PARIS – Hamish McLennan has declared World Rugby’s ability to usher through a global calendar and confirm the Nations Championship from 2026 a “great breakthrough”. The Rugby Australia chairman also said the decision to expand the World Cup and delay the tournament’s start date by a fortnight as a “massive win” for the game Down […]
We enter week 75 of the Cricket World Cup – lol, jk, but also seriously – and everything is not what it seems. England are rubbish, Afghanistan are great. It’s cricketing bizarro world. Well, except for Pakistan, who remain resolutely committed to their bit at international tournaments. Australia’s useless bunch of flogs are winning matches. […]
The mediocre performance dished up by the once great Sydney FC in the opening round of the A-League Men’s competition last Saturday night has Sky Blue fans frustrated and concerned recent past is set to be replicated in 2023/24. There does appear to be something fundamentally wrong in the harbour city, with years of dominance […]
Imagine a man who had grown up in Despatch with Rassie Erasmus but had spent the last five years in a medically induced coma, seeing South Africa’s director of rugby at Charles de Gaulle airport at the passport line next week, having a minute before heading to different gates and asking: “Howzit, Rassie! What you […]
World Rugby is continuing investigations into allegations that Bongi Mbonambi racially abused England’s Tom Curry just days out from the World Cup final. South African fans, and teammates of the accused hooker, are upset that World Rugby has yet to clear their man and the clock is ticking. The Roar understands that Mbonambi is in […]
