Sydney are confident recruit Taylor Adams will be match-fit for an opening-round debut after sustaining a knee injury during the Swans’ 25-point pre-season loss to Brisbane. Adams had impressed in his first hit-out in the red and white on Thursday, before a tackle from Brisbane’s Cam Rayner sent him to ground in the third quarter […]
COMMENT: Twiggy’s version is completely wrong – this is the real reason why the Force were cut in 2017
This piece is by Melbourne Rebels board member Lyndsey Cattermole* in response to an article that appeared on The Roar last week about the machinations around the culling of the Western Force from Super Rugby in 2017. Last week I read a story on The Roar by Mark Drummond entitled ‘He screwed our state’: The […]
NRL News: ‘I thought I was going to die’ – Aussie journos in scary US knife incident, PNG gets green light to host games
Members of the Australian media in the US feared for their lives after two separate incidents, including a late-night knife encounter at Las Angeles. There are hundreds of Australians in the States with four NRL teams, officials and media crews to cover the preparations for this weekend’s historic double-header in Las Vegas. A TV news […]
NBL swansong? Mills’ NBA career may be over with Hawks waiving Boomers guard after unproductive season
The Atlanta Hawks have announced that they’re waiving their popular veteran Australian point guard Patty Mills. The 35-year-old from Canberra, who’s had an 879-game career in the NBA, had not been getting much playing time with the Hawks, averaging 2.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 10.6 minutes in 19 games off the bench this season. He […]
‘They haven’t learned anything’: Crusaders’ Penney opens on Tahs – and why he ‘feels really sorry’ for Coleman
They will be rivals this weekend at Super Round, but Rob Penney says he feels “sorry” for his coaching counterpart Darren Coleman. Penney, who was sacked by the NSW Rugby Union board early in his second season in charge in 2021, also believes his former employers have failed to come to terms with the task […]