‘Nose to the grindstone’: Meet the other ‘Hamma’ who can help change Australian rugby forever

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It takes a brave person to step into Australian rugby. Perhaps, given the financial troubles of the code, it takes an even more daring person to step into women’s fifteens rugby. But despite walking into a firestorm in late August, as the Wallaroos took to social media to complain of inequality with their male counterparts, […]

Pressure Points: Ben Hunt has stuck by the Dragons – now, everyone else has to help him out

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It’s tough being the main guy. It’s even tougher when you’re asked to be the main guy and you don’t even want to be there anymore. When Ben Hunt announced his desire to depart the Dragons midway through last year, it was a shock, but it was also quite understandable. He’d been carrying the team […]

With so much festive football to celebrate, will anyone turn up?

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More fans showed up to watch the Big Blue at AAMI Park than to see Australia beat Pakistan on day four of the Test in Perth, but the real question is what sort of crowds will turn up over the holidays. Before all the cricket lovers steam in to accuse me of cherry-picking crowd figures […]

Test-mortem: Jury’s out on ‘treacherous’ Optus as Perth’s best venue, Warner robbed, Marnus slump no big deal … yet

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The jury is still out on Optus Stadium as a Test venue and the pitch is still very much a work in progress with conditions becoming dangerous for batters as the match wore on. Uneven bounce not only led to a few dismissals with the ball keeping low but it also caused a lot of […]

Eagles Updated Outlook: Matt Patricia Calling Plays

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Philadelphia Eagles updated Team Outlook after defensive assistant Matt Patricia was tapped to start calling plays for the defense. The defense struggled in recent losses against the Cowboys and Niners, prompting Nick Sirriani to demote DC Sean Desai from calling plays in favor of Matt Patricia. View the Philadelphia Eagles Team Outlook The post Eagles […]