Believe it or not, the Crusaders can still make Super Rugby’s finals series. Granted, they will need some help from the Highlanders and Rebels, and must beat the Blues next weekend – highly unlikely on current form – but crazier things have happened. They will also need to avoid deliberately slapping the ball over the […]
‘Winning machine’: City make history thanks to Pep and ‘unbelievable’ Foden – but questions remain over charges
Manchester City won an unprecedented fourth straight English league title on Monday (AEST) edging Arsenal by two points as both won on the final day of the Premier League season. Pep Guardiola’s City played the entire season under the spectre of 115 Premier League charges for financial irregularity and while celebrated in Manchester their historic […]
NRL Power Rankings: Magic Round – Eels slip into abyss, Raiders deserve respect, Cowboys finally win but sink lower
Parramatta lived up to the Indigenous meaning for the name of their city as “the place where the Eels lie down” when they did just that at Magic Round. Their 48-16 flogging at the hands of Melbourne was a repeat of their second-half capitulation they dished up in Darwin a month ago. Brad Arthur’s hopes […]
Six Points: Hawks’ horror wasn’t all Sam Mitchell’s fault, and why THAT Rankine decision was 100 per cent spot on
Round 10 is done and dusted – and what a corker it was! We had two utter nail-biters – Port Adelaide’s great escape against Hawthorn, and Collingwood pipping Adelaide at the MCG – and highlights galore from the other matches on offer, especially out west, where Harley Reid, Jake Waterman and co. took down Melbourne […]
11-man Tigers shoot themselves in the foot again as Olam and Naden binned to help misfiring Phins to win
Just when you think the Wests Tigers have done everything to sabotage themselves, they find another way to lose. This 24-12 defeat to the Dolphins saw Wests lose two men to the sin bin, one either side of half time, essentially ending the contest at a time when the Tigers looked like they might be […]