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Whilst cricket was ablaze over Virat Kohli’s gentle shoulder charge on his young fan Sam Konstas with ensuing demerit and modest fine, I invoked…
If this year were an imaginary World Cup, Australia would have qualified for rugby’s quarterfinals. Top eight again, and a difficult matchup for England…
When next you go to the pub to win the trivia competition, remember New Zealand’s fullback phenom Will Jordan has been selected for every…
As 2024 began, I wrote here: “The Wallabies have been stymied by seven cardinal rugby sins for a decade or more. A high penalty…
Dublin sits inside a comfortable northern peninsula and a rocky south coast. Norse and Norman invaders found it easier to arrive than leave. Rugby’s…
In the end, we are as it is told in the books. World Rugby’s rankings come in for stick but over the long run,…
Scotland would be full of people if the cold wet sand and lashing winds on the grey sea were a bit less wild and…
Australia has forgotten how to lose; whilst Warren Gatland’s Wales and Steve Borthwick’s England have forgotten how to win. The series may be named…
In 2003 Guy Sebastian won the first season of Australian Idol and topped the Aussie charts (and Kiwi, as well as four other countries)…
The silence of the northern lambs this Monday morning as I see the sunlit eastern shore of Scotland flash by on the train to…
What is the best way for Australia to beat England in a rugby union match in London? Make England play most of the rugby,…
Hope Springs in the Autumn. Early bird New Zealand are cramming in five Tests looking for a hat-trick in London, Dublin and Paris whilst…
“The Rebels are merely a ‘canary in the coal mine’; a symptom if you like of rugby’s deeper woes.” Author Geoff Parkes does believe…
After Australia and America, where should the men’s Rugby World Cup head? Qais Al-Dhalai, president of Rugby Asia, made a stir about Qatar as…
In March I called for backfoot Waratah Tane Edmed to be Wallaby flyhalf since he had more attributes Joe Schmidt’s teams rely on: “a…
How do we know we are doing well? Are we doing enough? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel or is…
The 2024 edition of The Rugby Championship is in the books. Just as in most years, there is a clear champion team, two elbowing…
The joy of Sydney is in the curved coves dotted with craft and vessel, intimate and tied to the character of the villages rising…
Press room rookies like me on debut in Sydney at the Accor this week think of questions before coaches Scott Robertson and Joe Schmidt…
Big port towns do not stay stuck in the past. The Cape of Good Hope was never fixed in an era or epoch. History,…
What a 🏉 year it’ll be!
Forgotten Aussie young gun who would be 'easily the best 10 in the world'
Met Mack along with 7-8 of his team for coffee last year and over the course of a couple hours it became clear he was one of the key leaders in the team (Aussie, Saffa, English, PI) and a guy who insists on standards. Good to read about his background.
Forgotten Aussie young gun who would be 'easily the best 10 in the world'
Cheers MZ! Hope the new year treats you and your family well. Yes, I found this exercise fruitful because it burned off all the denialism. Every team has a couple of weak spots; some half a dozen.
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
Too harsh, man!
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
He does fit the shape of Bok D
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
Tend to agree that it’s still in the tight five that OZ needs.
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
It’s coming
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
Which opponent 13 would you steal?
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
An added layer of thought experiment
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
😂
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
Be my agent
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
That’s a fun thought
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
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Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
They might have been worked out, though
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
The young AB locks do look promising
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
That’s an interesting insight
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
Fair
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
Latu had a brain malfunction this week
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
He’d like the asado
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
Montoya!
Richie Mo'unga to the Wallabies, Fraser McReight to the Boks: The two rivals who would strengthen every Test team
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Greatest moments, best games, top stars and biggest villains of 2024 - plus five fearless predictions for 2025
This is the Year of the Tane
Greatest moments, best games, top stars and biggest villains of 2024 - plus five fearless predictions for 2025
Turn-tease-tense is the new blitz D
Greatest moments, best games, top stars and biggest villains of 2024 - plus five fearless predictions for 2025
Yes, too many tame kick returns
Joe Schmidt has shown the way forward in 2024 and a Lions triumph is possible - this is how he can do it
Heap of Aussies going well in the Champions Cup (and Japan); some of them starring. James Ramm at the Saints was superb.
'We switch off': All Blacks great says Super Rugby's future depends on Australia pulling its finger out