Five years ago, Daniel Herbert called on Australian rugby to look beyond the “individual” of blaming a head coach and encouraged the game’s administrators to look at fixing the “systemic” issues within the “system” holding back the code. Now, having been catapulted into the role as Rugby Australia chairman after a dramatic weekend that saw […]

New Rugby Australia chairman Daniel Herbert has signalled a shift away from NRL recruitment but suggests there are no moves underway to get out from under the financial weight of Joseph Suaalii’s massive deal. The Roosters youngster is heading to Rugby on a $1.6m deal – around half of which is to come from donations […]

Hamish McLennan refused to stay on the Rugby Australia board to help progress the game “on principle” after bring forced out of his position as chairman. After a dramatic two days of meetings McLennan lost his position and has been replaced by former Wallaby Daniel Herbert as interim chair. He was asked to remain on […]

India coach Rahul Dravid has described captain Rohit Sharma as an exceptional leader despite the team’s six-wicket defeat by Australia in the World Cup final that ended their 10-match winning streak in the tournament. Batting more aggressively than ever before, Rohit played a crucial role during the World Cup by giving his team explosive starts […]

Travis Head has been left incredulous at his latest extraordinary big match tour de force, declaring that “not in a million years” would he have imagined becoming Australia’s World Cup match-winner.    In September, a fractured left hand suffered in South Africa looked set to rule Head out of the tournament in India but, backed by […]