We’ve finally reached that moment of truth when the top Super Rugby teams need to find their best form for the playoffs, and Test selectors look with keen interest on how contenders and pretenders cope with the big match pressure. It’s amazing that in the… Read More »Cracking Kiwi derbies revealed some telling truths. The biggest? Super Rugby is alive and well
Once again the NRL is talking expansion and they are tossing up new franchise possibilities like an Italian chef preparing a pizza base or an Aussie pub cook juggling a hot potato. I keep hearing that the first franchise off the rank to join the… Read More »Reds… Pirates… Bears – call them whatever you want, so long as Perth is next in line for NRL expansion
The Brumbies and Reds’ performances against the Waratahs and Force respectively were excellent and showed something missing in Australian rugby for a long time: neither team took their foot off the throat of the opposition and played out the 80 minutes. Having said that, they… Read More »From Lynagh at No.10 to McReight as skipper: A Wallabies team to set the cat among the pigeons
There is nothing to disguise the demise of the Waratahs this season. It is appalling that this great brand has received the wooden spoon. There are obviously knives out for all, but the facts are, everyone let everyone else down.Be it the players, the staff,… Read More »Darren Coleman may be done with the Tahs, but his passion could still be pure gold for the Wallabies
Now that the hype, hoopla and hullabaloo over Origin team selections has subsided, the real hard work begins for Michael Maguire. With just over a week to bring players old and new into NSW camp from 10 clubs to form a fully functioning unit that… Read More »The set of seven key issues Blues must tackle to ensure Maguire’s revamp isn’t another Origin false dawn