Marnus Labuschagne may have missed out on his debut Test ton last night, but he shapes as a potentially crucial cog in the Australian Test team moving forward and not just due to his gritty batting.
Within minutes of Nathan Brown announcing he was leaving the Knights, the conversation shifted to who his replacement would be.
Things were looking grim for the hosts until the 126-run partnership.
Australian fans long have dreamed and speculated about the carnage the so-called Big Four quicks could wreak if unleashed as one unit.
No doubt the NRL forked out a few bucks during the week; investing in a diversion to draw attention away from the pending departure of the rather embarrassing Peter Beattie and his role as ARLC Chairman.
Forrest Gump was not a smart man, according to Forrest Gump. And according to lanky-large Parramatta Eels second-rower Shaun Lane, he too was not a smart man to be photographed on mad Monday with a bag of white powder and dressed as Forrest Gump.
Discussion of a Wallabies squad would usually be focused on who didn’t make the cut more so than who did, but coach Michael Cheika appears to have flipped that narrative with the inclusion of gun rookie Jordan Petaia.
Rugby Australia have confirmed their 31-man Wallabies squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, with coach Michael Cheika lining up a mix of youth and experience while holding onto much of the side that finished second in The Rugby Championship.
David Warner had never looked worse – that’s both an opinion and a fact.
Newcastle’s 5-1 FFA Cup win over local rivals Edgeworth was a reminder that when football does things right, few other codes can match it for storylines.
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered over the weekend that this – not Tigers-Lions, as I’d previously thought – would be the final Friday night game of the home-and-away season.
The start of the 2019 NRLW season is just over three weeks away.
The final grand slam of the year gets underway on Monday at the raucous grounds of Flushing Meadows in New York.
As the crucial Day 2 of the third Test unrolled, England’s batting woes were once again exposed by a potent Australian attack.
Ahead of Lance ‘Buddy’ Frankin’s 300th game against St Kilda at the weekend, I’ve been thinking about his decision in the 2013 trade period to sign with the Sydney Swans.
The men’s and women’s draws for the 2019 US Open have been released and it has the potential to produce some must-watch mouth-watering clashes over the next fortnight.
At least some in the Leeds crowd are keeping the faith.
He fell short of another century.
It was another dropped catch from England!
The great games don’t necessarily tell you they’re great at first.
The great games don’t necessarily tell you they’re great at first.
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The Boomers have laid down a marker ahead of this year’s Basketball World Cup, recording a narrow 98-94 victory against a visiting USA team in Game 2 of the showcase series.
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