Hetherington Unsure Of A Warriors Future

Star prop Jack Hetherington’s head-high tackle that knocked Sea Eagles player Martin Taupau out cold may end up costing him the rest of his season playing for the Warriors. Having now completed one week of a 4-game suspension, Herrington is on his way back home to his parent club the ….

Broncos Players & Club Fined For Bio-Breach

Brisbane coach Anthony Siebold may be one of the club’s bigger problems but he’s certainly not their only creator of internal folly. A bio bubble-breaching pub lunch earlier this month has now returned to bite the team where it hurts most, with 10 players effectively fined for breaching safety and ….

Verstappen Beats Hamilton To Unlikely F1 Win

Red Bull driving ace Max Verstappen this week pulled of what has got to be the performance disrupt of the Formula One season when he beat Merc driver Lewis Hamilton to a 70th Grand Prix Anniversary race victory. Crossing the Silverstone finish line an incredible 11.3 seconds ahead of Hamilton, ….

Pedersen On Depression And Helping Others

Tactix star midcourter Erikana Pedersen is no stranger to battling the demons of post-injury depression. And since last year’s misfortune is now a thing of the past, Pedersen says she feels ready to help others who may be dealing with similar challenges. The year to trump all others in terms ….

Super Rugby Aotearoa Trophy Broken

Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge has admitted to the Super Rugby Aotearoa trophy having sustained damage whilst in the possession of the team. Mansbridge, after having initially tried to rebuff claims of “minor damage” having occurred during Sunday’s post-game victory celebrations, eventually on Monday admitted to the entire suspected palaver. Confirming ….

$30M Pledged To Sport Facility In Upper Hutt

Grant Robertson, who is New Zealand’s Minister of Finance, Sport and Recreation, has announced government-funding in the amount of $30 million being made available to the New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport (NZCIS), which campus is located in Upper Hutt. The campus proposes to be a one-stop-solutions-shop for elite ….

Six Nations Matches To Resume In October

The amended dates for the remainder of this year’s Six Nations matches have been confirmed by the competition’s organisers. Brought to a sudden halt mid-way through the tournaments in March, the games for the men’s as well as the women’s competitions will in October pick up they left off earlier ….

Broncos Centre The Victim Of Revenge Porn

As if a royally proportioned nightmare season of note isn’t enough to keep the Brisbane Broncos busy stomping out the fires raging on all sides, the team also now finds itself at the centre of a full-blown revenge porn scandal. A video showing Broncos centre Kotoni Staggs in a personal ….

Chiefs Coach Warns Over Poor Kiwi Refereeing

New Zealand referees will have to massively improve if they’re to be recognised or even taken seriously by the international rugby community. So says Chiefs coach Warren Gatland following a flurry of controversial refereeing decisions made against his team. The Chiefs’ seventh consecutive loss against the Blues last week saw ….

Legendary Former AB Lock Andy Haden Dies

Tributes are streaming in on social media following the death of former All Blacks lock and legendary rugby-man Andy Haden. He was 69. Diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in 2003, Haden lost a long and protracted battle with the illness at his home early on Wednesday morning. He only recently ….