A private equity-backed consortium led by former Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford says it is in the ‘final stages of high-level talks’ to move the Melbourne Rebels to Melbourne’s Western Suburbs and join forces with the A-League’s Western United. The consortium says it aims to raise between $20 million and $30m to save the beleaguered club. […]
The penultimate round of Super Rugby Women’s regular season kicks off with a do-or-die clash between the Rebels and Reds to keep their season alive, before the Brumbies play Fiji and the Force welcome the Tahs to Perth, with the respective winners all but locking down a finals berth. See all the team news below. […]
There are only four games to kick off week seven in Super Rugby Pacific as the byes kick in. They’re highlighted for Australian fans for the clash between the third-placed Brumbies and 10th-placed Waratahs on Saturday night in Canberra. The top two teams – the Hurricanes (27) and Blues – have the weekend off so […]
The AFL has handed a grenade to Tasmania. Asking the state to build a roofed stadium with a 23,000 capacity at a cost of $750 million has set them up to fail. The AFL has never wanted a Tasmanian team. They are only concerned about one thing and that is bottom line and profit. The […]
I am a rugby fan hanging on by a thread to a game I have followed for over 50 years. It brought immense joy, frustration and disappointment in that time, but none more so than the current rugby climate. I am not alone, with many long-term fans expressing disappointment in today’s game. The latest being […]
