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Why ex-All Blacks prop is open to Wallabies switch – and the ‘mental toughness’ he’s found in Australia

He might have pulled on the All Blacks jersey to take on the Wallabies four years ago, but Queensland Reds recruit Alex Hodgman says he is open to a switch of allegiances under compatriot Joe Schmidt’s Australian revolution. “Yeah, yeah, I don’t see why not,”… Read More »Why ex-All Blacks prop is open to Wallabies switch – and the ‘mental toughness’ he’s found in Australia

COMMENT: In trading the Greatest Showman for ‘boring’ and ‘pragmatic’ Sleepy Joe, RA are gambling with game’s future

The Wallabies parted ways with the Greatest Showman and have replaced him with Sleepy Joe Schmidt, a “boring pragmatist” so laidback and softly spoken he makes Dave Rennie look like, well, Eddie Jones. “Boring” and “pragmatist” are Joe Schmidt’s own words – not mine, but… Read More »COMMENT: In trading the Greatest Showman for ‘boring’ and ‘pragmatic’ Sleepy Joe, RA are gambling with game’s future

Taylan v Sunia v Paul: It’s a threeway race to replace Crichton – could it be the Panthers’ forgotten man?

They used to say of fast bowlers that, when England needed a new one, they could just whistle down a coal mine and the next Harold Larwood would walk out. For many years, Penrith seem to have had the same relationship with outside backs: when… Read More »Taylan v Sunia v Paul: It’s a threeway race to replace Crichton – could it be the Panthers’ forgotten man?