Rugby
The potentially reputation-ruining allegations brought against Sam Burgess and the South Sydney Rabbitohs are all part of a devious plan orchestrated by the former team skipper’s ex-wife, a presiding court has heard. The allegations of drug abuse and domestic violence levied against Burgess has been described by his lawyer to ….
Top prop Aganatius Paasi has confirmed that he won’t be staying on with the Warriors for another season. Instead, subject to his getting the necessary visa, he’ll be joining Super League club St. Helens. Since the Warriors prop has played in at least half of all Warriors games played over ….
New Zealand Rugby has expressed its disappointment over the possibility of All Blacks players having to this year choose between playing in the Rugby Championship, and spending Christmas with their families. And the blame, says New Zealand Rugby CEO Mark Robinson, lies with Sanzaar and the recently released championship’s draw. ….
The remaining two Bledisloe Cups are secured to be played in New Zealand once more – this after NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Government’s decision to relax its isolation protocols so as to ensure the Wallabies are able to properly prepare for the first of the two tests, namely ….
England captain Owen Farrell should not be allowed too easily off the hook for his “clothesline” tackle of Charlie Atkinson. Such is the general consensus regarding Farrell’s latest dangerous tackle, and so much so that many are calling for a ban of at least 10 weeks for the notorious repeat ….
New Zealand rugby legend Marty Banks during a recent tell-all via sports platform “After the Whistle” revealed shocking details surrounding his 2011 five-month stunt playing for Russian rugby club Krasny Yar. He shook hands with the Russian mafia, revealed Banks, a time he will forever remember as the makings of ….
The New Zealand Warriors say they won’t be putting undue pressure on Adam Blair over him providing the club with an answer about this future – at least not before the end of the current NRL season. The former Kiwis captain has been trying to decide whether or not to ….
The man eager to next year join the British and Irish Lions for the duration of their tour of South Africa will remain on deck with the Crusaders. So said Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge of Scott Robertson’s aspirations to be selected to join Warren Gatland’s 2021 tour. Even if Gatland ….
A rugby trophy nearly a century old, and one mysteriously gone missing in 1932, has after all this time eventually been found – thereby solving one of New Zealand’s oldest rugby mysteries. Rugby’s A Loving Cup, a trophy traditionally awarded to the winners of one of the country’s longest-in-existence rugby ….
Crusaders coach Scott Robertson is clearly very interested in becoming involved in next year’s British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa. So much so that he’s been completely outspoken about the fact that he has made contact with Lions head coach Warren Gatland in order to state his interest ….