South Africa have cemented their place in the World Cup group stage top three with a resounding win over Bangladesh, built around an incendiary 174 from 140 balls by Quinton de Kock. The opener smashed his third century of the tournament, the highest individual score in this year’s tournament so far, to propel his team […]
‘Evolution for the game’: McLennan hails Nations Cup, World Cup expansion as ‘massive win’ for Australia
PARIS – Hamish McLennan has declared World Rugby’s ability to usher through a global calendar and confirm the Nations Championship from 2026 a “great breakthrough”. The Rugby Australia chairman also said the decision to expand the World Cup and delay the tournament’s start date by a fortnight as a “massive win” for the game Down […]
‘Wild honesty and deep anger’ vs the ‘good company man’: Coaching box culture clash at heart of World Cup final
Imagine a man who had grown up in Despatch with Rassie Erasmus but had spent the last five years in a medically induced coma, seeing South Africa’s director of rugby at Charles de Gaulle airport at the passport line next week, having a minute before heading to different gates and asking: “Howzit, Rassie! What you […]
After stinking up the Big Blue, is it the beginning of the end for Sydney FC and Steve Corica?
The mediocre performance dished up by the once great Sydney FC in the opening round of the A-League Men’s competition last Saturday night has Sky Blue fans frustrated and concerned recent past is set to be replicated in 2023/24. There does appear to be something fundamentally wrong in the harbour city, with years of dominance […]
Cricket World Cup Power Rankings: England are rubbish and so are Pakistan – but here come the Aussies
We enter week 75 of the Cricket World Cup – lol, jk, but also seriously – and everything is not what it seems. England are rubbish, Afghanistan are great. It’s cricketing bizarro world. Well, except for Pakistan, who remain resolutely committed to their bit at international tournaments. Australia’s useless bunch of flogs are winning matches. […]