To have your heart broken and come back: That's what it's all about - and why I'll be watching Edmed this weekend
Tane Edmed is not the reason the Waratahs lost to the Highlanders. Except to the extent that, you know, he kind of is. A…
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Ben Pobjie is a writer and comedian whose promising rugby career was tragically cut short the day he stopped playing rugby and had a pizza instead. The most he has ever cried was the day Balmain lost the 1989 grand final. Today he enjoys the frolics of Wallabies, Swans, baggy greens, and Storm.
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Tane Edmed is not the reason the Waratahs lost to the Highlanders. Except to the extent that, you know, he kind of is. A…
Look, we've just had a fantastic round of Super Rugby. The Highlanders and Blues put on a brilliant show, the Moana-Drua game was spectacularly…
Super Round is coming up, and Melbourne will be hosting all 12 teams this weekend - much to the chagrin of many supporters, who…
It will be a relief, this coming weekend, to see some actual rugby being played in Australia and New Zealand: genuine, serious, no-fooling, for-keeps,…
Personally, I never doubted them for a second. Although in the interests of strict transparency I suppose I should make clear that that first…
OK, so Eddie Jones has reaffirmed his total commitment to Australian rugby and made it clear that he has never even heard of a…
There are reasons. Of course there are. Hundreds of them, at least. Eddie Jones? He's a reason, for sure. Say what you like about…
It's often said that to win a Test match, you need to take 20 wickets. At Lord's in 2023, Australia proved that this is…
Bazball's care factor is a curious beast where winning and losing is not the be-all and end-all.
If you think Ben Stokes' declaration was the sole deciding factor in England losing, you need to think again.
The credits on Folau, the two-part documentary airing on the ABC this week and next, include a disclaimer making it clear that Israel Folau…
You've got to hand it to Stuart Broad: perhaps more than any other sportsman of our age, he has the ability to penetrate to…
The golden point system in extra time sucks the life out of rugby league.
Being a sports fan can do funny things to a person. And plenty of not so funny things.
In 1989, Australia won the Ashes, 4-0, against an England side that had been supremely confident of a third straight series win over an…
The NRL has outdone itself by floating the possibility of a Respect Round in 2023, whatever that means.
Rugby league has taught us so much in 2022, perhaps.
I had planned to write an article that comprehensively answered, one by one, the arguments put forward by those who claim the 'mankad' -…
Two things happened in the past week to cause me to think long and hard about the issue of concussion in rugby league. One…
James Tamou didn't deserve a downgrade for being a "good bloke" but he did deserve one.
Good. The last thing we want is young players getting experience in different conditions.
CA steps in to stop rising star from taking up county stint due to workload concerns
He’s only a hypocrite if he says that he should never have been sent off himself.
Leigh Matthews is wrong - the AFL doesn't need a send-off rule, and introducing one would just make things messier
“there will be huge changes and ramifications for all involved every time a bump occurs”
Sounds good to me.
Leigh Matthews is wrong - the AFL doesn't need a send-off rule, and introducing one would just make things messier
I heard the judges named Nicho Hynes best on field.
Hammer deserves Dally M votes this time around as Dolphins demolish Dragons in dramatic turnaround for both teams
Big props for bringing Munny into it.
The best try ever? Coates pulls off miracle in last minute to steal win from Warriors in stone cold classic
Vunivalu did it once and got penalised. Mind you he tried it around halfway rather than at the try line…
The best try ever? Coates pulls off miracle in last minute to steal win from Warriors in stone cold classic
Me too, except the opposite of that.
'Everything was approved': Eddie hits back at $2.6m RWC budget blow-out, says Wallabies can build team around young gun
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'Everything was approved': Eddie hits back at $2.6m RWC budget blow-out, says Wallabies can build team around young gun
These fines will certainly put a stop to foul play.
NRL Round 2 judiciary: Hughes in strife for ref bump, Nikora faces feather touch ban over Kikau hit, Luai charged twice
I mean in one sense, it must have been approved, because it was obviously there to spend. If they had access to this money, that access must’ve been approved at some point.
'Everything was approved': Eddie hits back at $2.6m RWC budget blow-out, says Wallabies can build team around young gun
I think if that were true he wouldn’t have been picked in the 2019 Ashes.
The Dean Jones example that Australian selectors must avoid in regenerating ageing Test squad
Well the air over there can be terribly dry…
The Dean Jones example that Australian selectors must avoid in regenerating ageing Test squad
It’s not true at all. If it were true Don Bradman would still be in the team.
The Dean Jones example that Australian selectors must avoid in regenerating ageing Test squad
“ The fan is critical.”
Yes, I’ve noticed that.
Exclusive: 'We want $1 billion'- V'landy's bullish vision of expansion, new Cup comp and staggering wealth
Actually the $1.6m was entirely funded by breaking into promising tight five forwards’ houses and stealing their children’s food.
Exclusive: NRL powerhouse set sights on Wallaby-in-waiting after ex-All Blacks boss snags Roosters star Manu
I mean, go on believing that only a tiny minority thinks Jorgensen will ever be a Wallaby. As long as the weather’s nice wherever you’re living.
Exclusive: NRL powerhouse set sights on Wallaby-in-waiting after ex-All Blacks boss snags Roosters star Manu
Absolutely. Put him at centre and tell him he can go where he wants in attack, but get a fullback who does the old fashioned fullback things, positioning, kick returns etc.
No.1 gun in NRL: Reece is the word at Broncos as star fullback rips Rabbitohs to shreds with lightning quick attack
The Roosters are the masters of the professional fowl though.
No.1 gun in NRL: Reece is the word at Broncos as star fullback rips Rabbitohs to shreds with lightning quick attack
No the Cowboys are leading the comp.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
He wasn’t SOO because he wasn’t eligible. Vunivalu would definitely have played Origin if either state had had the option.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
Not least in the European Union.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
There might be loads of great union players in league, but we don’t know it because they’re not great league players because they’re playing a sport they’re less well suited to than union.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
How funny to think there was a time when most rugby players stuck around for literally no pay.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
Going to rugby league I can understand. Going to the Dragons I can’t.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
Well by that logic an ex-criminal is a hypocrite if they say people shouldn’t commit crimes.
Leigh Matthews is wrong - the AFL doesn't need a send-off rule, and introducing one would just make things messier