Influential defender Clare Hunt has overcome injury and returns to a Matildas squad still without Katrina Gorry who remains in doubt for the looming Olympics. Hunt has overcome a foot stress fracture and is in the Matildas’ 23-player squad for two friendlies against China on… Read More »Matildas’ brutal Olympics blow CONFIRMED as final call made on injured star, squad named for friendlies
Suliasi Vunivalu has received a one-match ban for his double trips in the Queensland Reds loss to Fijian Drua. The Wallabies winger was handed a yellow card four minutes into the match when he tripped Drua’s Kitione Salawa metres from the try-line. That cost the… Read More »Rugby News: Suli ban for brain farts, Flook’s sacrifice for Wallabies bid, Cane’s strong stance on All Blacks future
Big-hitter Jake Fraser-McGurk will go to the Twenty20 World Cup as a reserve batsman for the Australia squad. Fraser-McGurk’s eye-catching IPL scoring has been recognised with a reserve slot while versatile Matt Short will be Australia’s other travelling emergency. Chair of selectors George Bailey says… Read More »Fraser-McGurk gets belated World Cup call-up – but there’s a major catch
Parramatta CEO Jim Sarantinos has denied that star recruit Zac Lomax has a clause that could allow him to backflip on his deal following Monday night’s spectacular sacking on long-term coach Brad Arthur. Arthur had a strong rapport with the Dragons centre and it was… Read More »‘We will be having a conversation with Zac’: Parra insist Lomax has no Arthur clause as Eels begin coach search
The brief was to examine why an Australian franchise either can or can’t win this season’s Super Rugby Pacific title. That’ll come as a shock to those readers who assume folk such as myself simply make our columns ideas up as we go along. No,… Read More »The Waratahs are where the Blues were a decade ago. Why RA can’t make the same mistake NZR did back then