The ACT Brumbies will have everything crossed for the perfect recovery of James Slipper’s troublesome calf after beating the Highlanders to book a Super Rugby semifinal against the Blues at Eden Park. The Brumbies’ third choice loosehead Harry Vella was targeted and overwhelmed in the first half but the Brumbies overcame their issues thanks to […]
Sometimes when the chips are down in rugby league, the best way to get back in front is through pure brute force. And while Royce Hunt is not the biggest name in the NRL, he is one of the most powerful forwards when he’s on his game and he had the best of his career […]
The Cowboys were the only club to have six representatives in State of Origin but they played like a team bereft of talent on Saturday night on home turf. If selectors were picking teams based on the 80 minutes displayed against the Warriors, there would be no Cowboys lining up at the MCG on June […]
The Blues scored an unanswered 22 first half points enroute to the Super Rugby semifinals in Saturday, but the Auckland side will likely need to step up their intensity next week. And they might be missing their skipper Patrick Tuipulotu who was forced out of the game early with a knee injury. A week after […]
The Rebels players have been fearing the worst for months and grieving for nine days but it did nothing to lessen the hammer blow of the final siren of their final match in Super Rugby. Distraught players were choking back tears as the realisation sunk in that a quarterfinal loss to the Hurricanes also meant […]
