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Daniel Geale
Deadly Vibe Issue 64 June 2002 DANIEL GEALE: HEAD DOWN, FISTS UP Training up to 30 hours a week, 21-year-old Australian and Oceania welterweight champion Daniel Geale is as ready as you like for the Games. Halfway through a one-year scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the quietly spoken orthodox boxer is […]
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Aarron and Keiran Brown
Deadly Vibe Issue 60 Feburay 2002 Ice Warriors Ice hockey is one of the fastest sports in the world, and without a doubt one of the most dangerous, too. Hugely popular in countries with cold climates like Canada and America, ice hockey is slowly building a profile right here in Australia. Aaron and Kieran Brown […]
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Beau and Kyle Anderson
Deadly Vibe Issue 60 Febuary 2002 Hailing from the Perth suburb of Maddington, Beau and Kyle Anderson are two young Aboriginal boys making their mark in the very precise world of darts. Younger brother Kyle, 14, first got interested in the game after watching his father compete at the Maddington Tavern. He started playing at […]
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Robbie Peden
Deadly Vibe Issue 102 August 2005 King Hitter He made it to the top despite the odds ” Deadly Vibe salutes two of our greatest Aboriginal boxing champion. Our most recent Indigenous world title-holder has come into the ring with the same kind of passion and heart that typified Lionel’s own fighting spirit. Queenslander Robbie […]
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Lyall Appo
Riding High Deadly Vibe Issue 117, November 2006 In a sport that has seen very few black faces in the elite level, jockey Lyall Appo can hold his head high as a true pioneer for Indigenous racing. Lyall Appo may have never won the Melbourne Cup or the Doncaster Handicap, but in Queensland racing the […]
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Justin Hodges
JUSTIN HODGES – SYDNEY ROOSTERS (EX-BRISBANE BRONCOS) 2002 Justin made headlines last year when he was unceremoniously dumped from the Broncos mid-season by coach Wayne Bennett after announcing he had signed a three-year contract with the Roosters. Despite the huge media scrum and shows of solidarity from team-mates, Bennett remained steadfast and Justin was packed […]
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Owen Craigie
With the Rabbitohs’ triumphant reinstatement into the NRL, 2002 is gearing up to be one of the greatest seasons ever. Souths had a lengthy two-year break from NRL following their refusal to merge with another team in the ARL/Super League fallout. Now the two-year court battle is over and “the people’s team” are officially back […]
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Jade North
Deadly Vibe Issue 92 October 2004 Jade North, men’s soccer Jade North, a 22-year-old defender from Sunnybank in Queensland, was selected in the Australian Joeys team for the 1999 Under-17 World Cup played in New Zealand while he was on an Australian Institute of Sport Soccer scholarship. At the tournament, Australia lost 2-1 to soccer […]
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Matt Sing
MATT SING – NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (EX-SYDNEY ROOSTERS) 2002 With loads of experience under his belt, Matt has figured prominently in the toughest rugby league competition in the world, State of Origin. He is a true speedster with a great swerve and a good fend, and he can make any defensive line look very ordinary […]
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Paul Vandenbergh
Paul Vandenbergh – No Loose Cannon At just 25 years of age, Canberra Cannons star Paul Vandenbergh is already making his mark in the NBL, Australia’s leading basketball competition. Earlier on in the season Paul was scraping to make it into the squad, but with dedication and a few extra training sessions he finally got […]
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William Gordon
Willie Gordon was one of the brightest schoolboy stars on the Australian rugby scene in 1997. Completing his senior schooling at St Ignatius College, Riverview, where he was awarded a scholarship for athletics, Willie switched to rugby union and has since gone on to represent his state and country. He was a member of the […]
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Aaron Barba
Deadly Vibe Issue 71 January 2003 Mackay’s own Aaron Barba has hit the jackpot and signed a contract to play for last year’s premiership winners Sydney Roosters this season. The seed was sewn in 2001 when the young winger/fullback was gunning for Norths Devils in the local grand final. Ian Graham, a player from the […]
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Nathan Blacklock
Deadly Vibe Issue 94 December 2004 Always a Tingha boy After nine spectacular seasons in the NRL, Nathan Blacklock is about to take his try-scoring feats overseas as he prepares to line up with Hull in the English Super League. But before Nathan heads to the United Kingdom, he will first spend a month back […]
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Kevin Kelly
With 38 professional fights to his name, not to mention Commonwealth and Pan Asian Boxing Association titles, champion boxer Kevin Kelly has surely created a spot for himself among the pantheon of Australian greats. Always a fit young fulla, Kevin remains the youngest person on record to have completed Sydney’s City to Surf fun run […]
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Chris Collard
Fight veteran Chris Collard has come full circle. Starting out as a boxer in 1993, he went on to win Australian and world kickboxing titles, before switching to Muay Thai and competing in Thailand’s prestigious King’s Cup. Having now returned to traditional boxing for a while, the Melbourne-based 27 year old is preparing for a […]
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Bradley Hardman
The Hard Way You can’t keep a good man down ” just look at Brad Hardman, a young golfer who has overcome tremendous hardship to chase his dream of becoming the world’s best, one shot at a time. Brad Hardman was always a natural sportsman. He was an avid rugby league player and also took […]
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