Australia are 1-0 up in the Frank Worrell Trophy after a commanding 172-run victory over New Zealand in Wellington – but it was very much the usual suspects doing the bulk of the work. With 10 wickets, Nathan Lyon was front and centre once more to victory, with player of the match Cameron Green’s flawless […]
Reds left devastated as Hurricanes win in golden point to deny Australia another win in Super Rugby
Australia’s hopes of two trans-Tasman wins in Super Round have been denied by a whisker, as the Hurricanes beat the Reds 38-33 in golden point at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon. In a cracking, tit-for-tat clash where the margin was no greater than seven points at any time, Cam Roigard’s second try and some […]
AFL pre-season notebook: Responding to another dog shot, and admiring Mitch Owens
Another pre-season match, another team showing they didn’t work on their goalkicking in the off-season. So it was for St Kilda as they withstood a North Melbourne second half fightback to head into the proper stuff with a 19-point win, made all the tougher by an 11.18 scoreline. But the big talking point was, of […]
Mam accuses Leniu of sledge ‘that’s racial in nature’ as Roosters combine magic with muscle to bring down Broncos
The NRL was able to deliver the best of both worlds in its Las Vegas double-header – a match full of thunderous hits following an end-to-end tryfest. Big hits dominated game two of the Allegiant Stadium carnival of league with the Roosters outmuscling the Broncos 20-10 to record the second boilover of the night after […]
‘Reality check’: Brumbies cop hiding from Chiefs in worst display ever under Larkham
The Brumbies have been given an early season reality check, as Stephen Larkham’s men were thumped by the Chiefs 46-12 at AAMI Park on Sunday. After last week’s convincing win over the Rebels, there were high hopes the Brumbies could follow the lead of the Waratahs by knocking over another New Zealand side. It didn’t […]