Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge has urged Rafael Nadal not to rush into a decision on retirement, should he win at Roland-Garros this weekend. The Spaniard is two wins away from a remarkable 14th title in Paris, and a 22nd grand slam victory, which would move him two clear of long-time rivals Novak Djokovic and …
After the terrific World Cup hosting news I was surprised to hear Rugby Australia announce they would target league players for 2027. What sort of message does that send to juniors already playing rugby? In 2003 the administration went and got Lote Tuqiri, Wendell Sailor and Mat Rogers and it didn’t win a World Cup. …
The web was born to publish documents—in particular, physics papers from CERN, the great laboratory where Tim Berners-Lee, the very first web developer, was employed to do smart information things. But technology evolves … Actually, forgive the digression, but technology doesn’t evolve. Everyone says it evolves, but true evolution includes a whole lot of death. …
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The National Rugby League has become a billion dollar business and with ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys declaring there could be multiple Magic Rounds in the future, I found myself asking, why? Is there any need for a second or third weekend where all eight games are played at the one venue? Would it create …
David Campese is one of the world’s greatest ever rugby players and is now a member of the Stan Sport and Nine team. ‘Campo’ will be sharing his expert insights with a regular column for Wide World of Sports I’ve got a lot of Kiwi mates and enormous respect for the New Zealand rugby teams. …