COMMENT: ‘Best interests of the game’? Hamish’s dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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You can’t help imagine that whoever was tasked with writing Hamish McLennan’s Rugby Australia obituary this week revelled in the schadenfreude moment – while not believing a word of it. “Mr McLennan has always acted in what he genuinely believed was in the best interests of our game, and his resignation today is a demonstration […]

‘We had to be flawless’: Cummins admits he thought World Cup chance had passed him by

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Pat Cummins believes his team have created a career-defining legacy with their World Cup win, after a long six months on the road in India and England. Cummins and other Australian players began landing back home on Wednesday morning, after days of celebrations in India. Seven members of the squad have remained in India to […]

‘We are not a threat’: Aussie transgender cricketer reacts with ‘heavy heart’ to ICC ban

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Australian-born transgender cricketer Danielle McGahey claims the International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared trans women do not belong in the sport, after a tightening of rules around eligibility. The ICC announced new rules around transgender players on Monday evening, banning anyone who went through puberty as a male from playing in international women’s cricket. The […]

‘India still best 50 overs team in the world’: Former star blames ‘sandpaper pitch’ and toss of the coin for World Cup loss

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The excuses are flying thick and fast from India in the wake of their World Cup final capitulation to Australia with former Test batter Sanjay Manjrekar claiming the pitch and the toss of the coin were two of the main factors in the surprise result. Writing for The Hindustan Times, he also claimed that “India […]

Cut the crap, money talks and Bill Foley’s new Auckland licence is exactly what the A-League needs

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New Zealand will soon have two sides competing in the A-League Men’s competition and not too long after that, a second women’s team in the Liberty A-League. Bill Foley is a 78-year-old American businessman who owns Premier League club AFC Bournemouth in the United Kingdom, has a significant stake in FC Lorient in France and […]