Phil Lutton

Phil Lutton

Phil Lutton is the sports editor for brisbanetimes.com.au.

Phil Lutton

What's eating Quade Cooper?

Phil Lutton An easy way out of the Quade Cooper discussion is to just call him "mercurial" or "enigmatic", which is a neat way of saying "we're not sure what's going on either".

Rugby

South Americans sniff rugby upset

The Pumas take on South Africa in Cape Town last month.

Phil Lutton The Wallabies have gone to great lengths to insist they are taking Argentina as seriously as humanly possible. Perhaps the more poignant question is whether the Pumas are doing the same to Australia.

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Five down for Reds ... and now for the Tahs

Will Genia

Phil Lutton After the Reds lost to the Crusaders in Christchurch in May, arithmetic dictated that they would need to win all six of their remaining games if they were any hope of defending their Super Rugby...

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Rugby

Genia pockets $600k in shock defection to Western Force

Will Genia

Phil Lutton After playing a starring role in his side’s victory over the Auckland Blues at Eden Park on Friday night, Will Genia sat down with Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie at midnight and told him he was...

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Wallabies star 'can't remember' alleged burglary

Phil Lutton Quade Cooper expected to tell authorities he has no recollection of events that lead to him being charged with burglary on the Gold Coast.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Super Cooper

Quade Cooper

Phil Lutton He's caught the attention of fans with his new comic book kicking style but Quade Cooper doesn't care so long as he keeps landing them.

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Rugby

Manager laces up against his star client

Barnes-Walsh

Phil Lutton Reds bolter has Barnes in his sight - and on his books.

Back to basics for Queensland Reds

Lei Tomiki

Phil Lutton At the beginning of last year’s Super 14, the Queensland Reds spawned their season with a glitzy show of light and power in the industrial chic surrounds of a creative arts workspace.