Fremantle star Andrew Brayshaw says he and his fellow Dockers are keen to ‘toe the line’ with former teammate Lachie Schultz, when the Collingwood forward arrives at Optus Stadium for his first match in Perth since leaving the club. Schultz’s abrupt trade request after the 2023 season for family reasons, despite still being under contract […]
‘I was a rugby union boy’: Happy homecoming for Dolphins star who dreamed of being an All Black
When highly skilled Dolphins forward Connelly Lemuelu was in the Auckland Blues system as a No.10, he wanted to emulate his heroes Doug Howlett and Joe Rokocoko and become an All Black. Now, after following in the footsteps of Benji Marshall and shining at rugby league powerhouse Keebra Park High, the 25-year-old is ready to […]
‘Riding the wave’: Tim Ryan reacts to rapid rise, rugby league and Wallabies links, Reds re-sign World Cup rep
Try-scoring machine Tim Ryan is momentarily putting his Wallabies dreams to the side so he can focus on helping the Queensland Reds have a deep finals run – as well as making sure he has the right boots. Ryan announced himself as a future star when he scored three tries on his starting debut in […]
‘Moved to tears’: Massive inconvenience to players, but die-hard fans embrace Premier League circus
Try telling the thousands of die-hard Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur fans who flocked to Melbourne on Wednesday evening that this was a meaningless friendly. Au contraire, the opening Global Football Week fixture between these EPL heavyweights was an opportunity for fans from around the region to come together and enjoy a match day experience […]
World club rugby power rankings: How Super Rugby’s best teams compare with the northern giants
Rugby is a parochial labyrinth of byzantine offices, leagues, unions, competitions, and calendars. And that’s just the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Diffusion of power is not all bad. As an earlier column described, there is a danger of both French leagues being richer than all others combined, if in fact we ever had the transparency […]