The sons of guns shone like beacons in three clashes between the next generation of Queensland Reds and New South Wales Waratahs at Sunnybank Rugby Club on Sunday. See who stood out with our reports and Team of the Day on the four game rugby bonanza which included the Challenger Series.
There are country players, city guns and players with famous surnames from both the NRL and rugby in the NSW Waratahs Academy Gen Blue under 16 squad. CHECK OUT THE SQUAD.
Positions are still open for the rising stars of rugby to force their way into the NSW Waratahs Gen Blue U16 squad – but time is running out.
Their plane was late and games were delayed but the Gen Blue were all business in their matches against the Queensland Reds Academy on a wet and wild weekend. Stars and standouts.
Former Melbourne Storm flyer Suliasi Vunivalu is set to be unleashed by the Reds on the Waratahs in a trial on Friday.
Michael Hooper has enjoyed a long period as captain of the Wallabies, but the team’s results under him have not been so joyous.
The mum of a long-serving Waratahs player has absolutely unloaded on the club in an incredible Facebook post. Check it out in Rugby Confidential.
Elimination finals spots have been booked but so have multiple appointments with doctors and specialists. One team is looking in particularly bad shape and another has a lost a star player.
The Waratahs have missed the Super Rugby finals after the game’s biggest chokers – the Melbourne Rebels – finally found a way to get the win a spot in the playoffs.
The new Australian Super Rugby competition has thrived amid the COVID-19 crisis because of how close the teams are to each other, but the cut throat format only makes it more gut-wrenching for the sides that miss the finals.
Departing Wallabies captain and the country’s highest-paid player, Michael Hooper, has revealed the reason behind his decision to quit the Waratahs – and he has a message for Australia’s fans.
The NSW Waratahs are not only in the box seat to make the Super Rugby AU semi-finals, but plenty of their players may end up getting the call from new Wallaby coach Dave Rennie when he sits down to pick the Wallaby Test squad.
Rugby’s version of State of Origin will be played next year and several of the game’s biggest stars will be forced to make shock allegiance switches. SEE THE POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
The Reds are in favour of rugby emulating league’s State of Origin series with its own State of Union.
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