Reds seeking redemption against Brumbies
The Queensland Reds have a point to prove after a disappointing defensive display against Western Force.
The Queensland Reds have a point to prove after a disappointing defensive display against Western Force.
Wallabies great David Campese has floated an idea for the Melbourne Rebels next year to help save Super Rugby and build a “better competition”, as the deadline on the club’s debt deal expired.
Rugby Australia has revealed what the future holds for ACT Brumbies, after questions were raised of the club’s role in the Super Rugby following Melbourne Rebels going into admissinstation.
They are the giants of Australian rugby ready to represent the Wallabies on the game’s grandest stage, but to the local clubs and schools that nurtured them, they are so much more.
There will be a ‘whole lot more to play for” than just a Super Rugby Pacific win when the Brumbies and Reds meet in Canberra.
Striving for “consistency”, the Queensland Reds have named an unchanged starting 15 for their Super Rugby Pacific battle with the Brumbies.
Super Rugby Pacific’s 12 teams will gather in Melbourne in March for three days of action.
The Queensland Reds U16 and U19 teams got the ball rolling in the National Championships with convcing wins over the ACT Brumbies in Canberra. See the Team of the Day and Match reports here.
Australian teams are desperate for an improved showing against their New Zealand rivals in the Super Rugby Pacific competition.
Filipo Daugunu scored a try in his 50th appearance for Queensland as the Reds ended the Brumbies’ winning streak.
The scrum battle is set to be a talking point of the Reds’ Super Rugby Pacific clash with the Brumbies.
Winger Filipo Daugunu has been on the outer at the Reds, but he’s set to make his 50th Super Rugby appearance this weekend at Suncorp Stadium.
Before uniting next week for a Wallabies camp, a host of Reds and Brumbies players will battle for bragging rights at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.
Believing it was “shoulder on shoulder” contact, the Queensland Reds will fight the suspension of prop Taniela Tupou for alleged foul play.
The Reds scored more tries but it was the Brumbies who prevailed in the top-of-the-table Super Rugby Pacific battle.
Reds teenager Kalani Thomas will welcome some sledging from Brumbies halfback Nic White in Canberra on Friday night.
Having become an “important member of the mob”, a Test newcomer has committed his immediate future to the Wallabies.
Reds co-captain Liam Wright could be available for Queensland’s battle with the Brumbies after recovering from a shoulder injury, but the form of his replacement Seru Uru has given coach Brad Thorn a lot to think about.
Travel restrictions caused by Covid-19 have led to next year’s Super Rugby Pacific schedule being changed.
New Zealand teams well and truly have bragging rights after the first week of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition.
Reds coach Brad Thorn’s halftime speech to his rattled men helped seal him and the team’s place in Queensland rugby folklore.
Queensland Reds star James O’Connor says the Brumbies “mind games” will mean nothing come Saturday night’s Super Rugby AU grand final.
Reds captain Liam Wright is still an important part of Queensland’s Super Rugby AU grand final plans despite being dumped to the bench.
Queensland Reds captain Liam Wright has been dropped to the bench for the Super Rugby AU decider while prized recruit Suliasi Vunivalu has missed out altogether.
Being beaten by the Brumbies in last year’s Super Rugby AU grand final still haunts the Queensland Reds.
The Brumbies were on track to continue their winning streak at home until they gave the ball away with seconds remaining.
Another Queenslander on the move to Japan, a Nudgee College graduate looking to break into the Brumbies, and Dysart-born centre starring for Scotland. It’s 20-11 of Jim Tucker’s top 50 QLD rugby talents.
Off the back of the broken down talks with Fox Sports for a new broadcast deal, the first two weeks of the Super Rugby season have been an unmitigated disaster, compounded by the Waratahs’ loss in Newcastle.
The Brumbies continued their perfect start to the new season, bursting out of the blocks to dominate the Melbourne Rebels and register their 10th-straight home win.
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Moving away from home as a youngster to pursue his rugby dream appears to have paid off for new Brumbies five-eighth Noah Lolesio.
Queensland faded after a promising start against the Brumbies in heat ACT coach Dan McKellar described as “dangerous” to open their Super Rugby season. Plus, five things we learnt about the Reds.
Brumbies coach Dan McKellar got a stark reminder of the bushfire on Canberra’s southern edge when he saw police knocking on doors in his suburb before he drove off to a winning start to the season.
ISSAK Fines always envisioned a move to the Brumbies would involve a step up in quality and intensity, but nothing could have prepared him for an off-season as dramatic as the past few months.
With bushfire smoke blanketing the nation’s capital and no time to lose thanks to the earlier than usual start to the Super Rugby season the Brumbies have been forced to flee the ACT.
Rugby Australia’s review into the disastrous 2019 season has more than 40 recommendations, but you won’t know what most are in what is meant to be the ‘blueprint for future Wallabies success’.
In a rare win for the 15-man game, Australian rugby has beaten Wayne Bennett and seven NRL clubs to sign dual-code schoolboy sensation to a long-term deal.
The next Ngani Laumape? An Australian rugby team is banking on it with a former Melbourne Storm star set to link with last year’s conference leaders on a two-year deal.
David Pocock’s continuing injury concerns, James O’Connor eyes a Super Rugby return and Tongan Thor’s big-money deal. All this and more in Rugby Confidential.
Christian Lealiifano’s hopes of ending his long Brumbies career with an elusive title will be put to the test against a beefed-up Jaguares side packed with Argentine internationals.
With the selection race wide open, rugby writers JIM TUCKER and JAMIE PANDARAMhave run the rule over the Wallabies contenders and given us their teams to take on the rugby world.
The last three teams to win six games in a season by 11 points or more won the Super Rugby title. Now the Brumbies are just two wins away from completing one of the greatest seasons in the competition’s history.
Pete Samu was noticeably missing when Brumbies teammates left for the airport as they begin their Super Rugby semi final mission in Argentina. The injured back-rower is confident of recovering for the final… if his team gets that far.
The Brumbies continued their hot winning streak to smash past the Sharks and set up a Super Rugby semi-final with the Jaguares.
A collapse of World Rugby’s proposed global league has left Rugby Australia scrambling, but CEO Raelene Castle says sticking to the SANZAAR model is the way forward.
NSW is looking to a Wallabies try-scoring ace to boost their limp attack, a surprise name emerges in the national training camp and a big Brumbies boost – it’s all in Rugby Confidential.
Scott Sio was handed a formidable challenge at the start of the season. How the Brumbies prop responded has been a big part of the reason his side topped the Super Rugby Australian conference.
With the announcement of Christian Lealiifano’s shock Brumbies departure, Nudgee College schoolboy Reesjan Pasitoa has entered the battle to wear the club’s famous No.10 jersey.
The Brumbies will gallop into a Super Rugby quarter-final against the Sharks after the besieged South African side pipped the Lions to the last spot in the playoffs.
Samu Kerevi’s final match for the Reds has finished with a hefty loss to the Brumbies but the captain says he is impressed with the growth of the team.
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