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Raiders consider private plane for Warriors clash

Subscriber only: The Raiders are considering a chartered fly-in, fly-out trip to the Gold Coast to avoid being stuck away from home.

Alaalatoa out for six, Pulu's season in doubt

Subscriber only: The ACT Brumbies have suffered a double-injury blow as Super Rugby prepares to go into lockdown

ACT sports postponed to protect weekend warriors

Canberra club rugby, basketball and AFL competitions have been shut down until May as amateur comps brace for the spread of coronavirus.

AFL cuts 2020 comp to 17 rounds, with start TBC

The AFL has cut its season from 23 rounds to 17 but doubt remains over Thursday night's opening game kicking off as planned.

Times Past

Ah, the 1980s, when a highlight of a public food and wine event was a competition for drinking (presumably as fast as possible) from a wine bag. On this day in 1986, Colin Lancaster, of Melba, achieved some Canberra immortality when he was pictured on page one winning the San Bernadino Wines bota (wine skin) drinking competition as part of the famous Food and Wine Frolic. Debbie Cameron's evocative story about the day deserves a substantial re-airing. "By the end of the day the lawn had been scalped. The baldness was exaggerated by an uncomfortable toupee of broken plastic cups and forks." READ MORE