Arsenal are into the quarter finals of the Champions League after a heroic showing from goalkeeper David Raya delivered them a penalty shootout win over FC Porto. The keeper saved two of four penalties – including a stunning effort to deny Wendell – while all of the Gunners’ takers scored, sending the London club into […]
NRL News: Manly star reveals he’s copped ‘coconut’ racial abuse, Greyhounds NSW contractor sacked over Mam comment
After Roosters prop Spencer Leniu claimed at the judiciary that players of colour in NRL squads are regularly called each other names including “blacky”, “monkey” and “black c—“, Manly star Haumole Olakau’atu has voiced his support for the banned Samoan international. Leniu admitted on Monday night he told Mam to “f— up you monkey” during a […]
To Have Your Heart Broken and Come Back: That’s what it’s all about – and why I’ll be watching Edmed this weekend
Tane Edmed is not the reason the Waratahs lost to the Highlanders. Except to the extent that, you know, he kind of is. A bit. It’s complicated. One the one hand, obviously he’s not. The Highlanders scored 23 points, and Edmed was not the reason for them all. The Waratahs, conversely, could’ve scored more than […]
Try, try and try again: How much of the scoring in the NRL’s opening round was sustainable?
Welcome back, NRL – all 51 tries of you. 50 might have been a little more cute, and that late penalty try for the Cowboys was certainly on the generous side from the Bunker, but an average of 6.3 per game is pretty good going at the time of year when, theoretically, attacking combinations are […]
Bought not bred: Stray Bulldogs have lost their way by losing sight of what made their club great
The Bulldogs look like a club without a soul. A team of mercenaries and cast-offs with very few players at the club because it was their first choice. Much has been made of the fact they have completely overhauled their roster so much that no member of the current squad was at the club in […]