Richmond captain Toby Nankervis concedes he’s no certainty to be fit for an AFL opening-round clash with former coach Damien Hardwick’s Gold Coast as he battles a foot injury. Like key forward Tom Lynch (foot), Nankervis is battling to feature in the season’s early rounds… Read More »AFL News: Tigers stars no certainty for season opener, Dees ’embarrassed’ by finals failures – Gawn
I’ll start with a quick aside, before I get to the topic of Super Rugby Pacific’s alleged Super Round.I was 18 or 19 and at Athletic Park with a mate, to watch Wellington play New South Wales. These were the days before Super Rugby and… Read More »Super Round should be a celebration of rugby – that’s why it should have never been held in Melbourne
You can imagine it now. A massive NFL stadium, a coast-to-coast TV presentation, not a cloud in the sky and rugby league posts at either end of the field. That’s what will mark the start of the 2024 NRL season this coming Sunday as Manly… Read More »‘We got the basics and it was live on ESPN!’: How Cool Runnings and a banned union star put RL in an NFL stadium
With kick-off to the NRL season just a few days away, nine sides are hoping to continue a trend where at least one side leaps from also-ran status into the finals on the back of a five-win improvement or more. Over the past nine seasons,… Read More »Leaping to finals conclusions: Predicting which team among the nine also-rans can make giant step forward in 2024
Round 18 was an intriguing weekend of football with four draws, 14 goals in six matches, for the second week in a row and three teams that managed to keep a clean sheet. In the two games where a team claimed three points, the winning… Read More »Goal-scoring fullbacks, Tilio magic: The A-League players who were the difference in Round 18