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Broken promises, sacrificial lambs and a monumental low blow – goodbye, good riddance to 2023 for Wallabies fans

Come let us bury Rugby Year 2023. Wallabus Annus Horribilis began with great promise. Let us be more precise: January began with a great number of promises by Eddie ‘Sumasshu Gurabu’ Jones. He was indeed unbeaten when February began, making January the apex of the Australian… Read More »Broken promises, sacrificial lambs and a monumental low blow – goodbye, good riddance to 2023 for Wallabies fans

Tom Curran’s umpire act is worse than it appears – and the game cannot tolerate it

Junior sports across Australia, from rugby league to cricket suffer from a dearth of umpires. Umpires, referees, whatever they are called, exist to adjudicate on any rule breaches that might occur, advertently or otherwise. Often match officials command respect and loathing simultaneously. Regardless of whether… Read More »Tom Curran’s umpire act is worse than it appears – and the game cannot tolerate it