Thorn’s cultural revolution at Reds set for first examination
Brad Thorn might be channeling a bit of Roy Masters with the way he’s been moulding the identity of the Queensland Reds over the past year.
Brad Thorn might be channeling a bit of Roy Masters with the way he’s been moulding the identity of the Queensland Reds over the past year.
The Canterbury Bulldogs paint a picture of a rebuilding club, and while 2019 might not be their year results-wise, it must be one where they continually make positive strides forward.
Joe Burns, Kurtis Patterson and Travis Head may have shone in Tests this summer, but their Ashes prospects will be heavily influenced by their performances in the Sheffield Shield, which re-starts tomorrow.
It’s easy to forget Fremantle finished on top of the ladder in 2015, and ended up making the prelim. Three weeks can be a long time in football, but three years is an eternity.
While there are times when our major sporting codes are in competition with each other for fans, sponsorship dollars and media attention, for the most part, I believe that our codes have an opportunity to work together, learn from each other and share ideas to benefit the sports-loving Australian public.
Should Australia abandon the Dukes ball experiment for something more appropriate, like training our batsmen to hit a beach ball in a stocking?
It’s finally that time of year where the Overwatch League is back and I couldn’t be happier.
Blue Diamond Stakes day is one of the best days racing of the Melbourne spring and complements the other big Group 1 days at Caulfield from the spring nicely.
Multiple outlets are reporting that All Blacks international Sonny Bill Williams is considering a move back to rugby league after the 2019 Rugby World Cup, as a member of the English Super League’s Toronto Wolfpack.
The 23 women who’ll represent Australia at the upcoming Cup of Nations have today been unveiled, as new Matildas coach Ante Milicic faced the media for the first time since his controversial replacement of Alen Stajcic.
With three weeks until the 2019 NRL season starts, many of us are filled with hope that our team will do really well. Maybe they’ll even challenge for the premiership.
So much of last year’s football palace intrigue centred on just how far the AFL would go to change the rules of the game in response to some meta-elements of the game it found unsatisfactory.
It seems rather astounding that a game designed for the purpose of fun and enjoyment has received such extensive – well rather – serious criticism.
Footy is just around the corner and I’m sure the NRL can’t wait for the opening kick-off so the media focus ever so slightly shifts from footy players to the rugby they play.
Round 1 of the Super Rugby season threw up plenty of surprises, some stories we’ve heard a few times before and a whole lot of great rugby.
He hasn’t played in the IPL since 2014, yet Test star Cheteshwar Pujara has shown he has plenty left to give in the T20 format with a scorching hundred.
The ball swung a mile here! Warne-esque stuff- only faster!
South Africa’s struggles continued for much of the opening day of the second Test.
Paddy Dangerfield and Nat Fyfe front the media after a combined training session held at Gosch’s Paddock before AFLX edition 2.
South Africa were confident after electing to bat in the second test against Sri Lanka but things didn’t go to plan
Zion Williamson was betrayed by a bad pair of shoes in just the 36th second of the match against North Carolina
Cheetahs player Nico Lee was suspended for a hefty 13 weeks after admitting he “cleared the contents of his nose” on Former Melbourne Rebel Colby Fainga’. Lee released a video on social media in which he apologised for his actions.
There are poisoned chalices and then there’s being asked to replace Shane Keith Warne.
There are poisoned chalices and then there’s being asked to replace Shane Keith Warne.
So here it is: The Roar’s top ten NRL players for 2019.
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Who ya gonna call…?