Really, what is the point of Super Rugby in its current form? The Aussies can’t win it and the Kiwis don’t care. The only discernible reason floated by those who think Australia should persist with this relentlessly miserable experience is that without it our national team would be a whole lot worse. A while lot […]

For the third straight season, the Brumbies’ Super Rugby campaign has come to a miserable end in the semi-finals across the ditch. Two years after being edged 20-19 at Eden Park, the Blues did it again at the same venue by winning 34-20. The defeat came off the back of conceding four tries inside 20 […]

Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic has been out of the NRL with a hamstring strain since round 10, but the flyer could return in a different jersey over the coming weeks. Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold didn’t rule out a switch for Turbo, who could return in the centres. “We’ve had a number of conversations about […]

Over the next couple of years, we can expect to see the changing of the guard in the NSW state of origin team. Maybe sooner rather than later if the Blues don’t start to improve on their recent record, which sees the Maroons not only winning 14 of the last 20 series played, but also […]

Jason Ryles’ last-minute appointment to Eddie Jones’ World Cup coaching team might go down as a trivia question in time. But without the former league hardman answering an SOS in the hours leading up to the Wallabies’ trip to France last year after Brad Davis quit, Carter Gordon might never have given the NRL a […]