Friday’s announcement that Australia had been awarded hosting rights for the 2020 Rugby Championships was a welcome shot of good news for a sport that has...
I remember interviews with Brad Thorn in his early coaching career with Queensland, where it struck me that he referred to his players as “men”. It...
Recent form says there’s only one possible winner. On the one hand we have the Queensland Reds, who’ve just knocked off the minor premiers in a...
Dave Rennie will be able to pick two overseas-based players with fewer than 60 Test caps for his Wallabies teams this year after Rugby Australia announced...
Two teams sit in the last chance saloon as Round 18 of the NRL rolls around, and it’s going to be an intriguing week ahead with...
Can you believe it? There’s just two weeks to go. Just 18 more home-and-away matches separate the present day from finals football. Scores of seven for...
Alastair Clarkson has made a habit in 2020 of generating headlines with his post-match comments when the Hawks lose, and given they’ve been doing a fair...
Five teams became three after ten weeks of what has been a high-quality Super Rugby AU campaign. The final round had been set up as a...
In May last year, World Rugby updated their high tackle decision-making framework for match officials and players to operate within. Initially it slid under the radar,...
As Brad Thorn would put it about his former teams the Crusaders and the Broncos as well as rugby league in general, I am “quite fond”...