He’s been watching, but former NRL chief executive David Gallop isn’t interested in talking about his successor’s departure from the role. Rugby league boss Dave Smith announced his resignation on …
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France’s World Cup was a “total failure”, the country’s rugby federation chief said on Monday after a crushing 62-13 quarter-final defeat to New Zealand. “We had fixed important targets, so …
Continue reading France suffered ‘total failure’ at RWCGeelong coach Chris Scott is comfortable with the high price the Cats have paid for their busy AFL trade period. Geelong have welcomed four experienced players – Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide), …
Continue reading Cats trade bonanza worth the price: ScottFans might beg to differ, but Dave Smith is confident his infamous “Benji Barba” gaffe won’t define his tumultuous three-year reign as NRL boss. The outgoing chief executive hopes leaving …
Continue reading ‘Benji Barba’ gaffe won’t define me: SmithNRL heavyweights Todd Greenberg and Shane Richardson head the list of potential successors after Dave Smith on Tuesday called time on his three-year reign as a rugby league “change agent”. …
Continue reading Greenberg favourite for Smith NRL top jobFrom the very beginning Dave Smith was a stranger in a strange land. He was a Welsh banker parachuted in as the head of a fiercely tribal, sometimes cannibalistic, factional …
Continue reading Dave Smith: an NRL strangerJamie Whincup may be forgiven by his Holden team but the V8 Supercars star reckons he has been portrayed as the “villain” ahead of this weekend’s Gold Coast 600. Whincup …
Continue reading I am portrayed as a ‘villain’: WhincupI’m back. If the message on James Courtney’s newly-designed helmet does not make it clear, the Holden star wants to ram home the point with “total dominance” at this weekend’s …
Continue reading Courtney back for Gold Coast V8sJamie Whincup may be forgiven by his Holden team but the V8 Supercars star reckons he has been portrayed as the “villain” ahead of this weekend’s Gold Coast 600. Whincup …
Continue reading I am portrayed as a “villain”: WhincupThe NRL’s crucial new broadcast deal was always Dave Smith’s baby. But the former banker has quit from his post as the game’s chief executive with the deal only half …
Continue reading Smith exits before TV deal is doneThe Melbourne Rebels are hopeful of having Fijian flyer Sefanaia Naivalu on deck for round one of the Super Rugby competition as he continues his comeback from a badly broken …
Continue reading Rebels hoping Super Sefa ready for seasonHolden superstar Jamie Whincup says he has been portrayed as the Bathurst 1000 “villain” in the wake of his Mount Panorama gaffe that left his V8 Supercars title defence in …
Continue reading I am seen as Bathurst “villain”: WhincupJannie du Plessis has revealed sports psychologists that worked with IndyCar drivers have South Africa on track to tackle the might of the All Blacks in their Rugby World Cup …
Continue reading Boks’ heads right for RWC semi: Du PlessisHolden driver James Courtney has received a medical clearance to return to the V8 Supercars grid on the Gold Coast this weekend. Courtney has been sidelined since late August when …
Continue reading Courtney back for V8s on Gold CoastHigh-flyer Jeremy Howe admits he must improve his consistency if he is to cement a place in Collingwood’s senior side and fulfil his potential at his new AFL club. The …
Continue reading Howe aims high with ‘Pies in AFLAustralia’s Rugby World Cup campaign nearly came crashing down to huge underdogs Scotland because players had started to believe their own hype after dominating the so-called `Pool of Death’, coach …
Continue reading Scotland slip-up was my fault: CheikaCollingwood recruit Jeremy Howe admits he has something to prove at his new AFL club. The high-flying utility left Melbourne on Monday as part of a complex four-way trade that …
Continue reading Howe has something to prove in AFLThe Wallabies are officially playing the rest of the World Cup with house money after World Rugby admitted the penalty which won them a semi-final berth should not have been …
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