Rassie Erasmus will coach champions South Africa to the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with former Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery added to the technical team as defence coach and ex-New Zealand playmaker Tony Brown signed to sharpen the attack. Erasmus returns as head coach after four years, a role he held when they lifted the World […]
Australia’s one-sided ODI series sweep against the West Indies may have unleashed the country’s pace bowler of the future with Xavier Bartlett bolting into the Test selection frame. Bartlett, 25, picked up man-of-the-series honours in his debut for the nation, finishing with the staggering figures of 8-38 across his two outings in the 3-0 whitewash. […]
The AFL insists it can improve the on-field product and make the game safer at the same time after rubber-stamping rules around smothers. The league has ticked off on a raft of changes for the upcoming season following a meeting of the AFL Commission on Monday, held at Collingwood’s AIA Centre. The lead item was […]
In a huge endorsement for new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt, World Cup-winning All Blacks hooker Dane Coles says New Zealand would not have made last year’s final if it wasn’t for the late arrival of his compatriot. “If he wasn’t there, I don’t reckon we would have got into a final without him,” Coles said. […]
It’s been a long time between drinks in the Premier League. Not for them, of course, as they have played a thousand games of football (each more climatic than the last), but for us, the Australian Premier League watching community. See there’s been the Socceroos, of course, but a whole lot of FA Cup, which […]
