You can set your watch to it: just hours before the first ball is bowled in Mumbai, hosts India have been accused of shenanigans regarding the pitch on which they will play New Zealand in the Cricket World Cup semi-final. The Daily Mail is reporting that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) […]
‘Game has spent more than we can afford’: RA rules out any more Suaalii-like raids on NRL in major U-turn
In a stunning rebuke of Hamish McLennan’s decision to headhunt Joseph Suaalii from the NRL, Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh says gone are the days the code will throw blank cheques at players from rival codes. It was in March that RA, led by chairman McLennan, trumpeted the signing of Suaalii from the Sydney […]
COMMENT: Congratulations, AFL – ‘Opening Round’ is the dumbest thing you’ve ever done
I was surely not the only one hoping that the AFL’s rumoured launch of a ‘Round Zero’ to kick off the 2024 season was just another example where the league leaks an idea early to weight the public’s response, then scraps it when it comes back as almost entirely negative. But clearly the powers that […]
Rugby News: World Rugby warns Kiwis’ over ‘robbery’ whine, damning report into ‘toxic’ culture
Plenty of New Zealand fans are struggling to accept the one-point loss to South Africa in the World Cup final and a Kiwi media organisation has put fuel on the fire for the ‘we wuz robbed’ brigade. Stuff has reported that World Rugby had told the All Blacks that Aaron Smith’s disallowed try in the […]
AFL reveals new concept to kick start 2024 season, with focus on NSW and Queensland
Sydney Swans and their high-profile recruit Brodie Grundy will kick off the 2024 AFL season against his former club Melbourne as part of a new ópening round’of four games ahead of round one. Brodie Grundy. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) The AFL has announced the competition will start with two matches in New South Wales […]