Irankunda’s brilliance, Sydney suffocate Mariners, ‘blackout’ prevented as NEP save the day

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Let’s recap yet another tumultuous week in Australian football that, thankfully, also gave us some enjoyment. Here are your A-League talking points. Irankunda puts on a show to keep Reds alive Whichever club you support, it would have been difficult to watch teenage sensation Nestory Irankunda’s brilliant hat-trick on Friday night without cracking a smile. […]

Hail Sezer! Veteran slots field goal to deliver fairytale Tigers win as Galvin announces himself NRL’s hottest talent

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Aiden Sezer has delivered a famous Easter Monday victory to the Wests Tigers with a last-minute field goal to upset Parramatta 17-16 on an afternoon in which Lachlan Galvin announced himself as one of the hottes young talents in the NRL. It was a tale of young and old as the veteran halfback slotted a […]

AFL drama as Hawks-Cats Easter Monday clash suspended at three-quarter time due to lightning

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The final quarter of Geelong and Hawthorn’s Easter Monday clash was about to begin when drama unfolded. With the Melbourne weather having threatened to impact proceedings throughout the afternoon, the heavens opened during the third term as a downpour turned the match into a scrap, before the arrival of lightning forced the game to be […]

Five things we learnt: Why Cheika could be the man to resurrect Tahs, Thor is the new Quade, value of sevens

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The anguish on Darren Coleman’s face said it all. His time as Waratahs coach is coming to an end. Had the Waratahs got up against the Rebels, it could have been different. But five defeats from their opening six matches, which comes off a similarly poor start to 2023, is something unacceptable for Australia’s biggest […]

‘Just nasty’, ‘needs to be outlawed’: The NRL blight Quade Cooper says rugby must ban in wake of horror blow

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Stephen Larkham has questioned whether rugby should join world sport’s crackdown on hip-drop tackles after Lachlan Lonergan’s “nasty” ankle injury likely ruled the Test hooker out for the season. The ACT Brumbies No.2 was stretchered from Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night with a fractured and dislocated ankle after he was felled by Queensland Reds halfback […]