The gap between the New Zealand and Australian Super sides has shrunk if only a little in 2024, but the increased jeopardy in this year’s Super Rugby Pacific has made for a much more entertaining competition. The ACT Brumbies, Queensland Reds and for the first time the Melbourne Rebels, are all finals bound with a […]

Even outgoing NSW Waratahs coach Darren Coleman, punted for missing the finals for the first time in his three-year tenure, reckons the Melbourne Rebels have been harshly treated. A week before making their maiden finals appearance, the cash-strapped Rebels were told on Thursday they’d been cut from the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific competition. Coleman only […]

The Sydney Roosters are eyeing off young Knights fullback David Armstrong as a potential long-term successor to James Tedesco. With their skipper contracted until the end of next year and potentially entering the final phase of his career, they are casting their net for a replacement and Amstrong has excelled for Newcastle since being given […]

Collingwood coach Craig McRae’s former boss Damien Hardwick, then in charge of Richmond, famously declared he hated his side being forced to play home games three kilometres away from the MCG. Hardwick implied the Tigers’ legion of fans didn’t turn up to Marvel Stadium because the AFL-owned venue lacked “soul” when compared to their regular […]

Alex de Minaur has made light of more Paris rain trying to dampen his French Open assault, powering past old Spanish clay-court pal Jaume Munar to reach the French Open third round for the first time in eight attempts. The Australian No.1 was a set up and dominating on Thursday when he was halted in […]