Like many rugby tragics, I have been waiting in anticipation for the selection of the Wallabies squad. So far Joe Schmidt has been clear that he wants to select a team that comes primarily from local Super Rugby Pacific players and that he puts a high value on consistency of performance. With those two things […]
With 114 out of 207 home and away games now ticked off, we find ourselves in a new phase of the season. The hopeful, the patient, the philosophical – those cheerful characters once so prevalent – have all but disappeared. In their place, seemingly at every turn, we are now met by the irate, the […]
The Rebels are dead! Long live the Rebels! The proverbial bell has tolled, the curtain has come down; and the Melbourne Rebels, Rugby Australia’s most recent franchise is no more. Despite the talk of rallying against the dying of the light and having nothing to lose, unfortunately, the Hurricanes didn’t read the Australian script and […]
Socceroos forward Kusini Yengi scored two goals before Nestory Irankunda added the icing on the cake as Australia posted a 5-0 World Cup qualifier victory over Palestine in Perth. Yengi opened the scoring in Tuesday night’s clash via a fifth-minute penalty, and he made it 3-0 in the 41st when he produced some fancy footwork […]
The A-League world shared a collective sigh of relief with the news on Tuesday that the Newcastle Jets had finally been bought and are now also certain to compete in the 2024/25 A-League competition. Maverick Sports Partners has invested in the club, effectively taking the reins from a group of rival A-League clubs that had […]
