SVNS Series: Aussie women finish the season as they started it – winning. The men are still too inconsistent

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The SVNS Series for 2023-24 is done and dusted. All the focus is now on the big prize for 2024, the Olympics. At the Madrid Grand Final the France men and Australia women were crowned the HSBC SVNS 2024 Champions. France beat Argentina 19-5 and Australia defeated France 26-7. Both French teams are looking pretty […]

‘Chat and a laugh’: Arnie shrugs off ultimatum with young star set to debut in WCQ

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Teen sensation Nestory Irankunda will make his hotly-anticipated Socceroos debut in Australia’s World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh. Coach Graham Arnold confirmed 19-year-old Irankunda would play in Thursday night’s match at Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka. Irankunda’s debut should end scrutiny over the Bayern Munich-bound winger’s international future. More Football ‘Chat and a laugh’: Arnie shrugs […]

‘Life beyond cricket’: Cummins signs shock four-year US deal, lured by riches of Silicon Valley unicorns

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Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins has given cricket in the United States a huge boost after signing a shock four-year deal with the San Francisco Unicorns. Cummins became the latest – and biggest – signing for Major League Cricket (MLC), which in its second season has been given official ‘List A’ status. That designation means […]

Super Rugby QF teams: Kiss makes Suli call, Lynagh starts, Cale returns, Frost benched

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Three Australian sides and four from New Zealand join Fijian Drua in the Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinals this weekend. See all the team news as it unfolds. (All times in AEST) Friday Chiefs vs Reds, 5.05pm Tom Lynagh returns to the Reds’ No.10 jersey as one of four changes from the team that scraped home […]

What time will State of Origin Game 1 actually start tonight?

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Game 1 of the 2024 State of Origin series between the Queensland Maroons and NSW Blues is scheduled to kick off at 8:05pm AEST in Sydney tonight. In recent years the actual kick-off has been reasonably close to the scheduled time. However, before that it was a long-running joke about how much the scheduled kick-off […]