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‘Learned how to fight in dark place’: Why the Springboks are the most clutch team we have seen

PARIS – Three knockout matches. Three one-point wins. Are the Springboks the most clutch team in rugby history? “I don’t know how they’ve done it,” former Wallaby turned pundit Morgan Turinui said on Stan Sport. “Quarter-final, could have should have lost, the semi-final could have… Read More »‘Learned how to fight in dark place’: Why the Springboks are the most clutch team we have seen

‘My heart breaks for him’: Boks coach’s message to Ian Foster is pure class as he bows out an unlucky loser

Right at the end the Ian Foster doubters were proven right. The noisy and nagging critics of the straight-talking All Blacks coach got to see him bow out how they’d always imagined – as a loser. But how close he came to proving them, and… Read More »‘My heart breaks for him’: Boks coach’s message to Ian Foster is pure class as he bows out an unlucky loser

Wasn’t he retired? Selectors make surprising decision to recall veteran to captain T20 squad ahead of Travis

Matthew Wade has been handed a surprise reprieve to lead the Australian T20 side for the five-match series in India after the World Cup. Wade, who said he thought his international days were over last summer after Australia’s failed T20 World Cup defence on home… Read More »Wasn’t he retired? Selectors make surprising decision to recall veteran to captain T20 squad ahead of Travis

‘Aussie’ skipper comes through on the double for Dutch in Bangladesh boilover at World Cup

The Netherlands have climbed off the bottom of the World Cup table with an 87-run win over Bangladesh after another fine performance from their Australian-raised captain Scott Edwards. Wicketkeeper Edwards hit a feisty half-century and his fast-bowling teammate Paul van Meekeren ripped through the Asian… Read More »‘Aussie’ skipper comes through on the double for Dutch in Bangladesh boilover at World Cup