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As calls grow for the entire Rugby Australia board to be overthrown, new chairman Daniel Herbert described the agitators behind the movement as hypocrites and mudslingers. Ahead of next week’s Annual General Meeting, a collection of former Wallabies, ARU coaches and directors, who call themselves… Read More »‘Easy to throw stones’: RA chairman hits back at mudslingers after calls for AGM board cleanout

Canterbury forward Jackson Topine has instigated legal action against the club in the NSW Supreme Court after he claimed “deprivation of liberty” when he was subjected to “unlawful corporal punishment” for being late to training. Topine was punished in controversial circumstances by the Bulldogs for… Read More »NRL News: ‘Deprivation of liberty’ – Young Dog launches legal action over wrestling punishment, Foran faces retirement call

Xavier Bartlett has been permission to extend his cricketing education with a spell of T20s in England, playing in the Blast competition for Kent Spitfires. The 25-year-old’s explosive BBL season with Brisbane Heat catapulted him to Australian selection, but threatened to derail his trip overseas… Read More »Cricket Australia backflips on Bartlett’s county stint, Stoinis slams century to break IPL drought

Three things in the world of rugby have caught my eye this week, and got me thinking very hard about the way forward, and the possibility of a bright shining future. The first was the successful return of Kurtley Beale to Super Rugby. This was… Read More »If Australia is looking for big men, let’s not neglect the old and the fat