Herald rugby writer Wayne Smith filed this column on the morning of his sad passing on Tuesday. His family wanted his final piece published.
A blunder over Connor Vest’s broken neck will have the Queensland Reds questioning whether one match official is fit to adjudicate at the World Cup.
New Zealand may be the main culprits in resting players,but rugby’s position is far less precarious across the ditch and the policy has already cost one Australian side dearly.
Former All Blacks player and coach Wayne Smith revealed he recently switched off his TV in frustration. Rugby should heed his dissatisfaction with the way the game is being officiated.
Eddie Jones has heavily implied Quade Cooper is his preferred World Cup five-eighth. But Carter Gordon is giving the Wallabies coach some welcome headaches.
Making the eight-team Super Rugby finals is proving a tough task for Australia’s highest-profile teams.
Will Hamish McLennan opt for a low-key appointment for the chief executive role or,as a risk-taker,sense a golden – and timely – opportunity to revamp Rugby Australia?
Eddie Jones and the Wallabies have been handed a dream run to a third World Cup. But they’re as a good chance as any opposition is of spoiling it for themselves.
The reason why Queensland never considered Dan McKellar to replace Brad Thorn is patently obvious. Now,he is exactly the man the under-siege Reds need.
Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has spoken at length about picking players prepared to roll up their sleeves. Suliasi Vunivalu couldn’t be bothered removing his cufflinks against the Crusaders.
The Sydney Roosters prodigy is not diving into a shallow talent pool among the Wallabies’ backs,and that’s before you get to rumblings over his $5 million price tag.