And so it came to pass: with the weekend’s loss to the Western Force, the Waratahs’ season is finally and definitively dead, as opposed to just being comatose as it has been for most of the year. In some ways the removal of even the slightest theoretical possibility of the Tahs making the finals comes […]
The recent woes of North Melbourne have been well documented, but the stretch of not being a legitimate flag contender goes back over 20 years. Only once since the year 2000 have the Kangaroos finished in the top four at the end of the home and away rounds – agreed by all as the starting […]
In many ways, sacking the coach is the easy bit. Sure, you have to go and break the bad news to someone you’ve worked with for a long time – over a decade in the case of Brad Arthur – that you’ve had enough of them, but in truth, the chances are they know its […]
If you have listened, read or watched any NRL-related media in the last forty years, you have no doubt encountered some of the endless prattling on about ‘Queensland Spirit’. How it is stronger, wider spread and just generally better than anything the poorly Blues could hope to match. As a New South Welshman, it can […]
Nicho Hynes would have been the best option to partner Nathan Cleary as NSW halfback but the Sharks star is needed elsewhere, namely in the No.7 jersey. With Mitchell Moses’ comeback from a foot injury again delayed, Hynes is now the last half standing in the race for the Blues’ chief playmaker role in Origin […]
