3 d. ago Australian authorities offer $1m bounty for fugitive gunman who shot dead two police officers

Manhunt for ‘sovereign citizen’ Dezi Freeman enters day 12

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3 d. ago Australia snatch dramatic victory at death in Rugby Championship thriller

Australia 28-24 Argentina: The Wallabies were saved by Angus Bell’s score in the 86th minute having fought back to stun the Pumas

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1 week ago How a man was pinned for murdering stranger 13 years after brutal attack in park

Anthony Ellis was jailed for life for murdering Igor Pavlov in Manchester

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2 w. ago Australian police identify suspect in fatal shooting of officers as manhunt enters second day

Australian police have identified a suspect who shot and killed two police officers and seriously wounded a third as the search for the shooter entered day two in a vast, remote rural area in the country’s southeast

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2 w. ago Killer on the run as police officers shot dead in rural Australian town

The alleged offender is on the run with officers frantically trying to locate them

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2 w. ago 2 police officers killed and another shot in a rural Australian town

Two police officers were killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting at a property in rural Australia and the suspect was at large

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2 w. ago Eddie Jones reveals Springboks theory over historic Wallabies victory

Eddie Jones has played down the Wallabies’ landmark Ellis Park triumph over the Springboks in the Rugby Championship opener

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2 w. ago The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianismOn 4 March, Donald Trump delivered his epic 100-minute speech to Congress, the longest such presidential address in US history. Having finished speaking, in time-honored fashion, he walked down the line of supreme court justices, gladhanding each in turn before coming to a stop before the chief justice, John Roberts.“Thank you again, thank you again,” Trump said, taking Roberts’s hand into both his own and shaking it vigorously. Then, as he began to step away, the president tapped Roberts on the arm in a gesture of buddy-buddy intimacy, and said: “Won’t forget.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Five to watch: the Wallaroos who can shape the Women’s Rugby World Cup | Angus Fontaine

From former gymnasts and versatile veterans, to a sevens convert and teenage sensation, these players can lift Australia to new heights in EnglandAustralia begin their Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign with a clash against Samoa on 23 August and high hopes of at least matching their best result at the tournament when it was last held in England. The Wallaroos finished third at the global showpiece 15 years ago but if the current No 6-ranked side are to survive their pool, let alone snatch a breakthrough World Cup crown, they must first face down the game’s biggest star, the US’s Ilona Maher, as well as host England.These are the five players who can help lift the Wallaroos to new heights and lay down a marker before Australia host the World Cup in 2029. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ellis Park epic delivers a powerful adrenaline shot to Australian rugby | Angus Fontaine

The comeback against the Springboks ranks up there with the best of all time and could provide a platform to help rebuild the codeWith their mindblowing comeback victory over the world champion Springboks, Australian rugby has issued a warning shot to the world: the Wallabies are back. That fragile prophecy, oft-imagined yet rarely voiced across two decades of regress, is now being fulfilled thanks to coach Joe Schmidt assembling a team of characters, with incredible character, capable of winning the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.The epic at Ellis Park has delivered a powerful adrenaline shot to rugby’s heartland. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Wallabies break South Africa’s aura of invincibility in win that asks: is Australian rugby back?

Joe Schmidt’s side turned a 22-point deficit into a first win at Ellis Park since 1963. If this is a redrafting of the story, then the sport will be better offFor 18 minutes, everything was going according to script. The double world champions were running riot at Ellis Park, stomping over the gain line with every carry, shrugging off tacklers and hammering anyone unlucky enough to be wearing a gold jersey.Australia had touched the ball twice before Kurt-Lee Arendse scored the opening try; once when James O’Connor kicked off, then again when Tom Wright spilled a contestable kick. Twelve minutes later André Esterhuizen sliced through the right before Siya Kolisi bulldozed over under the posts. Manie Libbok kicked seven extra points to nudge the score to 22-0 in South Africa’s favour. We’d not yet reached the quarter mark of this one-sided contest. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Australia stun South Africa with incredible comeback in Rugby Championship opener

South Africa 22-38 Australia: The Wallabies earned a first victory at Ellis Park since 1963

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3 w. ago Wilson double sparks remarkable Australia comeback win to stun South Africa

South Africa 22-38 AustraliaWallabies recover from 22-0 down to sink SpringboksAustralia rallied from 22-0 down as Harry Wilson, their captain, scored two tries in a stunning 38-22 bonus-point victory over South Africa in their Rugby Championship opener on Saturday, the Wallabies’ first victory at Ellis Park in Johannesburg since 1963.South Africa raced into a seemingly commanding lead through tries by the wing Kurt-Lee Arendse, the centre André Esterhuizen and the No 8 Siya Kolisi, but their achilles heel has been the breakdown and it was there that Australia began to take control. The Springboks led 22-5 at half-time but Australia came alive in the second period and were excellent in soaking up pressure and hitting the world champions with fast breaks as they won on South African soil for the first time in 14 years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rugby Championship marks next phase of Wallabies’ redemption arc | Jack Snape

Australia appear on the up after a memorable Lions series but playing South Africa at a venue where they haven’t won for over 60 years poses a daunting challengeThe Wallabies will look to the past against the world champion Springboks by rolling out two 35-year-olds in the halves to open their campaign in the Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere’s most prestigious trophy that now also appears on its last legs.Saturday’s clash at Ellis Park, beamed into Australia’s east coast early on Sunday morning, marks the next phase of the Wallabies’ redemption arc which has risen from the pool stage exit of the 2023 World Cup, through this year’s valiant British & Irish Lions series defeat and towards a tilt at the Webb Ellis Cup on home soil in 2027. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Wallabies and Springboks in identity swap for clash amid thin air of Highveld | Daniel Gallan

The frenemies meet in this year’s Rugby Championship opener at Ellis Park where they are expected to rip pages out of the other’s playbookOne team boasts some of the most menacing forwards found anywhere in the world. The other is developing a scintillating backline capable of tearing apart any defence. Business as usual, then, for a Wallabies versus Springboks clash. Except this time, like the characters of Freaky Friday, the two sides have switched identities ahead of the first round of the Rugby Championship.Australia might have lost the British & Irish Lions series but they were one referee’s decision at the breakdown away from causing a seismic upset. That the margin was so small was thanks largely to the thundering cameos of Will Skelton, Rob Valetini, Taniela Tupou and a handful of other meaty men who provided the front-foot grunt that was absent in the first Test in Brisbane. Continue reading...

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