Author: Paul Jurdeczka

The Supreme Court has spoken, and the Force’s time in the Super Rugby competition is over. Force fans are understandably furious. The ARU has suffered a serious loss of faith and authority at all levels, as the changes agreed with SANZAAR months ago dragged on. “Twiggy” Forrest and Rugby WA are talking appeals. Fans are wavering, with attitudes varying from hopeless apathy to “burn it all down” fury. Quite frankly, Australian rugby is in trouble. In fact the constant whining on the part of some parts of the Australian rugby media in the past, counter balanced by the arguable “soft…

After the success with getting the Horan-Little Shield started for the NRC in 2015, the Green & Gold Rugby boffins went back to the lab to cook up some more ideas (no, not Walter White style – think more “Doc” Brown with the DeLorean). After they didn’t work out, and with the 2016 season kick off looming, they had it! Never to be the ones to let the Queenslanders have it all their own way with their Andy Purcell Cup, the boffins conceived a trophy to be competed for by NSW sides in the NRC. Of course it had to…