There’s a joke in soccer about the guy that if you sack your coach midway through the season, you give it to Big Sam until the end of the year. Rugby league doesn’t quite have the hire ‘em and fire ‘em approach that pervades football, but we have the archetype of the no-nonsense, back-to-basics style […]
The UEFA Champions League is set for its biggest change in two decades next year with a shake-up for the group stages – but, according to one of the biggest names in Australian football, it’s another rule change altogether that has made this year’s competition one of the best ever. The 2023/24 knockout stages have […]
The Reds are the real deal. Les Kiss’ side have now played all five Kiwi sides, beating three and pushing both the Hurricanes and Blues past 80 minutes. Importantly, that run was full of blockbuster rugby that people want to watch. The loss against Auckland was one of the great matches in Super Rugby history, […]
The lack of respect shown to Kasey Badger as she refereed Saturday’s Wests Tigers vs Canterbury Bulldogs game is unfortunately nothing new. Nor is the reaction from the dark corners of the web that crawl out from under rocks whenever a female sporting official makes an error. Badger made a few errors at Accor Stadium […]
Rugby league continues to regress where too many features of it tend towards a rough demonstration game rather than a competitive sport. Now hold hard and let me make my point before you close me down. Without doubt there are plenty of moments of hard competition in running and tackling. So what then is my […]
