Michael Hooper has produced a trademark play as Australia beat Fiji in the former Wallabies captain’s rugby sevens debut. But the 125-Test flanker also learned the pitfalls of the seven-a-side game at the marquee World Series event in Hong Kong on Friday as he later came off… Read More »‘I was bloody nervous’: Hooper stars on Aussie sevens debut, women on track in HK despite red card
Trent Robinson has accused the NRL’s bunker of grossly over-reacting by sending off Dom Young and sin-binning Victor Radley in the Sydney Roosters’ dramatic loss to Canterbury. The Roosters went within a whisker of pulling off the equal-biggest comeback in NRL history on Friday night,… Read More »NRL Round 5 judiciary: Roosters duo facing bans for high shot and hip-drop after controversial send-offs
The Dolphins are off to a surprisingly good start for the second year in a row in what will possibly be Wayne Bennett’s last season as an NRL coach. They entered the big league last year with a succession plan in place for Kristian Woolf… Read More »Not the retiring type: Bennett still defying the odds but unsigned or 2025 – his eight most likely and unlikely options
With each new generation of Australian Rugby leadership ushered in, the hope of rugby fans nation wide is momentarily ignited, before of course the inevitable reality of the dysfunctional system they’ve inherited set in, and good intentions are swept away in a wave of cultural… Read More »The Super Rugby reboot I need to hate the Reds again
Phil Foden netted a hat-trick which proved to be the deciding factor against Aston Villa on Wednesday night. The homegrown talent is enjoying his best season to date and has clearly indicated that he is someone who can take on the mantle and step up… Read More »Phil Foden has earned the opportunity to start for England at the Euros