The Reds’ loss to the Crusaders was a heartbreaker at Suncorp Stadium tonight. Here are five things we learned. Click Here: Putters 1. Crusaders are comeback kings For the second consecutive week, the Crusaders managed to win a Super Rugby match no other team could have possibly won. On the road, trailing 20-7 with 17…
Month: September 2019
Houston Bordeaux bound
Leroy Houston is headed back to Bordeaux, after the Reds confirmed he had been released today. The burly No. 8 featured in just one game for the Reds this season and was granted a release on personal grounds today. He was lured back to Australia by an optimistic Michael Cheika, who believed he could feature for…
No ball, no worries as Crusaders into Super Rugby final
The magical touch of Richie Mo’unga and some stout defence put seven-time champions Crusaders into another Super Rugby final when they beat the Chiefs 27-13 in Christchurch on Saturday. With the Crusaders up only 10-6 at half-time and starved of possession, the game turned 10 minutes into the second half when Chiefs wing James Lowe attempted a clearing kick…
Mason sets lofty 2018 goals
Waiting in line behind the Wallabies flyhalf isn’t the easiest spot to be in, but Waratahs rookie Mack Mason is preparing to push incumbent 10 Bernard Foley in 2018 Mason has relished the chance to learn off Foley since moving down from Queensland ahead of the 2017 season but said his ultimate goal was cracking…
Lealiifano's family his own inspiration
Click:HP2202 While the rugby world has been inspired by Christian Lealiifano, the playmaker has found as much inspiration from those who closest to him on his road back to Super Rugby. Brumbies prop Scott Sio is a close friend of Lealiifano’s and said the 29-year-old was quick to point to his friends and family as…
EU extends ‘shipless’ Mediterranean naval mission for 6 months
Follow RT on The European Union is prolonging the mandate of its naval operation against human traffickers in the Mediterranean Sea for six months. However, the bloc still plans to scour its waters without any ships, AP reported. Italy’s previous government blocked Operation Sophia from using ships because its vessels were occasionally used to rescue…
Hungarian PM Orban defends his candidate for EU executive, ‘has solutions in pocket’
Follow RT on Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said he has several solutions “in his pocket” after Hungary’s candidate for the European Commission was rejected. The EU transport commissioner-designate, Romanian socialist politician Rovana Plumb, and the proposed commissioner for EU enlargement, former Hungarian justice minister Laszlo Trocsanyi, were told their confirmation hearings could not go…
Doctors & drugs FOR LIFE: Big Pharma’s profit on the transgender craze
Follow RT on For trans people, the quest to create the body that matches their perceptions is a life devoted to drugs and doctors. For Big Pharma, the challenge is to serve the interests of this group without being blinded by big profit. Western society is currently witnessing something of a medical revolution, which many…
Check mates: Russian grandmaster Karjakin praises MMA legend Emelianenko after pair play chess game
Follow RT on Russian chess grand master Sergey Karjakin has called a chess game against Russian heavyweight MMA icon Fedor Emelianenko “memorable” – saying that the fighter has brains to match his undoubted brawn. “I recently played against Fedor Emelianenko in a simultaneous chess display,” Karjakin said. READ MORE: Ian Nepomniachtchi: Meet the football-loving, video game-mad…
Imran Khan’s jet turns around mid-flight, makes emergency landing in NYC after electronics glitch
Follow RT on Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has reportedly failed to return to his home country after the plane carrying him and his delegation malfunctioned hours into the return trip from the US, and was forced to land in New York. The crew discovered a technical problem on board the jet, four hours after…