Rugby league fans’ propensity to always see a glass half-empty has again been graphically illustrated in the fortnight since the Nines World Cup at Parramatta was announced.
“From the liberal Cape Town to the conservative highveld… the one common factor is that the South Africans are a hard race and their rugby players are fearsome physical specimens. A Springbok is a big, big man.
The Brisbane Bullets might be yet to settle on their final squad this NBL season but they are putting together enough performances to deserve in on championship discussion – and centre Matt Hodgson couldn’t be enjoying himself more.
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There’s one burning question from the rugby faithful which I keep answering: “Who is Rugby AU chairman Cameron Clyne?”
Just when you thought the NRL player merry-go-round was coming to an end, it would appear there are more movements yet to be completed.
Australia duo Glenn Maxwell and Joe Burns have signed for Lancashire as overseas players for the 2019 County Championship season.
The Springboks are set for a change of coach after the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, with Rassie Erasmus declaring he would step down from the role to focus more on his other roles within the sport.
The fixture for the 2019 Rugby Championship has almost taken shape, with Rugby Australia today confirming the Wallabies will kick off their 2019 fixture in Johannesburg.
The Brisbane Heat will be looking for a much-improved BBL|08 campaign after a lacklustre season in 2017-18.
Now that there’s been time for the dust to settle, The Roar’s resident draft nuts Maddy Friend and Josh Elliott have put their heads together to talk through all of the big topics from the 2018 AFL Draft.
Each and every week the football world provides us with a collection of stories, rumours and events that get tongues wagging with both praise and criticism.
Ultimately, the result went pretty much as expected, with Australia’s bowlers ensuring the Test contest was pure, but Australia’s batsmen falling short of the mark.
Good meetings across the board on Thursday, where my main focus is at Coffs Harbour and Warrnambool.
Before the game against Wellington Pheonix, everyone was talking about Sydney FC hadn’t changed and are still the brutally consistent team they were for the past two years.
Sam Docherty was looking forward to playing his first match in more than a year after being sidelined by injury in 2018 – but the Blues co-captain reinjured his ACL on Monday, and we can only imagine the disappointment and despair he and the club must be feeling.
It wasn’t the result the country wanted, but the first Test of the summer was a beauty.
We went behind the scenes at the Gfinity Australia Elite Series.
Thomas Hickey was forced from the ice, as his teammate Cal Clutterbuck was also struck in a scuffle with Kris Letang in the aftermath.
FC Porto’s Hernani Fortes was ruled to have been tripped by Mariano in his side’s 3-2 Champions League win over Galatasaray
Determined not to commit a free throw violation, this conscientious basketballer was willing to risk life and limb
We went behind the scenes of the Gfinity Australia Elite Series.
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread.
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread.
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