The Rugby World Cup trophy commemorates William Webb Ellis, the Rugby school lad who was supposed to have picked up the ball and run with it during a game on the Big Field in 1823. The point of World Rugby iconising Webb Ellis is to establish the truth that rugby must be a running and […]
PARIS – Breathe easy Australia, you won’t be bowing out in the pool stage of the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Your passage through to the knockout stage was confirmed on Tuesday. Not because of any great recovery on the international stage, nor restructuring or alignment, but because of the World Rugby Council’s decision to essentially […]
Rugby league, as the much-quoted saying has it, has never missed an opportunity to to miss an opportunity. The sport’s history is littered with could-have-beens, and from the time that the nascent Rugby Football Union decided to waive their stringent anti-professionalism rules to keep Wales and Leicester in their sport onwards, the beneficiary has generally […]
PARIS – Toutai Kefu – the World Cup-winning Wallabies forward turned long-serving Tongan coach – believes World Rugby’s decision to vote through the Nations Championship will slow the progress of the game’s developing nations. His comments come as long-time coach Gary Gold described the shutting out of tier-two nations as “scandalous”, while former All Black […]
The 2023-24 NBA season is underway, with numerous Australian players suiting up. From young up-and-coming players to experienced veterans, each player will go into the season with varying roles and expectations. Let’s take a look at the pick of the bunch. Dyson Daniels (G/F, New Orleans Pelicans) The 2022 number eight draft pick will be […]
