Queensland have been forced to make a couple of changes to their State of Origin squad for game two with injury ruling J’maine Hopgood and Selwyn Cobbo out of game two in Melbourne next Wednesday. Hopgood was hurt in Origin I when hit hard by… Read More »Queensland Origin II team: Slater makes changes as injury rules out Maroons duo but Walsh on track to return
The sublime and the disappointingly familiar crashed head-on over semi-final weekend, illustrating all that is great and all that is ailing Super Rugby. An excellent contest in Wellington seemed to pack an awful lot into eighty minutes; mostly to the delight of Chiefs’ fans, as… Read More »The Wrap: The sublime and the disappointingly familiar crash head-on in Super Rugby’s semi-final weekend
We thought Round 15 would be tough to tip, and hooo boy was it rough. Here come your talking points for NRL Round 15. Take a good look at yourselves Canberra hosted North Queensland, they were rested off a bye and massive favourites against a… Read More »NRL Round 15 Talking Points: Some teams need to look in the mirror, the NRL needs to fix interchange rules pronto and the Bulldogs win without playing
Michael Maguire’s new-look Blues for Origin II certainly have more strikepower but they face a substantial task in a sub-optimal amount of time to strike up cohesion. Maguire has tried to strike the happy medium between the cliche of “wholesale changes” and the risk of… Read More »Maguire’s team overhaul strengthens Blues but their lack of cohesion is a major concern
The NRL is faster than it has ever been, the six-again rule adds to fatigue, head injury assessments (HIAs) are now commonplace and quite often a team will go down to a three-man bench, and need to activate the 18th man. The game has sped… Read More »It’s time to change up the NRL interchange and finally bring it up to speed with other codes