Rugby Australian boss Phil Waugh is adamant speeding up the game and having the ball in play longer is paramount to winning back disillusioned fans. Waugh is in Auckland for a Super Rugby Pacific interim board meeting with his New Zealand Rugby Union counterpart Mark Robinson, which many might also describe as crisis talks for […]
Patrick Cripps has backed Jack Silvagni to play an important role in Carlton’s AFL flag bid next year while talking down the significance of external expectations on the team. The Blues, who last won a flag in 1995, are well placed in the hunt for silverware next season after falling narrowly short of a grand […]
He might not dare ask about their role in Eddie Jones’ resignation, but Phil Waugh insists Rugby Australia has a “good relationship” with the Japan Rugby Football Union and says the two nations will meet over the next 24 months in what shapes as a mouthwatering match with plenty of spice. Six weeks after resigning […]
Suspended Dragons NRL player Junior Amone has been spared jail as his father was taken into custody over an “appalling” altercation outside the family home. The 21-year-old was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intimidation and damaging property, while his father, Talatau Amone, 47, faced the same charges and an extra count of entering […]
Daisy Pearce has been named to replace Michael Prior as the West Coast Eagles’ AFLW coach – a move heralded as a “momentous milestone” by the club. Pearce will leave her role as development and then assistant coach with Geelong in the AFL. In a club statement onn their website, the Eagles described it as […]
