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Rugby threw the baby out with the bathwater when it finally embraced professionalism in the mid-1990s. The game had long expressed itself at the…
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For anyone whose focus is as much on club rugby as the commercial game, last Saturday's Sydney club results made alarming and depressing reading.…
We're into the fifteenth season of professional rugby, and remarkably, the professional ranks still include players who made their debut at representative and international…
A pedant writes: the match against the Chiefs is in Hamilton.
Razor is gone, but underestimate Penney’s Crusaders at your peril - and the open spot that could determine their fate
Excellent piece, but the headline perhaps should refer to “recent history”. None of the 10 nominated here played before the 1980s.
Any list of great goalkickers is incomplete if it does not include Don Clarke and Barry John.
Masters of the Air: The ten greatest kickers in rugby history - from All Blacks 'wizard' to the Scot who changed the game
Mike, the game was played at Hamilton. It’s never been a league town, especially in November.
Madge-ic: Kiwis 'shock the rugby league world' as Maguire masterclass hands Kangaroos record defeat
Nutritiously? Please explain.
Five Things: Eddie's mad scientist coaching group exposed - but Wallabies won't fear Wales like Fiji
Today’s good-news rugby story: the return of Spiro Zavos.
Welcome back, Spiro.
SPIRO ZAVOS: The best team in the tournament, not necessarily the best team, will win the 2023 RWC
Shrewd and penetrating analysis from Sonny Bill Williams. Stan subscribers never reach for the mute button when he offers up his insights. Hell no.
RWC News: England face 'grisly, full-scale emergency', SBW stunned by Hoops call, Wallabies' pool rival on fire
A fairly innocuous high tackle? Seriously?
What constitutes a dangerous tackle? Ripping someone’s head off?
Fans should get a refund: Refereeing de-Klein shows how far NRL's gone backwards since golden age of officials
Who is the ‘Superstar’ referred to in the headline?
'Unbearable to watch': Superstar's struggles sum up woes - but Eddie just 10 percent away from a breakthrough
‘Ella’ arrives unannounced in this piece. Was it Mark, who used to have a column in The Australian?
RA chief's radical draft plan to revive Super Rugby, including Wallabies free to play for NZ clubs
“Forward progress”, eh? Nothing like a good tautology first thing in the morning.
Two matches per round have been shown on 10Bold, which is a free-to-air channel. They’ve made for good watching, generally, although not to the point where I would take out a Paramount subscription in addition to Netflix, BritBox, Stan and Kayo.
The A-League’s inability to make forward progress a result of all parties
Has it come to this? Really?
'Major coup': Rennie axed with Eddie Jones returning as Wallabies coach on mammoth deal for two Cups
The 1963 Australia-South Africa series was drawn 2-2. The Springboks won the first and fourth Tests, the Wallabies won the second and third Tests.
Terry McLean’s full name was Terence Power McLean.
The Wallabies’ first series win over a major rugby nation came in 1929, when they whitewashed the touring All Blacks 3-0.
'No one has nailed the position': Campbell's frank admission, Wallabies great dies, Lions star's injury - Rugby News
Why is the Sydney Test being played at the SCG?
Wallabies and France to play condensed series
April Fool jokes are dreary. I was hoping you’d resist the temptation.
BREAKING: Waratahs sack interim head coaches for "failing to meet on-field expectations"
Did the ‘touchies’ [sic] get it wrong? In the absence of 3D replays, it’s difficult to say.
Certainly there is little evidence of a ‘massive howler’ by the assistant referees. Quite possibly the ball went over the top of the post, curving to the left after it passed the upright.
Massive howler from the touchies has to be seen to be believed
Roasted by whom? He was joking, obviously.
Brumbies hat-trick hero roasted after bizarre post-match claim
You’ll be missed, Brett. All the best.
Welcome competition in the rugby broadcast rights race - and a farewell, for now…
Wilfred Rhodes batted right-handed.
So did Tony Lock and Phil Edmunds.
Why are the latter two worthies excluded because they batted right-handed?
The best Test team of left-arm spinners
Demise? When? The patient may be ailing, but is not dead yet.
AOC boss Matt Carroll sad for rugby's demise
The batsman was out of his ground.
The bowler ran him out.
The end.
Debate reignites again as Mankad dismissal rocks U19 CWC qualifying final
Yes, pitch rather than venue. What’s the spectator experience like when it’s 40 degrees?
Channelling the spirit of the WACA, Perth Stadium is now Australia's best Test venue
The ancient convention of publishing an outrageous (and false) story on April 1 has long since run its race. But this is a good effort.
EXCLUSIVE: Schmidt to appoint David Warner as Wallabies leadership consultant