Seven months after the Springboks sensationally elected for a scrum from a mark inside their 22-metre line during their run to a fourth Webb Ellis Cup, World Rugby has tweaked the law to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Springboks fullback Damian Willemse called for a scrum in the first-half against France during last year’s World […]
Craig Bellamy is to go around again with the Melbourne Storm after announcing he will take up the option in his contract until the end of 2025. It will take him to his 23rd year with the club and, by the end, close to his 600th game coaching in the NRL. Bellamy has a rolling […]
Disgraced former North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas is once again at the centre of a police investigation, after being accused of harassing an ex-partner. According to the Herald Sun, Thomas has repeatedly called the woman, whom he allegedly sent a threatening message to earlier this year in an accusation that was one of the key […]
The Bunker is yet again under fire after the softest of penalty was awarded to Manly in their narrow loss to the Dolphins on Thursday night which left premiership-winning great Paul Vautin lost for words. Dolphins skipper Jesse Bromwich was penalised after a captain’s challenge from the Sea Eagles in the second half with the […]
The glorious unpredictability of the Super Rugby Pacific competition was highlighted yet again in Round 11, although so was the accuracy of my column last week. Anyone who watched the Waratahs, Rebels and Force play must’ve come away feeling that the fact of New Zealanders being better at rugby had been well established. Yet somehow, […]
