There’s a joke in soccer about the guy that if you sack your coach midway through the season, you give it to Big Sam until the end of the year. Rugby league doesn’t quite have the hire ‘em and fire ‘em approach that pervades football,… Read More »Bennett is a short-term solution for Souths – the elite of the NRL might have moved past him
The UEFA Champions League is set for its biggest change in two decades next year with a shake-up for the group stages – but, according to one of the biggest names in Australian football, it’s another rule change altogether that has made this year’s competition… Read More »‘It’s led to teams going for it’: Mark Bosnich on the one rule change that has made this the Champions League ever
The Reds are the real deal. Les Kiss’ side have now played all five Kiwi sides, beating three and pushing both the Hurricanes and Blues past 80 minutes. Importantly, that run was full of blockbuster rugby that people want to watch. The loss against Auckland… Read More »‘The real deal’: Love ’em or hate ’em, the Reds are exactly what Australian rugby needs
The lack of respect shown to Kasey Badger as she refereed Saturday’s Wests Tigers vs Canterbury Bulldogs game is unfortunately nothing new. Nor is the reaction from the dark corners of the web that crawl out from under rocks whenever a female sporting official makes… Read More »Entitled NRL players trying to stand over Kasey Badger are in for a rude shock
Rugby league continues to regress where too many features of it tend towards a rough demonstration game rather than a competitive sport. Now hold hard and let me make my point before you close me down. Without doubt there are plenty of moments of hard… Read More »Impressive-looking, not hard-fought: Trend toward the flashy is eating away at what rugby league ought to be