How do you drag the Wallabies from the gutter to the Lions in 2025? You harvest the pick of the NRL crop

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So South Africa has become the undisputed world champion, winning the Rugby World Cup for the fourth time. Pretty impressive since they were not welcome to attend the 1987 and 1991 events. Still, that situation has now resulted in a Springboks team that is truly representative of a diverse culture that is the rainbow nation. […]

Is the ‘West Test’ going to fill seats in Perth this summer, or will Western Australians keep ignoring red ball cricket?

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The opening test of the summer should be five action-pack days of test cricket on a bouncy deck at Perth Stadium. Instead, we are reduced to gimmicks and the possibility of another low crowd watching Australia and Pakistan in the searing cake tin. ABC cricket broadcaster Jim Maxwell criticised the attempt to convert a football […]

Possession Rugby is on life support – and the stats from the World Cup prove it beyond doubt

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“I’m not a fan of changing the rules because one team is dominating,” commented one Roarer last week. It is a disappointing interpretation of the articles I have written over the past weeks opposing the Rugby played by Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks and Steve Borthwick’s England. It also misunderstands the recent comments made by identities such […]

Gold Coast’s bright horizon: The three Academy prospects who can be the stars of Hardwick’s Suns

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The Gold Coast Suns are poised to emerge from the 2023 AFL National Draft with a trio of first round selections, all of whom are expected to make a significant impact on the first team thanks to the team’s investment in Academy prospects. Jed Walter, Ethan Read, and Jake Rogers are names that every AFL […]

Shock home loss leaves Melbourne City’s Asian Champions League campaign in peril

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Melbourne City have slipped from the top of their Asian Champions League group after falling to a 1-0 home defeat against Thai side Buriram United. Undefeated in their group heading into Wednesday’s contest at AAMI Park, success would have guaranteed City at least a three-point buffer atop group H with two games to go before […]