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Peek at a betting site if your browser lets you, and you may be surprised to see the All Blacks as co-favourites to lift…
Outcomes. We aren’t supposed to want them any more. Process. Work to the plan. Incremental progress. Don’t attach to outcomes, they preach. Tell that…
Few factors are sure to win you a World Cup. A deep and dominant pack backed by the best scrumhalf, clinician finishers, and a…
We are told rugby has reached its first grand age of parity. Peerless New Zealand has been reeled in by the Irish, the beefy…
Test match rugby jolts back into life this weekend with the start of the Six Nations. Older, wiser Wales have recuperated history again and…
The World Cup cometh. Soon. To illustrate: if Nic White and his partner conceived yet another child, the baby would be born during the…
Hiring Eddie Jones for five years is, at the same time, the most myopic, understandable, and self-destructive move Rugby Australia has ever made. And…
The top-ranked team in rugby as the big year starts is also the most dependent of all teams on one player. A 37-year old…
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A debate about threats of violence against a rugby referee’s family came at the same time as one of the most powerful administrators in…
Springbok skipper Siya Kolisi calls his fullback Willie le Roux ‘Majaivane’ or ‘one who is always dancing'. Willie has other nicknames. ‘Spiders’ is one.…
With everything going sour in England, Eddie Jones is back on Rugby Australia's radar. This is why a wallabies return makes zero sense.
The groundskeepers of the colding North breathe a sigh of relief. The churning and burning of grass beneath angry feet has ceased. Seats will…
The Wallabies used to thwart Welsh dreams in last minute nightmares. After the Florentine fizzle, Dave Rennie’s men are just hoping to play a…
The weekend gave us a minimalist masterpiece in Dublin garnished by neck rolls, a semifinal sequel stalemate at Twickenham, a Georgian statement in Cardiff…
The North froze the South last week and even Scotland had a serious chance to ice the All Blacks until a dubious yellow card…
The port city of Marseille is no stranger to debate. Each election cycle this ancient place is used by the governing and the challenger…
The North asserted itself this week. All the Home Nations won, except Scotland, who put up a fight against New Zealand. France outlasted South…
The Rugby Championship teams all do battle again this weekend far from home. They are in different places, literally and figuratively. No one watching…
Uneasy sits the crown. Yet Ireland remains, having shouldered a lawful and relentless assault by the world’s most brutal team, top of the crop.…
France had a key event vendor (Swiss) go belly up. RA must vet vendors + insure/reinsure wisely.
Rugby Australia's debts blow out to almost $89 million after draw-down of PEP facility
A clarion call:
Nevertheless, it is well past time for rugby’s leaders in Australia and New Zealand, separately and together, to tackle the game’s problems in a holistic sense, with transparency and genuine strategic expertise.
The Wrap: Rebels young gun rockets out of Wallabies contention, and why Samipeni Finau's 'brutal' hit on Edmed was fair game
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Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Fair. Ben been setting the pace + they should follow him.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
He was a man amongst men! Yes, that was in Paarl. What a setting. Grey College has produced many dozens of Boks and you could see 2-3 more on that pitch. Paarl Gim did so well to crawl back into it; brilliant match.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
First 40:00 was best forty minutes of Waratah rugby in years. High quality opposition; so it’s the best benchmark. Tight, hard, strong play by the whole team. It was hard to imagine they could hold out (and didn’t) but that was a quality 1H and I’d use it as the template for the Tahs.
Tahs' season hanging by a thread after Chiefs go whack to post bonus point win
90% rate of settlement in stashes like this — and one would the non-monetary stuff like Rebels continue is easiest to settle with
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
It’s just — until 3 rounds to go — there’s so much movement still possible with bonus points wins. These next 3 rounds can set teams like CRU up.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
To me, it’s about leg strength. I’d put him in the gym and just squat for months.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
We don’t know precisely how poor the Highlanders are this year, but it looks dire so far.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
1/ is far more crucial than 2/
Sydney has 50,000 people who’ll spend $200 for a fun night out.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Yes, so many missed opportunities to introduce new fans and welcome old ones back; perhaps the new CEO will drive more energy into marketing
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
I mean. It’s the gorilla in the living room.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
True. Expat communities are MLR’s base
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
He’s had 5 kicks.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
😂 😂
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Thought I wrote 60% (or 3)
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
He was very good in the last win. Yes, the final kick was another’s but he led the team to big points
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
He can move. And is shaped like a classic 8
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Love this kind of post
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
There’s so much good to market!
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Everything looks intentional in slo mo
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
I tend to agree w you on the final 2
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
I’ve tried so many times
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Yes, I was seeing 47-3 or some such. Good to see a bit of fight. A lot of teams going down 26-0 would have just capitulated.
Tahs hammered by Hurricanes as finals hopes hang by a thread