Newcastle prop Jacob Saifiti has been charged with striking after he was given an early shower in Friday night’s 32-2 loss to Canterbury for making contact with his head on Bulldogs hooker Reed Mahoney. While it wasn’t a headbutt, Saifiti forcefully put his head onto Mahoney after the noted agitator got under his skin in […]
Bittersweet flavour in Madrid as Aussie women rise to the occasion but men fall flat on their face at Sevens GF
Australia experienced up and down fortunes at the opening day of the World Rugby Sevens Grand Final in Madrid with the women’s side scoring a comprehensive win but the men going down to France in an error-riddled performance. The men were never in the contest against the French on the way to a 38-5 flogging. […]
Ashes hopeful cops feather-touch ban for betting: ‘No excuse, I take full responsibility for my actions’
England and Durham fast bowler Brydon Carse has been banned from all cricket for three months for betting violations. The 28-year-old, who was called into the World Cup squad six months ago, was given a 16-month sanction, but 13 months of the ban was suspended, following an anti-corruption investigation by the Cricket Regulator. Carse, who […]
As a coach Darren Coleman got the wooden spoon, as a bloke he’s a bloody legend
In real life you’d take a good bloke with no luck over a s–t bloke who’s a jammy bastard every time. But coaching pro sports teams isn’t real life. Super Rugby lost, at least for now, one of its very best blokes when Darren Coleman bowed out as a wooden-spoon coach in another one-point loss […]
Yeo bro, what’s up with Blues locking key player away on the bench – and why it might just work
Cameron McInnes is as honest as the day is long, a tackling machine who will work himself to a standstill on Wednesday night at Accor Stadium. Isaah Yeo is a much different kind of lock – the passing skills of a half with the size of a prop, he is the benchmark for the ball-playing […]