No teams in the top five sports leagues of the world are folding or being saved by national unions. Curse the money all you want. But running deficits because wealthy owners want to have a club to front their marketing needs of their portfolio after… Read More »‘Curse the money all you want’ but RA must work out what it wants from Super Rugby – otherwise the game is doomed
After assisting the All Blacks for 218 Tests, Mike Cron admits it will be “awkward” coaching against his home country but says a desire to help Joe Schmidt saw him jump on board his compatriot’s Wallabies mission. The veteran coach, who is known affectionately as… Read More »‘I’m in the s–t’: How Schmidt landed All Blacks icon at Wallabies – and why ’80 per cent of coaching is selection’
The coach of the Chelsea women’s team Emma Hayes has had a tough time of things this season. With her time at the club coming to an end in a few short months, star striker Sam Kerr out for an extended period of time and… Read More »Hypocritical response? Chelsea coach Emma Hayes cites male aggression, then shirt-fronts Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall
There are few topics that present more of an existential threat to what modern sport looks like than concussion. To use one metaphor, it is the genie that is out of the bottle. Once we know what we know, we can’t unknow it, and all… Read More »‘Will that change in the NRL? It probably will’: Why Walsh is the canary in the coalmine for concussion
The salary cap at all clubs is equal, it’s just that some are more equal than others. All the animals in the NRL farm get the same funding from head office and have the same salary cap amount of $12 million plus to spend on… Read More »Getting value for money from stars is the biggest competitive advantage in the NRL – and the flip side can be devastating