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Come let us bury Rugby Year 2023. Wallabus Annus Horribilis began with great promise. Let us be more precise: January began with a great number of promises by Eddie ‘Sumasshu Gurabu’ Jones. He was indeed unbeaten when February began, making January the apex of the Australian… Read More »Broken promises, sacrificial lambs and a monumental low blow – goodbye, good riddance to 2023 for Wallabies fans

Junior sports across Australia, from rugby league to cricket suffer from a dearth of umpires. Umpires, referees, whatever they are called, exist to adjudicate on any rule breaches that might occur, advertently or otherwise. Often match officials command respect and loathing simultaneously. Regardless of whether… Read More »Tom Curran’s umpire act is worse than it appears – and the game cannot tolerate it

Young fast bowlers can only dream of emulating the career of shooting star Spencer Johnson, rising from landscape gardener to IPL millionaire. If he were a baseball player Hollywood moviemakers would be drooling over this theme of their next movie: overnight sensation starts career promisingly,… Read More »Left-arm legacy: Can Spencer Johnson be the next Mitchell Starc for Australia?

The NRL is highly unlikely to allow Joey Manu to flit between a Roosters deal and a Japanese rugby contract if he tries to do double duty in the future.  But it’s going to happen eventually. And if any club could make it work, it… Read More »Manu’s Japan rugby moonlighting plan a modern version of UK deals for league stars – and potential Roosters salary saver