As the Western Force kept their final hopes alive, Simon Cron’s men killed off the Waratahs once and for all by sealing a 27-7 win in Perth on Saturday night. Despite conceding an early try, the Force scored 27 straight points and rarely looked troubled… Read More »Force kill off Waratahs’ final hopes once and for all as Donno comes back to haunt old side
From the sublime to the ridiculous. It’s a fair assessment of Saturday at Magic Round, where one of the games of the season, a thriller between the Sharks and Roosters, was followed by North Queensland’s 28-22 over South Sydney. This was two teams who had… Read More »Cowboys snap losing streak against sorry Souths – but don’t be fooled, this was still poor from Payten’s men
Melbourne Victory are into the A-League Men grand final after a semi-final win for the ages, with Chris Ikonomidis’ extra-time goal defying Wellington Phoenix. Victory emerged triumphant from a titanic struggle at Sky Stadium on Saturday, where a best-ever Phoenix crowd of 33,297 willed the… Read More »Ikonomidis winner sends Victory into A-League grand final
Tomorrow morning we’ll see Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Uysk dispute the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world in the heat of Saudi Arabia, and if the pair spent 12 rounds taking lumps off each other, it might not equal this. The Sharks and Roosters lit… Read More »Sharks announce themselves as major contenders after downing Roosters in high-scoring Magic Round epic
Michael Maguire’s start to life in the NSW hot seat has been wrought with bad luck – and it only got worse at half time of the first game of Saturday at Magic Round as Bradman Best was confirmed to have suffered a hamstring injury.… Read More »Hamstring curse strikes again with Bradman Best latest to fall as two Daves put on masterclass in Knights win