Super Rugby teams R15: Reds near full strength, Paddy Ryan answers Tah SOS, Force’s Donno blow, Kels on the wing

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We’ve arrived at the final round of the regular season with plenty to play for and 11 of the 12 teams still in finals contention. The Brumbies can finish anywhere from first to third while the Reds and Rebels are also locked in for the finals. The Force need a big slice of luck to […]

World Cup Qualifiers: Arnold hands Irankunda maiden Socceroos call-up

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Graham Arnold is set to break bread with Nestory Irankunda after handing the prodigious teenager his first Socceroos call-up for World Cup qualifiers. Irankunda was named in a 25-man Australia squad on Wednesday alongside a recalled Daniel Arzani and uncapped Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Paul Izzo. Arnold’s squad will undergo a training camp in Thailand this […]

Hazlewood stars as nine-man Aussies pump Namibia in T20 World Cup warm-up… with former greats sub-fielding

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From Queens Park, Port-of-Spain Three consecutive maidens from Josh Hazlewood and a rapid half-century from David Warner have steered Australia to a commanding seven-wicket victory over Namibia in their first T20 World Cup warm-up match in Trinidad – but it was coach Andrew McDonald who stole the show. Sub-fielding for an undermanned Australian IX, with […]

‘I’ll see what comes’: Crichton steps back from Roosters blow up after Fifita fiasco – but won’t rule out code switch

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Angus Crichton says he holds no grudges with the Sydney Roosters over their failed signing of David Fifita, as he continues to weigh up his own future. Crichton created headlines earlier this month when he hit out at the Tricolours, claiming they had kept him in the dark on the Fifita signing. At the time, […]

De Minaur provides hope amid Parisian gloom after sending US teen into tantrum as Thanasi knocks out another Aussie

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Alex de Minaur has helped dispel the gloom in the Australian tennis ranks with a virtuoso drought-busting victory on a long, rainy day at the French Open. Alex Michelsen, a teenage American tyro who had already beaten Australia’s No.1 on a hard court this year, found de Minaur a wholly different prospect on wet clay […]