Rugby Australia has strongly rejected claims that an RA board member treated members of the private consortium aiming to salvage the Melbourne Rebels with “contempt”. Georgia Widdup, spokeswoman for the consortium headed by her father Leigh Clifford, wrote an email to RA chairman Daniel Herbert on Thursday, complaining about the behaviour of director Matt Hanning […]
The Crusaders have kept their slim Super Rugby finals hopes alive but need help from the Melbourne Rebels. The defending champions finished the regular season on a high with a 43-10 bonus point win over a poor Moana Pasifika. The win moved the Crusaders into eighth, three points ahead of Fiji who face the Rebels […]
The incredible rise of England midfielder Jude Bellingham looks likely to continue when Real Madrid head to Wembley for the Champions League final on Sunday (5am AEST) as overwhelming favourites to beat Dortmund and be crowned European Champions for a 15th time. It is a competition the record holders expect to win and that belief […]
Veteran Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper admits his Test days are likely behind him and backs Joe Schmidt to pick Aussie-based players for this year’s Test campaigns. The Japan-based Cooper expects Kiwi Schmidt to overlook foreign-based players – at a time when there are rising calls for the All Blacks to review their strict eligibility laws. […]
Report from Trinidad and Tobago “Most of Australia hate me.” Nearly five years ago, having taken his maiden Test five-wicket haul in the fifth Ashes Test of 2019, Mitchell Marsh’s dry quip in a media conference when asked about his relationship with the country’s cricket-loving public spoke volumes. An all-rounder with immense talent but frustratingly […]
