Joe Schmidt acknowledges he might be “boring” but says sweeping statements and lofty dreams won’t win Tests. After The Roar revealed Schmidt had been appointed Wallabies coach on Thursday, the 58-year-old was officially unveiled by Rugby Australia as their new national men’s mentor on Friday afternoon at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. He admitted he had […]
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka blocked out the political overtones of her third-round match against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko at the Australian Open on Friday to ease into the second week of the Grand Slam with a thumping 6-0, 6-0 victory. Sabalenka was last scheduled to face the Ukrainian at Indian Wells last year but Tsurenko withdrew after […]
It wasn’t quite as emphatic as many thought, but Australia seldom looked likely to be upset by the West Indies, with nine wickets from Josh Hazlewood and a century from a back-in-form Travis Head enough to secure a comfortable 10-wicket win. Despite wrapping up victory in just two days and a session, there are still […]
He was Graham Arnold’s latest selection bolt from the blue – and he’s contributed to two clean sheets to start the Asian Cup campaign – but Gethin Jones has copped pelters from fans in the wake of his latest performance against Syria. The Sydney Morning Herald football writer Vince Rugari described Jones as “honking” during […]
With David Warner retired from both Test cricket and the attendance of his siblings’ weddings, Australian cricket had spent the intervening period abuzz with chatter about how his absence would impact the side. Now, at the Adelaide Oval, it was time to find out. Here’s the report card for the first Test between Australia and […]
