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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 …
An injury plagued Pirates outfit were ruffed-up even more during their encounter with the 66’ers under the lights at Star Suburbs Casino on Monday night with a series of injuries befalling the squad both before and after tip-off that literally sapped the Pirates power and presence from the court. Forced to watch from the sidelines Read More …
In the season’s most humbling and prestigious game, defending champions Easts met wild card entry, the Pirates who kept pace with their adversary right through to the final quarter when missed opportunities all but sealed their fate. While Pirates fans may have been disappointed with the loss, they could not complain about the halftime show Read More …
The Pirates were completely outclassed Monday night in what was the culminating event for this year’s 2013 Canberra Classic and Australia Day holiday weekend. The game was almost cancelled due to an electronic fault that was likely caused during Saturdays major electrical storm, however after a brief delay of 20 minutes, the match went ahead. Read More …
The failure of an air-conditioning vent inside the Tuggeranong Treasure Dome saw fans and players alike swelter in the 30+°C heat. Ill prepared for the conditions, the Pirates struggled to find any rhythm in the match allowing their opponents to edge out a narrow three-point victory, 29 to 26. The first half was a low Read More …
His holiness, Crocodylus Pontifex, made the statement after witnessing the Pirates Basketball Club defeat the Australian Catholic University’s Saints 36 points to 29 on Monday night in a triumph of evil over good. Built-up as the prelude to the forthcoming Armageddon scheduled for December 21st, the Saints represented the World’s last best chance of preventing Read More …
A bittersweet ending to one of the Pirates most popular imports came on Monday night when the depleted Pirates went down to a new-look Ruff ‘N Ready side 32 points to 24. The Pirates got out of the gate to a good start putting on ten points through the likes of forward, Todd Gregory (12 Read More …
Fortune may have favoured the 66’ers on the court in their clash against the Pirates on Monday night but away from the court, their luck crapped out as a scoresheet irregularity cost them their 40 points to 32 victory over the rough rascals of the sea. It was always going to be a tough ask Read More …
The Robo Pandas were determined to score back-to-back victories against the mighty Pirates on Monday night, turning up the pressure on the rugged beer swilling swine of the sea with an intense man-on-man defence that generated higher turnovers for the Pandas as well as easier baskets for the Pirates. Surprised by the additional attention the Read More …