Australia’s hopes of two trans-Tasman wins in Super Round have been denied by a whisker, as the Hurricanes beat the Reds 38-33 in golden point at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon. In a cracking, tit-for-tat clash where the margin was no greater than seven… Read More »Reds rue missed ‘moments’ as Hurricanes get up in golden point to deny Australia another Super Rugby win
Another pre-season match, another team showing they didn’t work on their goalkicking in the off-season. So it was for St Kilda as they withstood a North Melbourne second half fightback to head into the proper stuff with a 19-point win, made all the tougher by… Read More »AFL pre-season notebook: Responding to another dog shot, and admiring Mitch Owens
The NRL was able to deliver the best of both worlds in its Las Vegas double-header – a match full of thunderous hits following an end-to-end tryfest. Big hits dominated game two of the Allegiant Stadium carnival of league with the Roosters outmuscling the Broncos… Read More »Mam accuses Leniu of sledge ‘that’s racial in nature’ as Roosters combine magic with muscle to bring down Broncos
The Brumbies have been given an early season reality check, as Stephen Larkham’s men were thumped by the Chiefs 46-12 at AAMI Park on Sunday. After last week’s convincing win over the Rebels, there were high hopes the Brumbies could follow the lead of the… Read More »‘Reality check’: Brumbies cop hiding from Chiefs in worst display ever under Larkham
From Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas If Peter V’landys wanted a party, that’s certainly what he got in arguably the party capital of the world. Ever since the gates opened around two hours before kick-off there was no shortage of sounds, music, light shows, fun food… Read More »Viva Las V’landys: Vegas party has started for the NRL but it is hard to tell if there’s an American flavour … yet