A spirited Afghanistan have upset a third former champion with Hashmatullah Shahidi’s men defeating 1996 winners Sri Lanka by seven wickets to continue their memorable 50-over World Cup campaign. With all teams having played six of their nine matches Afghanistan are now fifth, one place… Read More »Afghanistan to make World Cup semis? Giant-killers surge into contention after smashing Sri Lanka
The tenth Rugby World Cup is done. Injured players who made it back before or during the tournament did well. Replacements did, too. Following our team of the pools the knockouts sorted quality further. Without further ado (because never has so much rugby writing been… Read More »RWC Team of the tournament: Six Boks, three All Blacks and an Aussie manages to knock out Will Jordan
The Premier League, as most long-time observers know, is a bit of a closed shop at times. There’s the big six, then there’s everyone else. Sure, we like to think that some clubs can crash it – and it might be that, with more petrodollars… Read More »What the EPL?!: United and Chelsea are a rabble – and their crisis comes at the perfect time for Ange’s Spurs
PARIS – As Eddie Jones offered up Rugby Australia’s inability to deliver on promises contributed to his decision to walk away from the Wallabies, Sir Clive Woodward blasted the outgoing coach and said the governing body should apologise to Dave Rennie. Rennie, whose winning percentage… Read More »Eddie blames Rugby Australia for early exit as Woodward calls for Rennie apology, ex-ABs coach linked to role
This week’s column is not going to start the way I wanted it to. A wonderful Rugby World Cup Final on Sunday morning Australian time led to a day of reflection of some fabulous moments through this tournament, and with that, the seeds of a… Read More »The joy of Rugby World Cup celebrations only ruined by Eddie Jones’ final act