This piece is by Melbourne Rebels board member Lyndsey Cattermole* in response to an article that appeared on The Roar last week about the machinations around the culling of the Western Force from Super Rugby in 2017. Last week I read a story on The Roar by Mark Drummond entitled ‘He screwed our state’: The […]
Members of the Australian media in the US feared for their lives after two separate incidents, including a late-night knife encounter at Las Angeles. There are hundreds of Australians in the States with four NRL teams, officials and media crews to cover the preparations for this weekend’s historic double-header in Las Vegas. A TV news […]
The Atlanta Hawks have announced that they’re waiving their popular veteran Australian point guard Patty Mills. The 35-year-old from Canberra, who’s had an 879-game career in the NBA, had not been getting much playing time with the Hawks, averaging 2.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 10.6 minutes in 19 games off the bench this season. He […]
We’re off to Melbourne this week for Super Round and, like the teams involved, some tipsters are looking to shore up their week one advantage while others are quickly trying to make up for lost ground. There are some interesting match ups with the best game coming on Sunday afternoon when the Brumbies go head-to-head […]
They will be rivals this weekend at Super Round, but Rob Penney says he feels “sorry” for his coaching counterpart Darren Coleman. Penney, who was sacked by the NSW Rugby Union board early in his second season in charge in 2021, also believes his former employers have failed to come to terms with the task […]
