PSG have gone a long way to exorcising the ghosts of 2017 by turning around a first leg deficit to dump Barcelona out of the Champions League, with Kylian Mbappe icing a penalty to see the French champions through after Ronald Araujo’s early red card. Six years on from the famous remontada, where PSG conceded […]
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie’s ‘Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys’ table
Rugby in Australia is often not well represented by Rugby Australia. To be Australian in Australia is often to raise one state over country. Vast distance drives cultural distinction. As Chook the Sydneysider told me lately, even drugs are not nationally Australian: Victoria enjoys heroin, Western Australia has the meth, wild Tasmania prefers ecstasy whilst […]
Enough of realistic expectations, let’s get excited about future Wallabies
If there’s one thing Australian rugby is good at – and at time of writing, one thing might be all we can hope for – it’s generating Next Big Things. No sooner has an up-and-comer put in an eye-catching performance than he is immediately talked up as a potential Wallaby and in all likelihood the […]
Does the A-League have the clout to make a UK-bound event round work in season 2024/25?
The success of Magic Round in the NRL, Gather Round in the AFL and the glorious trip rugby league took to Las Vegas to kick off the 2024 season have proven one thing, events rounds are the go and the A-League Men need to be next on the bandwagon, or risk irrelevance. The most logical […]
Luke Beveridge is on borrowed time – he’s an inconsistent coach who gets inconsistent results
Western Bulldogs fans are beyond fed up with Luke Beveridge. Most are angry to the point of being irate. In many ways, Beveridge is this era’s Kevin Sheedy, except a poor man’s version of him. Both like speaking in riddles – Sheedy had his Martians and marshmallows, while Beveridge spouts indecipherable nonsense. Erratic coaching moves […]