Set up to fail: The gaping hole in Aussie Super Rugby coaching CVs – with one clear exception

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The pressure on Darren Coleman over the last few months was both foreseeable and unsurprising. Much has been written about Coleman not having enough time, about Australian Rugby not learning. Only half is on the mark. The truth is that Coleman is set up to fail in a role where learning on the job doesn’t […]

NRL consistently inconsistent when it comes to punishments for head-high contact

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Over the past couple of years, the NRL has introduced so many new rules that I am genuinely struggling to keep track.But there’s no point in introducing new rules if they are not enforced or worse, if the only consistency we can count on is inconsistency. One area where we are increasingly seeing inconsistency is […]

The Crows have shown faith – now Matthew Nicks must repay them with bolder, braver coaching

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Matthew Nicks simply must move away from conservative selections and be more adventurous with his tactics to truly repay the faith shown in him with Adelaide’s two-year contract extension. Coming out of 2023, the Crows were almost the consensus dark horse of the league. They’d missed finals in controversial circumstances and had shown a powerful […]

Don’t tell me Formula 1 is boring… Yes, we’ve seen Hamilton dominate, but ths time it is simply Verstappen greatness

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Through Lewis Hamilton’s dominate period in Formula 1 with Mercedes, where he won six world titles in seven seasons, many struggled with the predictable domination week to week and questioned the benefit of it to the sport as a whole. A similar feeling is immersing Formula 1 as we speak, with Max Verstappen on a […]

Kohli still the big fish but Gill breathes new life into an Indian team which could sink Australia next summer

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When Shubman Gill made his Test debut against Australia at the MCG, a select few outside of India had known about the then 21-year-old sensation from Punjab. Opening the batting, Gill impressed in his debut Test series, scoring 258 runs in six innings, including a then career best of 91 at the Gabba in India’s […]