastrophic failure after leaving Exmouth where Peter was a well known member of the marine community. Retired civil servant Peter managed to make a Mayday call just before the vessel sank eight miles off Torbay in calm conditions. But an Exeter inquest heard that Peter, of Ide, Devon, became trapped in the wheelhouse as the boat sank. His body was recovered 12 days later. Mr Bayly said that water started filling the rear of the boat and the two men started to bail out the water, but the water then came over the stern of the boat. Former teacher Peter - who was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to education - became trapped inside the cabin as the boat quickly sank. Mr Bayly had his life jacket on and was lifted up by the water and was pulled away from the Petrel. He said earlier: "I was only rescued because Peter managed to put out a Mayday call just before the boat sank. I owe him my life." He said the 'ingress of water was slow at first but became catastrophic very quickly, upending and sinking the boat almost immediately'. Mr Cloke's family asked the police to check CCTV from Exmouth marina covering the period from the day before the incident to when it left on its last trip, but police said they did not have it. The family wanted to know whether it was possible the boat had been damaged while it was berthed in the marina before she went to sea that morning but the lack of obtaining CCTV from the marina was a failure by the police and the family will never know the answer. An attempt to raise the boat failed when a line snapped because it was too heavy and it remains on the sea floor, the coroner heard. Det Con Charlotte Craven said her impression was there was a 'potential malfunction out at sea' and 'a sudden failure' that led to a catastrophic amount of water ingressing which led to Mr Cloke being trapped in the wheelhouse. She said Mr Cloke's actions should be commended in saving the life of his friend. The coroner said no one will exactly know why the boat took on water and why it sank but said police said there were no suspicious circumstances. The area coroner Nicholas Lane recorded a conclusion of accidental death. He said 'for reasons unknown' the Petrel began to take on water and sank with Mr Cloke trapped in the cabin. He said the boat was in good condition and well serviced. Mr Cloke, who was originally from Cawsand, Cornwall, was described as an experienced fisherman and a competent and capable helmsman.
