Second half Waratah comebacks mask major flaws
THE Waratahs might be the kings of the second half comeback but it is not winning them games. Something has to change, writes Iain Payten.
THE Waratahs might be the kings of the second half comeback but it is not winning them games. Something has to change, writes Iain Payten.
THE giant gap between Australian and Kiwi rugby just got even bigger – if that’s possible – with men, women and now boys all falling to their trans-Tasman rivals.
HE has helped contribute to their woes, but Sonny Bill Williams has a message of hope for Australia’s struggling Super Rugby players.
NEW Zealand champion Tana Umaga believes the current woes of Australian rugby stem from one major failure of ARU decision makers.
BUOYED by the success of Stephen Hoiles’s return, moves are afoot to lure former Wallaby winger Mark Gerrard to the Waratahs next year.
THE victorious Waratahs strolled into Wallaby camp in Bathurst on Wednesday four days after creating history by winning their first Super Rugby title.
BENN Robinson has vowed to “keep playing harder” after being snubbed for Wallabies selection yet again by coach Ewen McKenzie.
THE Waratahs have been crowned Super Rugby champions but how many of their players made our team of the season? And what of the other Aussies?
TOLU Latu is a shock bolter for the Wallabies squad after Tatafu Polota-Nau was ruled out of the opening Bledisloe Cup game with a knee injury.
MICHAEL Chieka didn’t quite take a sledgehammer to the Waratahs’ chronic problems; he took golf clubs instead.
IT was a win the NSW Waratahs had dreamt of for almost two decades, a win that could finally bury the pain of 18 years of failure.
JACQUES Potgieter had been telling anyone who’d listen the Waratahs were good enough to win the title all season – turns out he was dead right.
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