Rugby Union

Something’s Missing

It was Manchester United’s controversial Irishman Roy Keane who once said “Away from home our fans are fantastic, I’d call them the hardcore fans. But at home they have a few drinks and probably the prawn sandwiches, and they don’t

Can We Have a Game?

Where is sport headed in the next ten years? As we have seen T20 is now far more popular than any other form of cricket in terms of spectators. Rugby Sevens may well soon be headed that way too. No

Elite Focus is Damaging Australian Sport

At the start of last week following the Wallabies second defeat to the All Blacks former Australian international Brett Papworth wrote an article that struck a chord with rugby fans across the country. It was titled “As you Sow, so

Women’s Sport Coming to the Fore

There is a saying behind every successful man there is a woman pushing hard. This may soon be changed to behind every successful sport there are women pushing hard. As in Australia it would appear that women are very much

Force Impact

Ask any ageing former athlete how many finals they played in and you will find that many will have never played in one. It therefore seems strange that Rugby WA would be putting restrictions on players that they have released