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While most of Canberra was fixated on the impending release of the federal budget, those with better priorities were either courtside at the Australian Institute of Sport or watching live on the Box Network as a demoralised Pirates outfit crashed hard Tuesday night, failing to fully respect their opponents and ultimately paying a high price Read More …
Making their debut at the Australian Institute of Sport, the Pirates faced some stinging opposition from the Hornets and not knowing exactly what to expect from their adversaries, the Pirates struggled to get into the game. Allowing the Hornets to take an early eight point lead did not bode well for the league’s newcomers but Read More …
The Pirates held their end of season awards night on Saturday sharing the evening with several Hollywood stars before announcing the award for Most Valuable Player. Stars spotted at the exclusive Transit Bar event included Kirk Lazarus, Alpa Chino, Todd Anderson, Isabel Bigelow, Betty Elms, Karen Flores, Evan Greer, Gwen Harrison, Nick Lang, Tracy Lime, Read More …
Playing in what could be their final ever match at the Tuggeranong Treasure Dome, the Pirates were soundly beaten by a 66’ers side who were on fire nailing everything on the court, including Mrs. Davy Jones’ locker which was in need of urgent attention. The Pirates needed to lift for their final game of the Read More …
While most families were enjoying the four-day Easter holiday at the traditional Royal Easter Show, a group of half-robot, half-panda mutants briefly stole focus from those Sydneysiders to defeat an arrogant Pirates crew. Holidays, attitude and ultimately frustration got the better of the Pirates on Monday night as the Robo Pandas Rick-rolled the scurvy laced Read More …
Just as the sun is setting on another Australian summer and another CMG competition, the sun was also beginning to set on bitter rivals Easts after the Pirates toughed it out to score a thrilling come-from-behind victory. Missing some of their big guns due to injury and suspensions, Easts were always going to be at Read More …
The Duke himself was on-hand to witness the tragedy that was the Pirates versus We Got Game match, taking aim at some of the players before being asked to holster his weapons. No, we’re not talking about John Wayne, nor are we talking about representatives from Duke University. We are in fact referring to none Read More …
While the rest of Canberra was busy celebrating its centenary, the Raptors made the long and arduous trip to Bray Town where the population only served to send the Raptors home with sour memories and two less competition points. It wasn’t a great start for the boys in black as the first few offensive sets Read More …
Wayward passes, little offensive movement and missed opportunities characterised the Pirates battle with the Saints on Monday night ahead of the release of Holy Combat; the latest release in the Halo series made exclusively for the X-Box. Saving the Pirates from a fall from grace and the CMG ladder were Darren “Daz” Jamieson (8 points) Read More …
A seemingly contrite Geoff Kleinbrenner fronted the media after their loss to Ruff ‘N Ready on Monday night, admitting for the first time that members of the Pirates backup squad had embarked on a “team building” exercise on their last road trip to London back in mid 2012. Refusing to name the players involved, as Read More …