Twelve months ago the Wallabies were on top of the world, not literally of course, but, still, feeling pretty good about things. Then it came crashing down. It serves as a brutal reminder for all Aussie teams.
‘I know from copping it at a young age just what he’s going through.’ Latrell Mitchell may lose his spot to Joseph Suaalii next year but the Souths fullback still had some invaluable advice for the teen tyro.
Queensland rugby is again basking in the glory of success after the Reds’ drought-breaking win over NSW at the weekend. But not long ago success was common. We look back at Reds rugby’s golden-era top 50 players, 1980-2000. Today, numbers 31-40.
The breakdown of a longstanding relationship with Fox Sports, followed by an economy-killing virus, has left rugby with no friends.
Former Wallabies skipper ANDREW SLACK reveals why he declined to accept a seat on the Captain’s Bandwagon that helped drive former Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle out the door.
Rugby fans seem to be getting less play for their buck and it’s time to stop the stop-start in rugby. Andrew Slack has a solution.
Rugby’s image, finances and on-field performances have taken a hit since CEO Raelene Castle took charge and the problems are continuing, writes Mike Colman.
Raelene Castle and Rugby Australia believe they have an ace up their sleeve in their TV rights war, but it threatens to all come unstuck after alienating long-time broadcaster Fox Sports.
Reece Hodge got dudded, and if World Rugby follows through on and looks at every tackle made in the tournament – it will see the judicial rooms become as crowded as Tokyo’s subways, writes Julian Linden.
Many believed this defensive tactic would trip up the All Blacks. Instead, the Kiwis used it to their advantage to enhance their favouritism to win a third-straight title.
If they’d spent less time trying to belt Michael Hooper on Saturday night New Zealand might be one-up in the battle for the Bledisloe, writes MIKE COLMAN
There’s been plenty of people writing that there’s no winners in the battle between Israel Folau and Rugby Australia. That’s rubbish. There’s at least two winners, writes Mike Colman.
The last thing the Broncos need is for James Roberts to cause a Folau-like division in the ranks — so Anthony Seibold is getting in early, MIKE COLMAN reports
Soft penalties, send-offs, stupid mistakes and discipline that would embarrass a schoolboy team yet somehow the Reds still beat the Sunwolves. It was so bad you do little but be amused, writes Andrew Slack.
If the world is going to be a one percent better place by the Canterbury Rugby Union changing the name of their Super Rugby team, “The Crusaders”, I’m all for it.
Winning the World Cup remains the biggest prize in the game but is Australia’s obsession really worth sacrificing everything in the four year cycle between tournaments?
It may make sense for national teams to insist provincial sides rest stars on occasion, writes Andrew Slack, but did big names need a week one vacation before the Super Rugby season had started?
No $45 million war chest, no direction at the top, no World Cup TV deal … rugby union’s in a dreadful state, writes Jessica Halloran.
Rugby Australia has made a lot of bad decisions over the past few decades, but keeping under fire coach Michael Cheika on until after next year’s World Cup isn’t one of them, writes Greg Davis
The most damning indictment of the Wallabies’ disastrous showing against England last weekend came at Michael Cheika’s post-match media conference.
Four nations can win next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan now the All Blacks’ right to rule has been rattled yet, sadly, Australia’s Wallabies are not among them, writes Jim Tucker.
SURE the Wallabies turned around a 24-point deficit and somehow recorded an unlikely 45-34 victory, but was anyone really convinced?
THE contact zones in contact sport are diminishing by the second and the future of all high impact games is uncertain, writes Andrew Slack.
THE inaugural Super W season is underway and rugby fans should be grateful, because without it the code would be falling behind both its competitors and the times, writes Andrew Slack.
The Quade Cooper situation is an embarrassing indictment on the game and the Queensland Rugby Union has a lot to answer for, writes BRENDAN CANNON.
A DRAW was the right result because neither team deserved to win. You could possibly argue both teams deserved to lose because, explains ANDREW SLACK.
ANDREW SLACK: It’s not often a loss turns everything around, but just maybe this was the first step on the way back.
BASICS are being butchered, efforts that last less than the full 80 and a predictable style. What has happened to our Wallabies, asks Jim Tucker.
FORGET the embarrassing scoreline. Forget the lack of basic skills. No, the debacle of the latest Wallabies and All Blacks game isn’t the worst problem facing Australian Rugby. It’s just the most obvious.
AUSTRALIA’S performance against the All Blacks in the first Bledisloe Cup clash was the full stop in the worst week of the worst season of professional rugby in this country, writes Andrew Slack.
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