As the Super Rugby season stutters back to life and all eyes look across the ditch at the All Blacks-Lions decider,one question about the state of the game in Australia comes to mind:How did it come to this?
If a brand such as the British and Irish Lions are having "deer in the headlights moments" in New Zealand,perhaps Australian rugby isn't as bad as we thought.
August 19 will be one of the most important days in recent history for Australian rugby. It's got nothing to do with the performances of our Super Rugby teams or the drama surrounding one franchise being culled. But August 19 is the date of the first Bledisloe Cup clash.
Sun-Herald rugby columnist Matt Burke sits down with Israel Folau to talk form and Super Rugby on the eve of the Waratahs' clash with the Melbourne Rebels.
Why would the Australian coach endorse – even suggest – the recruitment of a 33-year-old rugby league player. I just can't understand it.
Sixteen members of the Lions squad toured Australia four years ago. How many of the Wallabies side have survived from 2013?
Six weeks ago,I was adamant the Western Force should be the team to go – but now I'm not so sure.
Constant tinkering with the laws by the powers that be has changed the 15-man game significantly – and not for the better.
I sat down through the week with Waratahs head coach Daryl Gibson and got some insight into the team,pressure,SAANZAR and how they are going to approach this game today at the SFS.
A quarter of the way through the Super Rugby season and you don't need me to tell you it's been a battle for the Australian teams.