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They say that the knockout stages are a whole new competition, then I can’t think of a better idea than winding the scoreboards back to zero from this weekend and starting again.
They say that the knockout stages are a whole new competition, then I can’t think of a better idea than winding the scoreboards back to zero from this weekend and starting again.
Erik Howard winced as he felt the familiar spasms in his lower back on the physio’s table. The worse they were, the better he had played. It was a ready-made barometer of performance, although he knew the pain would not leave him in his life after football.
The Junior Wallabies have snuck past hosts Argentina at the Under 20 World Championship in a thrilling semi-final that featured delays, a red card and a penalty try to book their ticket to the final.
This column originally was going to be the one that lamented the decision-making of experienced Melbourne Rebels and NSW Waratahs players that frankly should know better, but it’s not.
I was chatting to a (former) Waratahs tragic about the pathetic performance of his team going down to the Highlanders 49–12 in a ‘must-win with bonus points’ match on Friday night.
In 1976 the film ‘The Song Remains The Same’ documented a series of 1973 concerts by legendary rock band, Led Zeppelin, held at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
The fixtures for the Super Rugby quarter-finals have been confirmed by SANZAAR, with all four games to be played on Friday and Saturday, and just one not to be held in Australia and New Zealand.
Reports have surfaced this week that Wallabies coach Michael Cheika personally reached out to Newcastle Knights star Kalyn Ponga, offering up the possibility of a code-switch to rugby union in the future.
Australian rugby’s worst-kept secret has been confirmed, with star Reds and Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi announcing he will depart for Japan after the World Cup.
Christian Lealiifano will depart Australian Rugby at the end of the 2019 season, the Brumbies have confirmed.
Christian Lealiifano will depart Australian Rugby at the end of the 2019 season, the Brumbies have confirmed.
Christian Lealiifano will depart Australian Rugby at the end of the 2019 season, the Brumbies have confirmed.
Hopefully Jake White’s advice to Dave Wessels this week included running plenty of Melbourne traffic at Jack Debreczeni.
Hopefully Jake White’s advice to Dave Wessels this week included running plenty of Melbourne traffic at Jack Debreczeni.
Hopefully Jake White’s advice to Dave Wessels this week included running plenty of Melbourne traffic at Jack Debreczeni.
If Round 18 will decide the clubhouse lead heading into the Super Rugby playoffs – we’re going all the way, baby! – then last weekend’s penultimate round was indeed the tipping panel equivalent of ‘Moving Day’.
Two weeks ago Vic Masters rugby celebrated one of the highlights of their season, what has now become an annual fixture, a curtain-raiser to the Rebels vs Waratahs match at AAMI Stadium, between the ‘Wannabees’ and ‘Old Blacks’.
Has there been a seismic shift in Australian rugby? With only one round of the regular Super Rugby season remaining, it is no longer the traditional power bases that sit atop that conference.
Though it’s been one of the tightest – and best – seasons of the Super Rugby in recent years, the weekend’s results have left a funny, almost underwhelmed feeling, with all three conferences now wrapped up.
As uplifting as it’s been to see Folau Fainga’a on top of the Super Rugby try-scoring list, it can’t paper over the issue that Australian forwards have struggled to make an impact with the ball in general play this season.
Israel Folau has launched an unfair dismissal claim against Rugby Australia and the Waratahs after the star had his multi-million dollar contract torn up last month.
It’s not just the likes of the Crusaders, Rebels, and even the Bulls who have seen leads trimmed, eroded, or even outright disappear in recent weeks.
There is nothing quite like walking down the empty corridor of a care home for the elderly. The echo of your own footsteps seems just a little louder, the silence surrounding it a little deeper.
Forget about which teams are going to battle their way into the playoffs next week. None of them are good enough to cause any difficulty for the top four sides.
Forget about which teams are going to battle their way into the playoffs next week. None of them are good enough to cause any difficulty for the top four sides.
Forget about which teams are going to battle their way into the playoffs next week. None of them are good enough to cause any difficulty for the top four sides.
They say that the knockout stages are a whole new competition, then I can’t think of a better idea than winding the scoreboards back to zero from this weekend and starting again.
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