Stephen Wilcox

Only Cyril can treat the Sherrin like a YOYO!

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@HawthornFC Not one question to the coach in his presser about why is Josh Weddell playing forward.

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@BradKlibansky Could not agree more. His work rate is now elite. The bigger the moment he also thrives and embraces it. He has always been great forward of centre but working deep back aswell. Well said Brad

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@DaveTindallgolf Well said Dave.

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@AndyMaherDFA Added definitely, very hard to better

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@Groucho_25 @JGTO_official Nice timing pal, feel better about yourself?

[DartsAnonymous @anonymous_darts]

Don’t think I’ve ever seen 121 hit like that. Wrap up the sport, Luke Littler has completed it 😂

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

Marriage summed up…

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@jbarrett_16 @LampyDFS @MoreirasMagic @rwhelan09 @aflratingsPete @WarnieDT @coachespanel @podpodAFL Not to mention how many “single entries” happen to get lucky and have the perfect combination to win first prize. Seems people get lucky often…….

[Conor Moore @ConorSketches]

Open championship preview! ⛳️ @TravisMathew_EU

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@acaseofthegolf1 Great read as usual mate. The insights to the grind are eye opening

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@Quartermain10 @freodockers Ahhh Ross Lyon is coaching and should be charged with bringing the game in to disrepute!!

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@AlboMP First hot night in Victoria last night and we lost power!!!! Give it a spell mate. You don’t pass the pub test.

[Joey Mate™️ 🇦🇺 🇳🇱 @Joey1800callme]

I read this years ago….bloody funny though…..😂😂😂

“HOT ENOUGH FOR YA.. 🥵

A Diary extract of an Australian Southerner moving to Northern Queensland.. 🇦🇺

August 31st

Just got transferred with work into our new home in Queensland!!

Now this is a place that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

September 13th:

Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.

September 30th:

Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

October 10th

The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though, but getting used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I expected.

October 15th:

Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a daft thing to do. I learnt my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

October 20th:

I didn't see Kitty our cat, sneaking into the car before I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car at lunchtime, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stank out $3,000 worth of leather upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and cat shit. I learnt my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.

October 25th:

The wind gives me the shits. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's as hot as hell. The air conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman charged $250 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.

October 30th:

Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $1,700,000 house and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?

November 4th:

It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $2,500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody humidity makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this bloody place.

November 8th:

If another smartarse says, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to throttle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!

November 9th :

Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.

November 10th:

The weather report might as well be a bloody recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next, so my $4,000 worth of palms will dry up and blow into the bloody pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.

November 14th:

Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the air conditioner in my car has gone. The repairman came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $5,000 house payment to bail my arse out of jail for assaulting the repairman. Bloody Queensland. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?

December 1st:

WTF… This is the first day of summer???

You are @#?*@! Kidding me!”

…😎

[Rosita Díaz @RositaDaz48]

I was at my bank today; there was a short line. There was just one lady in front of me, an Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars. It was obvious she was a little irritated she asked the teller, "Why it change? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla fo yen.
Today I only get hunat eighty? Why it change?"
The teller shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fluctuations."
The Asian lady says, "Fluc you Ausralan people too." 😂😂

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@MCruicky I will raise you Nana’s Wish just now

[Brad Klibansky @BradKlibansky]

Moment’s!! #Dew

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@AndrewKirbyGolf Cam Smith plays NSW Open at Murray Downs, exposes Jason Day who has never supported golf in Australia.

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@ANZ_AU 70 minutes on hold. Unacceptable. Profit margin is going well though…….Another industry completely broken in this country

[Stephen Wilcox @Sleepyhawk23]

@Pam_Ewing_ Greatest fight ever?