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Quitting While Ahead?

They say that timing in sport is everything. This could also be true of sports administration. Last week former CEO of Australian Rugby and Football John O’Neill was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Sport Australia Hall of

Cheika to Keep Success in Check

The All Blacks were worthy winners of the Rugby World Cup at the weekend having been the most consistent side not only during the tournament, but also in the year leading up to the World Cup finals. Congratulations to all

Mountainous Men Make Marketing a Challenge

Rugby, a game for all shapes and sizes. Well, it used to be, now you simply have to be huge. Rugby was always a unique sport in that if you were short and fat and found running tiresome there was

Wellington Get The Boot

As of next season the A-League will be a solely Australian affair. The Board of the Football Federation of Australia has announced today that it “has determined that an application from Wellington Phoenix for a 10-year licence extension to compete

To Refer or Not to Refer That is the Question

Four Southern hemisphere sides are in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup for the first time ever. Some will claim that this confirms that the Rugby Championship is a tournament a notch above the six nations, even if it