Geoff Parkes

Nobody could accuse the All Blacks and Wallabies of throwing up any surprises in Wellington on Saturday night. As it happens the 33-13 result was roughly within the margin of error for the average scoreline since the All Blacks embarked on their astonishing Bledisloe Cup-winning run back in 2003.

Publicity around the impending release of Johnny Sexton’s autobiography ‘Obsessed’ certainly raised a storm last week, on a number of fronts. Intended to enhance…

From the beginning of pre-season in November 2023 year, Geoff Parkes embedded himself into the Melbourne Rebels, intending to provide rugby followers with insight into what makes a professional franchise work.

Ask Melbourne Rebels fans mournfully reflecting on the brief history of their franchise to name their favourite platers, and you wouldn’t be surprised to…

Two contributions from match officials in recent days may have gone a long way to help settle what has at times become an acrimonious…

As a rule, there's usually something a bit off about writers quoting themselves, but in the excitement of the Wallabies' brilliant 42-37 win over England, hopefully I can be allowed a little leeway.

There’s an old saying that 420 days is a long time in rugby, but that awful night in Lyon last year, when Eddie Jones’…

Given the snow that fell in the lead up to the Wallabies match against Scotland, the visitors must have been delighted to find conditions…

After the Chicago White Sox lost the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, eight players, including legendary slugger ‘Shoeless' Joe Jackson, received a lifetime ban for accepting money to throw the series.

It is characteristic of rugby fans to pay more attention to the future than the present. Sure, losses sting in the moment but the trick is not to allow the pain to persist.