Les Kiss’ Queensland side were the competition’s hottest thing in the opening month of the competition, but the ACT Brumbies once again showed they remain Australia’s premier side by sealing a memorable 20-19 win over the Reds in Brisbane on Easter Saturday. In the match of the round, fly-half Noah Lolesio and fullback Tom Wright […]
It was billed as a meeting of two of the great coaches of our time; Wayne Bennett against Des Hasler. Between them, they’ve coached 1375 matches of elite footy, and 31 times against each other. This might not go down as the best of them, but Bennett won’t care. His Dolphins ran out relatively comfortable […]
It was like an NRL match ordered off Wish. There was a packed stadium, two line-ups with superstars and perfect playing conditions, but both the Dragons and the Sea Eagles decided to spend an afternoon dropping the ball. At one point on the commentary, Andrew Voss compared the assembled stars to actors playing the part […]
Liam Wilson has suffered further heartbreak in Arizona, the Australian boxer losing his super-featherweight world-title fight against Mexican Oscar Valdez. In front of a parochial full house at Desert Diamond Arena, the referee stopped the fight with 12 seconds left in the seventh round. It had been a war of attrition, with both fighters taking […]
The Fijian fortress has continued, with the Drua holding on to put away the Force 31-13 in Lautoka on Saturday. In dreadful, washing machine-like conditions where Churchill Park looked more like a water theme park than a footy field, the home side handled the conditions better by scoring a couple of early tries before putting […]
