Several million rugby tourists are making their plans to be in Australia. A British and Irish Lions series kicks off only 13 Wallaby Tests from now. A World Cup follows that epic after a few Bledisloes. Rugby Australia has an enfant terrible, a big baby… Read More »Eight crucial lessons Wallabies must learn from the RWC quarter-finalists
The traditional mantra of sun, surf and Supercars on the Gold Coast at this time of year couldn’t have been any more truer as the championship put on a show in its penultimate round of the season. There were a couple of last lap thrillers… Read More »Supercars Gold Coast 500 Talking Points: A couple of last lap thrillers, a title deciding duel beckons… and what’s a ‘Bathurst SuperFest’?
A few months ago, I wrote an article that shocked some on The Roar when I predicted the All Blacks were the favorites to win the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. This prediction came from a “Monte Carlo” simulation model I had developed for… Read More »Winners and losers revisited – how did the Monte Carlo model go at predicting the Rugby World Cup?
Ivan Cleary has warned any club offering Jarome Luai big money to make him their main man is taking a risk, as the Penrith star prepares to talk with rivals. Luai headlined a list of close to 150 off-contract NRL players who officially became free… Read More »Be careful what you wish for: Cleary’s word of warning for Luai about big-money offers to leave Panthers
“Winning is winning. We don’t care how we do it.” That was the common refrain from South African supporters before the World Cup and it remains so today. Rassie Erasmus’ South Africa are now indelibly etched into the William Webb-Ellis trophy as champions. The thing… Read More »Legacies can’t be won: History won’t look back kindly on Rassie’s Springboks