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Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika laments Damian McKenzie red card in Queensland win

By Sam Worthington14 hours ago FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedIn14 hours ago A winless 0-13 Super Rugby season looms as a scary but very real possibility for the hapless NSW Waratahs after they were hammered 64-48 by the Hurricanes in a scarcely believable trans-Tasman opener at the SCG on Friday night. Tries flowed as freely as boundaries from Steve Smiths blade at the famous venue but NSW just couldnt keep pace in the battle between the respective wooden spooners from the AU an...

Lithuania NOC holds Olympic Education Forum on physical literacy Tuesday, 11 May 2021 The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (LNOC) has held its annual Olympic Education Forum virtually for the first time, with 1,300 people participating in the event. The topic for the virtual forum was "Physical Literacy: a Different Point of View". The LNOC said educators, coaches, representatives of municipalities, plus figures from the sport and education sectors, joined the event to listen to the dis...

March 12, 2021 10:13 Ex-rugby player Sonny Bill Williams will join Stan Sport’s rugby and NRL commentary lineups. The announcement: Nine and Stan today announced that international sporting icon Sonny Bill Williams has joined Nine’s Wide World of Sports family, across both the Rugby on Stan Sport, and NRL on Nine. Boasting an unrivalled resume of being a two-time Rugby World Cup champion, multiple time Bledisloe Cup champion, two-time NRL champion, Super Rugby champion, and an undefeated h...

Israel Folau should not have a place in either the NRL or rugby union in Australia, former Wallabies teamma...

Higher Information Group acquires New York technology firm Updated Mar 04, 2021; Facebook Share For the fourth time since 2017, a Lower Paxton Township company has acquired another company, and this time it’s a firm based in New York. The Higher Information Group has acquired Office Equipment Source, a 31-year-old technology company based in Elmira, New York, which specializes in providing office equipment, print management solutions facility management and managed network/information techno...

By Sam WorthingtonFeb 19th, 2021 FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedInFeb 19th, 2021 COVID-19 has been awful for everybody, not least Australian rugby. A lot of good people lost their jobs at Rugby Australia and its Super Rugby clubs after the 2020 schedule came to a screeching halt. But as the rebuild begins - and the global pandemic rages on - the effects of a drastically reshaped rugby landscape may well prove positive for the overall health of the game. The domestic Super Rugby A...

Consider the difference in the reaction to the performances of the All Blacks and the Wallabies last year, playing under new coaches Ian Foster and Dave Rennie respectively. The All Blacks, at times, received scathing criticism for their play, yet they won both the Bledisloe Cup and the Tri Nations. Conversely, the Wallabies finished last in the Tri Nations behind the All Blacks and Argentina in a tournament that was played on home soil, yet they got off relatively lightly. Has Australian rugb...

The Wrap: Injuries and depth to determine Super Rugby AU A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size One of the benefits of playing Test rugby in December and starting Super Rugby in mid-February is that the ‘silly season’ is kept mercifully short. That didn’t prevent some eyebrow-raising moments surfacing over the break, including Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan using his casting vote to determine tha...

DAVE PORECKI (NSW Waratahs hooker) Turinui: Dave will be the No.1 hooker at the Tahs I reckon. Hes had the opportunity to develop over at London Irish (2016-20), played a good brand of footy. Ive been impressed with what Ive seen from him and Im looking forward to seeing him in a Tahs jersey. I think itll give them an edge of maturity that they need and thats really great for a less experienced side, having a guy with significant experience. READ MORE: Theyve got a lot of second year guys like ...