It’s not just the 2024 campaign that has raised serious questions about the Waratahs, but their 2023 Super Rugby season too. Having limped into last year’s finals series after being shocked at home by Moana Pasifika, the Waratahs’ 2024 season has been nothing short of a disaster. Two wins from 11 matches tell a story, […]
It’s that time of year when everything in rugby league circles becomes either blue or maroon for the State of Origin series. Once a popular concept in the 1980s and 1990s, the AFL version also used to be a classic, that sadly finished up 25 years ago. Serious attempts to revive it in a popular […]
There were many disgusted by the overall spectacle at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon when the Phoenix and Victory played out a cagey 0-0 semi-final draw. Sure, the football was different to what we often see in a seven-goal epic at Cooper’s Stadium on a wild Friday night or a high-scoring derby for the ages, […]
If you’re Adam O’Brien, you’re probably not used to being spoiled for choice. The Knights coach has often had a pretty obvious first choice line-up to pick from, and until this year, it was a case of getting the guys you had to perform above themselves rather than working out who to pick. This year, […]
Rugby league needs a rethink on the time-honoured notion of players “soldiering on in the field of battle” while injured. It’s a philosophy which has permeated the sport’s folklore since it began. Rugby league is a tough sport and that will forever be the case but win at all cost attitudes of players and coaches […]
