COMMENT: It was an incredible moment in the history of modern Australian rugby. The rain was closing in on the evening of 15th July 2017 in Perth, as over 10,000 fans crowded into HBF Park, at the time NIB Stadium. With the entire squad arm-in-arm,… Read More »What is the Rebels’ endgame? A Super club in Melbourne makes sense – but only if their players play in local comps
Australia’s big guns Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc have been summoned for the Twenty20 squad for the looming away series in New Zealand. The star quartet are among a 15-man squad named on Tuesday for the three-match series starting on February… Read More »Aussies drop biggest hint yet on T20 World Cup captaincy as big guns return to squad for New Zealand tour
Ben Stokes feels England were let down by technology at a crucial moment as they slipped to a series-levelling Test defeat against India – but the captain has refused to blame the result on “if, buts and maybes”. The tourists were bowled out for 292… Read More »‘The technology has gone wrong’: Stokes laments DRS in England defeat amid LBW drama
Wigan coach Matt Peet calls Penrith Panthers one of the greatest teams of all-time – and reckons the whole town can’t wait to see their local heroes try to down the Australians to become world club champions. Peet was two years old when Wigan beat… Read More »‘Outside noise’ difficult to ignore as Wigan coach declares Panthers the rugby league GOATs
After years of toiling away in the Irish system, Cormac Daly thought he would follow the path his parents took decades earlier when they met Down Under and head to Sydney. He also decided he would bring his boots and mouthguard and play some club… Read More »‘A good one’: Meet the first Irishman to play for the Reds in nearly 30 years – and how he won over Sydney club rugby