A spirited Afghanistan have upset a third former champion with Hashmatullah Shahidi’s men defeating 1996 winners Sri Lanka by seven wickets to continue their memorable 50-over World Cup campaign. With all teams having played six of their nine matches Afghanistan are now fifth, one place and two points behind Australia in the last semi-final qualifying […]
The tenth Rugby World Cup is done. Injured players who made it back before or during the tournament did well. Replacements did, too. Following our team of the pools the knockouts sorted quality further. Without further ado (because never has so much rugby writing been done for so many with so few pictures allowed) here […]
The Premier League, as most long-time observers know, is a bit of a closed shop at times. There’s the big six, then there’s everyone else. Sure, we like to think that some clubs can crash it – and it might be that, with more petrodollars behind them, Newcastle might – but in general, the oligarchy […]
PARIS – As Eddie Jones offered up Rugby Australia’s inability to deliver on promises contributed to his decision to walk away from the Wallabies, Sir Clive Woodward blasted the outgoing coach and said the governing body should apologise to Dave Rennie. Rennie, whose winning percentage with the Wallabies was 38 per cent, was axed after […]
This week’s column is not going to start the way I wanted it to. A wonderful Rugby World Cup Final on Sunday morning Australian time led to a day of reflection of some fabulous moments through this tournament, and with that, the seeds of a column were taking hold. Then the latest – and hopefully […]
