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The Wrap: Super Rugby AU and Aotearoa anxiously hovering on the bubble A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size In recent times it feels like there have been many watershed moments for Australian and New Zealand rugby. Tomorrow, with the anticipated announcement of a trans-Tasman travel bubble potentially giving the green light to a cross-over Super Rugby round, is one of those moments. The competition that only Australia wanted last year, but would now be warmly welcomed by both nations, is hanging by a thread....

Why the Brumbies still have reason to smile after their defeat in Canberra A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Sometimes you can lose a game, but there are still reasons aplenty to make you smile. That was certainly the impression created by the interviews after the conclusion of the best advertisement for Super Rugby AU so far. From body language alone, it was hard to tell the winning from the losing coach. The Brumbies had just lost 40-38 against their closest rivals on the ladder, the Reds, and they had...

Published March 9, 2021 • Updated on March 10, 2021 at 8:43 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC There is no doubt this coronavirus pandemic has stolen a lot from everyone, including loved ones, jobs and traditions. Finding happy moments amid a pandemic has been a unique challenge, but it is a challenge many around Connecticut have taken on by doing random acts of kindness. At the very beginning of January 2020, the World Health Organization announced a pneumonia-like sickness that had sickened dozens of people in Wuhan, China. That sickness would end up becoming what we now know as COVID-19. By ...

Coaches love to tinker. In rugby, they particularly enjoy finding ways to expand the skillset of one position by adding little bits and pieces from another. Earlier in the season, I explored the ways in which Queensland attack coach Jim McKay uses Hamish Stewart’s background as a schoolboy flanker, in conjunction with his more recent […]

The Wrap: More ticks than crosses in bright Super Rugby opening A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The results may have been predictable, with last year’s finalists scoring convincing wins over last year’s two bottom sides, but there was something for everybody to take away from a breezy opening to the 2021 rugby season on Friday night. The Waratahs jumped out of the blocks, and Jake Gordon’s energy had his side in front early. But the Reds response – not 15 minutes later they were ahead by 24-7 â€...