Australian AFL Eddie McGuire was stood himself down from a scheduled TV commitment after his “ignorant” comment towards Swans ambassador Cynthia Banham.McGuire and Fox Sports announced on Saturday the high-profile Collingwood president…
Month: March 2019
Rugby: Quade Cooper gets revenge over Reds as Rebels cruise to victory
Quade Cooper returned to haunt his former team, the Queensland Reds, kicking two penalties and creating two tries for winger Jack Maddocks as the Melbourne Rebels won 32-13 at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.Cooper played 118 Super Rugby…
Rugby: Dave Rennie's Glasgow bundled out of European finals
Owen Farrell’s dash to the delivery room did nothing to undermine Saracens’ European Champions Cup title credentials, the English champions thumping Dave Rennie’s Glasgow Warriors to quash what began as a historic weekend for Scottish…
Super Rugby: Schalk Brits sits with crowd after red card for fighting
Bulls hooker Schalk Brits and Sharks rival Akker van der Merwe were sent off but fighting but were all smiles after their Super Rugby clash overnight.The duo were red carded for landing punches on each other in a tussle at a ruck…
Football: Eastern Suburbs stars deliver superb title
Eastern Suburbs 3Team Wellington 0 Eastern Suburbs claimed their first national league title in 48 years with a win hailed as an exciting indicator of New Zealand’s football future.Suburbs convincingly won yesterday’s ISPS Handa…
Rugby league: Warriors have a lack of resilience at NRL level – Stephen Kearney
Warriors coach Stephen Kearney must have major concerns for his team, after their abject defeat to the Sea Eagles on Saturday.Kearney generally tries to be pragmatic — never getting too carried away in either victory or defeat…
Super Rugby: Chiefs sneak past Jaguares to head into bye with back to back wins
What a difference two weeks can make. Without a win through five rounds and heading out on the road, many Super Rugby fans had written the Chiefs off. But after decimating the Bulls in Pretoria, the Chiefs have gone back to back…
From stunning try to red card: Blues wing Tanielu Tele'a plays his way into Super Rugby spotlight
Blues wing Tanielu Tele’a has taken to his first season of Super Rugby so well, it’s difficult to believe he’s only 20 and has played mostly in the midfield until now.That lack of positional awareness may have been a factor in…
Phil Gifford: Winners and losers from the Super Rugby weekend
Ten talking points from Super Rugby, and a team picked only on form in the weekend. IT AIN’T WHAT YOU DO, IT’S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT Beating the Stormers 24-9 at Eden Park was impressive enough. Better still for the Blues was…
Chris Rattue: Blues are building something in Super Rugby, but still need major improvements
COMMENT Those forever-suffering Blues fans will take what they’ve been served up so far in 2019 with guarded satisfaction.The latest win over the Stormers and their mighty pack on Saturday night is one of the more significant…