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Christy has been covering rugby since 2014 after falling in love with the game in 2010 during a year in England. He was employed at Fox Sports from 2015 and worked at News Corp across two stints. During his time at Fox Sports, he was a prolific newsbreaker and published regularly in The Australian. He also covered the Tokyo Olympics for News Corp. Not shy of setting the agenda, he wants to cover rugby from all angles: from Super Rugby and sevens to the international game.
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CARDIFF – Mark Nawaqanitawase has explained his attacking mindset and says he's staying "chill" despite his meteoric rise from sixth-choice Waratahs back to one…
Growing up in Fiji, Langi Gleeson played with shoes and bottles as pretend balls in the backyard. Now the 21-year-old is set for his…
CARDIFF - The Wallabies' hopes of ending their season on a high against Wales have been rocked by the news Michael Hooper will miss the Test.…
Injury brings opportunity, and ten months out from the World Cup that is exactly how the Wallabies are viewing Sunday’s clash against Wales at…
On a Spring Tour where little wins have been few and far between, the development of Nick Frost has been one of the real developments for Australian rugby and indeed the Wallabies.
DUBLIN – Sometimes the grass isn’t greener. Even in Ireland, as the weekend’s Test defeat to Andy Farrell’s world No.1 side showed. Once Quade…
DUBLIN – Nic White has delivered a passionate defence of Dave Rennie, saying the Wallabies coach is the man to lead the nation through…
DUBLIN - The Wallabies' worst fears have been realised, with Taniela Tupou in huge doubt for next year's World Cup after rupturing his Achilles.…
DUBLIN – James Slipper says he doesn’t want to entertain any talk surrounding the makeup of the Wallabies’ coaching set up, insisting their poor…
DUBLIN - Nic White has strenuously denied he was concussed in the loss to Ireland, saying he was a "little ginger" though "very confident"…
DUBLIN – Even in Ireland, eventually the Wallabies’ luck was going to run out. Brave as they were in defence, the Wallabies were their…
DUBLIN – Four years ago the writing was on the wall for Eddie Jones. After a disastrous Six Nations campaign and a series defeat…
David Nucifora believes Rugby Australia must move to a centralised system and has urged the national body to make “some hard choices” if they…
DUBLIN – Dave Rennie admits “pressure” is building on him but says his entire focus is on the Wallabies group ahead of their season-defining…
DUBLIN - Dave Rennie is hoping a second half blitz from Taniela Tupou and Will Skelton can lead to the Wallabies running over the…
DUBLIN – Mark Nawaqanitawase can hardly believe what is going on. Ten months ago, the 22-year-old was told he was the sixth best Waratahs…
DUBLIN - Nic White believes the Wallabies have the right intentions but says an over-eagerness is contributing to their troubles in 2022. Ahead of…
Off the back of having “smoke blown up their arse”, Mack Hansen believes the Wallabies will come out “all guns blazing” against Ireland on…
DUBLIN – Australian rugby might have slept on Mack Hansen last year, but 18 months after the Canberra-born back arrived in Galway he will…
DUBLIN – Dan McKellar has been coaching for two decades, but in all that time he says he has not seen a more devastated…
Foley and Beale are good players but they weren’t helped when being selected for the ‘19 campaign when out of form. The selectors weren’t aligned either. It helped none of them, and tarnished the long-term views of everyone involved. But it doesn’t mean they’re bad players or coaches.
Bring back Beale: Tahs veteran the key to fixing Wallabies' astounding lack of attacking variety
Agree with your overall sentiment, however, Ireland are heavily reliant on Sexton too. Even still, Australia has been way too complacent when it comes to talent ID.
EXCLUSIVE: 'I had my go' - The ex-Wallaby who drove Ireland to No.1 and why he's rejected an SOS from RA
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Cheers.
EXCLUSIVE: 'I had my go' - The ex-Wallaby who drove Ireland to No.1 and why he's rejected an SOS from RA
Thanks for reading the story. He’s a fascinating man.
EXCLUSIVE: 'I had my go' - The ex-Wallaby who drove Ireland to No.1 and why he's rejected an SOS from RA
Thanks. Wait and see on that front. Appreciate the response. Hopefully plenty of interesting reads ahead on the tour.
'Holy hell, what's he done?': Mack Hansen's breakthrough moment revealed, as McKellar reflects on one who got away
Good to be here! Great broad perspectives of all things Rugby
'Everything's on the table': RA considers Rennie's future, radical selection oversight, after Italy debacle
Worked with the All Blacks. Grant Fox. Interestingly John Connolly was Bob Dwyer’s selector during the ‘91 World Cup campaign. Clearly in ‘19 it didn’t work with Cheika, but nothing really did in 2018/19.
'Everything's on the table': RA considers Rennie's future, radical selection oversight, after Italy debacle
Thanks mate. Appreciate you reading.
'Everything's on the table': RA considers Rennie's future, radical selection oversight, after Italy debacle
I suppose if you go through my history of news lines, that’ll give you a clue as to whether you believe it or not. Some people don’t like it, but that’s often how news is filtered out from sport to politics to crime.
Anyway, thanks for reading.
'Everything's on the table': RA considers Rennie's future, radical selection oversight, after Italy debacle
Unfortunately discipline and selection/strategy are linked. If players don’t play with each other, they lose the core understanding of where to be and what teammates do. The Horan/Campese relationship a great one. How did Horan know to loop around Campese, they played with each other. Similarly, hitting rucks and attacking breakdown, where there is space and reloading, requires an intuition of where players are and what they do. A good example is in the 39th min when Mark Nawaqanitawase gets away a flick pass but his teammate didn’t see it coming.
'Everything's on the table': RA considers Rennie's future, radical selection oversight, after Italy debacle
You’re bang on the money.
'Everything's on the table': RA considers Rennie's future, radical selection oversight, after Italy debacle
One thing I can guarantee is I’m not an apologist. As for selection of the team, it’s all well and good resting players but you can’t compromise the team. There is a difference between making wholesale changes (12) and subtle tweaks. English and French play 30+ matches a season. There was no reason one or two of the rested players could not have slipped back to the bench.
'Everything's on the table': RA considers Rennie's future, radical selection oversight, after Italy debacle
Good question beyond 2023. France did in 2019. Albeit Galthie came in late in the picture. Clarity the key.
Bring back Beale: Tahs veteran the key to fixing Wallabies' astounding lack of attacking variety