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Nobody Goes For Pints with Joe: ‘Cult-like figure’ with an ‘exhausting’ style who might just restore pride to a rabble

“Nobody goes for pints with Joe,” I was told by someone who knows what she is talking about. “But he will teach. He has soft-spoken power. He will bring discipline. If you are on time with Joe, you are late.” The Wallabies have been stymied… Read More »Nobody Goes For Pints with Joe: ‘Cult-like figure’ with an ‘exhausting’ style who might just restore pride to a rabble

Chasing stability over pipedreams and rent-a-quotes – why RA chose an ‘Ordinary Joe’ to move on from Eddie

For years disgruntled Australian rugby fans called on the Wallabies to let their actions do the talking. Now they have a figurehead who will preach that message. Schmidt the coach is one of the great modern-day rugby tacticians, but a promoter he is not. If… Read More »Chasing stability over pipedreams and rent-a-quotes – why RA chose an ‘Ordinary Joe’ to move on from Eddie

‘Someone has got to bring up the rear’: Hazlewood knocks back numbers chat after joining elite club

Josh Hazlewood says he’s not a numbers guy. So he’s not going to rave about joining a rare club in Australian cricket: bowlers with 250 or more Test wickets. Hazlewood achieved the milestone on Australia’s dominant opening day of the first Test against the West Indies… Read More »‘Someone has got to bring up the rear’: Hazlewood knocks back numbers chat after joining elite club