Rugby Australia’s debts ballooned by $17 million to almost $89 million during 2023, with the code’s governing body drawing down $50 million of its $80 million facility with Pacific Equity Partners just a month after the financial lifeline was put in place last November. RA’s… Read More »Rugby Australia’s debts blow out to almost $89 million after draw-down of PEP facility
Australian-born England rugby star Billy Vunipola has been tasered and arrested after an alleged violent incident in Majorca, local reports have said. Vunipola’s domestic club Saracens said they were aware of an incident involving the player and would be dealing with the matter internally. The… Read More »Sydney-born England rugby star tasered twice before being arrested after going ballistic at Spanish bar
Six months after the Wallabies’ worst World Cup result, Rugby Australia has announced a $9.2 million deficit from the 2023 season. The Roar can also reveal RA board director Karen Penrose has been unsuccessful in her attempt for re-election. Other directors Matthew Hanning and Jane… Read More »BREAKING: Rugby Australia announce $9.2m deficit, board member fails to be re-elected but coup falls over
Anzac Round is done and another NRL touchpoint is ticked off amid the onward march of the 2024 season. It helps to see things like that: you get your run to Easter, then Anzac, then Magic Round, then oblivion, as all the lovely sample size… Read More »Five and a kick: Hasler’s pain game, RTS is a choke point and why Souths should give Demetriou a month
Kane Cornes has rubbished suggestions Port Adelaide defender Aliir Aliir was partly responsible for the dangerous tackle from St Kilda’s Jack Higgins that left him concussed, and saw the Saint hit with a three-match suspension. Debate has erupted following the incident on Friday night, with… Read More »AFL News: ‘Only option he’s got’ – Cornes weighs in on Saint’s dangerous tackle, big-money Blue ‘not hard enough’