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Once again finding little consistency in their line-up on Tuesday night, the Pirates battled on to give the Hellfish a run for their money in the first half of their round 24 encounter, trailing by just one point at the end of twenty minutes play. The Pirates made great strides improving their performance and attitude Read More …
With fans still revelling in Monday night’s finale of hit television show, Breaking Bad, it was then the Pirates turn to show they had broken their bad habits when they took on the Diablos on Tuesday night. Sadly, they were unsuccessful in breaking their habits as well as breaking their drought of victories as they Read More …
Thousands of adoring teenage fans arrived at Canberra Grammar on Tuesday night expecting to see their idol, Justin Bieber, only to discover that due to an auto-correct mistake on the promotional poster, they were there to see the Pirates take on the Beavers. Though most left in tears, some stayed to watch Bieber look alike, Read More …
Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the day Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis spoke about thinking about discussing the idea of writing Ghostbusters the movie, the Pirates and the Bears met in a Ghostbusters themed game that saw the Bears narrowly defeat the Pirates 44 to 35. Just like in any good true-to-life movie, the game Read More …
30,000 eager fans turned-up to the Australian Institute of Sport on Tuesday night expecting an evening with famed television comedian, Bill Cosby. Instead fans were treated to the 19th episode of the Bill Clisby show, where even Clisby (9 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 5 rebounds) was upstaged by one of his co-stars, Read More …
With most of their injured players back on the squad the Pirates were hoping to at least put on a solid display against division leaders, the Diablos. Despite a slow start, the Pirates looked a different side to those that have taken to the court over the past fourteen rounds, confidently moving the ball and Read More …
A depleted Pirates outfit was forced to rely on their junior ranks in their loss to the Beavers on Tuesday evening. Absent from the line-up were key forwards Todd Gregory, who has not been seen since July 23, and Brett Butler, ruled-out with a calf-injury sustained at the Pirates training session on Sunday. Defensively, the Read More …
A security guard for the Australian Institute of Sport sparked an international incident on Tuesday when they misheard a conversation between team mates of a local basketball team leading to one of the Pirates being taken into witness protection by the FBI at an undisclosed location. The conversation referred to a team in the CPL Read More …
Injuries and illness throughout the Pirates camp made their preparations for Tuesday’s game against the Hornets disjointed and disorganised, even with the bye in the previous week, the Pirates were ultimately out of touch with their opponents and their game plan. A lack of patience on offence afforded the Hornets extra time with the ball Read More …
Under police escort, the Pirates arrived at the Australian Institute of Sport where 21,655 fans waited to see the Brumbies defeat the Lions and the Pirates face-down a talented Spartans army who were widely tipped to win with the least fair odds offering $8.80 for a Pirates victory, even with a ten point spread. But Read More …