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: The Bulldogs have signed so many players – so why haven’t they solved their biggest problem?
After years of New Zealand dominating Super Rugby, the usual post-World Cup shake-up has rocked the competition. The Crusaders have lost their all-conquering coach and headline acts, the Chiefs’ starch has gone and the Blues have also seen their main act, Beauden Barrett, depart. In… Read More »ANALYSIS: Every Super Rugby team rated – and why Australia will make up ground on New Zealand
Of the 243 players who have worn the various incarnations of the Australian men’s ODI uniform, few have divided opinion about their merit as much as Marcus Stoinis. His teammates and many fans love what he brings to the team as a hard-hitting all-rounder with… Read More »The Stoinis conundrum: All-rounder yet again failing to deliver as Australia keep tinkering to find best World Cup line-up
Round 4 separated the likely from the aspirational. It produced a huge upset and exposed some frailties in other sides. Victoria vs Tasmania CitiPower Centre, Geelong 3 Sentence SummaryTasmania provided a stern test for Victoria’s young attack. The Vics fought hard, but in the end… Read More »Sheffield Shield round 4 wrap: NSW finally win a game and do we have a possible bolter selection for the summer Tests?
There’s an old maxim along the lines of: ‘not understanding the mistakes of history dooms one to repeat them’. There’s undoubtedly some truth to this. Not understanding the potential consequences of your actions is a sure way to fail, maybe even a sure ticket to… Read More »‘Spineless, demoralised and shamed’: The Kiwis have embarrassed the Kangaroos before… As far back as 1952