Melbourne Rebels general manager Nick Stiles says the club is having to put a broken Wallabies star Taniela Tupou back together again after he was “flogged to death” at the Queensland Reds. Tupou has been the subject of fans’ angst over his fitness – and… Read More »‘He’d been flogged to death’: Rebels GM’s scathing Tupou claim as Wallaby battles to reignite his fire
“Rugby league is a simple game.” Don’t you wish you had a dollar for every time you’ve heard that, especially over the past fortnight as the obstruction rule and it’s interpretation has come under fire. If you look at it as a game of five… Read More »Obstruction turning a ‘simple’ game into complicated mess of decoys and defenders milking penalties
With just four rounds completed, the NRL’s mounting injury toll is already becoming intolerable, and this year’s premiership is in danger of becoming a case of “last man standing’ wins”. Surely no other professional sporting competition produces the injury numbers that we see in the… Read More »More subs, player loans, cap changes?: How the NRL can be proactive to fix the early-year injury crisis
Plenty of Aussies impressed in the final week of March, showing their talents off abroad and in their backyard. Here’s the best XI of the lot. Goalkeeper James Delianov: 4-1 win for Adelaide United against Western United. Full game played, six saves, one key pass.… Read More »Australian players around the globe: Team of the week
Harris Andrews is bracing for his sternest leadership test but insists there’s no internal tension, with the Brisbane Lions co-captain dismissing the impact of an off-season trip on their poor AFL start. Last year’s grand finalists are 0-3 ahead of Friday’s Gather Round date with… Read More »AFL News: Lions lash out at ‘poor, insensitive, factually incorrect’ Vegas claims, Hawkins in strife for phone breach