Achieving mediocrity on the international stage is not an accident; it’s the result of inadequacies that are at first tolerated but then evolve into systemic failures that favour proximity, undermine performance and promote mediocrity – a somewhat cynical look at…
Pro D2 was the Aussie playground this weekend, with Alex Newsome and Angus Staniforth running riot with ball in hand and Paulo Pelesasa crossing for a try. In the NPC, James Ramm scored in a narrow loss while Harvey Cordukes…
Kiss’s Core Crew: Bolters, Bans and Bledisloe Bother Les Kiss has named his 34-man Wallabies squad for the Bledisloe Cup series, and it looks like it was built with one eye on the selection table and the other on the…
Force Face Waratahs’ Young Guns in the Perth Decider Venue: Scotch College Playing Fields, Perth | Date/Time: 3 October, 4:30 PM AEST | Referee: TBC The Lowdown Déjà vu, with the roles swapped. Last year the Waratahs rocked up to…
What a weekend—both the Wallabies and Wallaroos jagged important wins. You just have to enjoy these wins. To be honest, I was going to start on this while watching the Wallabies, but that did not quite work out as planned.…
Rennie’s Rebuilt Roster: Injuries, Inclusions and selection Intrigue Dave Rennie has named a 34-man All Blacks squad for the two-Test Bledisloe Cup series against the Wallabies, and it’s a squad shaped as much by the physio room as by the…
In three weeks we’ve come from kissing your sister in Argentina to avoiding a wharfie in Perth. Much like Hamlet this was a play in three acts, the only difference we didn’t lose our heads in the end. Act 1…
Originally published at The Audacity. Somewhere in Melbourne last week, 100,021 people packed into a cricket ground (the actual, literal, sacred home of Test cricket, the place where Bradman played, where the Boxing Day Test is basically a religious observance)…
Fluorescent Cards, Frayed Nerves and a Frantic Finish Optus Stadium delivered a Test that went from procession to pandemonium. The Wallabies beat the Springboks 42-38 to claim the Mandela Challenge Plate and stretch Les Kiss’s unbeaten run to five Tests…
Howl of The Underdog: Rate Every Wallaby, Coach & Ref The Wallabies have just faced the world’s No. 1 side in their own backyard. Some will have earned their post-match tinnie. Some will have a lot to answer for. And…
