With the Finals over and the November 1 contract deadline passed, we can officially declare the NRL’s silly season open. Into the morass of gossip and conjecture, we will bring sanity, with the relaunch of Smart Signings, our dissection of where clubs are weak, what… Read More »Smart Signings: Seibold’s squad building is going nicely – if Manly can actually get their best on the field
The hard part is over for Australia – they’ve managed to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals despite an imbalanced squad and an 0-2 start to the tournament. Now the really hard part is on the horizon – reversing their two thunderous defeats to South… Read More »The Australian line-up that can win the Cricket World Cup … if the selectors make the right calls
A month of the season is now in the books – and we’ve already had our second coaching change with Steve Corica dismissed by Sydney FC. Plenty to run the rule over, so let’s not delay – here are your A-League Round 4 talking points.… Read More »Talay era begins with a bang, VAR drama strikes again, Irankunda earns European move
Former NBL MVP Jaylen Adams has flexed his muscle as the Sydney Kings wiped out a huge deficit and launched a late surge to overrun the Brisbane Bullets in a 104-95 win at home. The Kings were slow out of the blocks at Qudos Bank… Read More »Adams returns to MVP form as Kings shoot past Bullets, Goulding rises above Phoenix to deliver derby win to United
England’s ODI squad for next month’s white-ball tour of the West Indies contains only six survivors from the team’s disastrous World Cup defence in India. Less than 12 hours after exiting the World Cup, England named new-look squads for the tour and have gone back… Read More »Careers look like they’re ending as England selectors swing the axe after World Cup failure – but struggling skipper survives