Kiwis likely to get way in major Super Rugby overhaul
THE future of Super Rugby is looking a lot clearer, with New Zealand likely to get its way on its preferred model instead of endorsing a push from Australia for a trans-Tasman competition.
THE future of Super Rugby is looking a lot clearer, with New Zealand likely to get its way on its preferred model instead of endorsing a push from Australia for a trans-Tasman competition.
KARMICHAEL Hunt remains in a tortured rugby limbo months after his cocaine possession charges were dropped. He’s been rejected by his Brisbane club and banished by the Queensland Reds.
FRONTLINE Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi has been grounded from next month’s Bledisloe Cup Tests and probably for the rest of the year.
SKIPPER Scott Higginbotham and his Queensland players must squeeze everything from dented pride to stand up to the Rebels at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.
TWO days after we first heard of Karmichael Hunt’s situation, the vast majority of us are still sitting where we sit, shaking our heads and asking why.
JAMES O’Connor will start at flyhalf for the Reds against the Highlanders in Dunedin with the on-again, off-again saga of his debut finally settled.
GILLON McLachlan says the AFL won’t forget Karmichael Hunt’s contribution as the AFL watches to see if any other players are caught up in Queensland’s drug scandal.
THE Waratahs bounced back while the Reds recorded a much-needed win, but how many of their players made our Super Rugby team of the week? Read on.
REDS coach Richard Graham insists Karmichael Hunt’s alleged drugs drama has been “inherited” from another code and doesn’t warrant quizzing his own squad.
KARMICHAEL Hunt is unavailable for selection by the Queensland Reds and will not train with the team until allegations of cocaine supply are heard in court next week.
THE Reds and Waratahs claimed their first wins of the season while the Brumbies went down in a thriller. It’s all in our Super Rugby round two wrap.
HARD-EDGED Kiwi Adam Thomson was signed by the Reds because of his full-blooded play for the Highlanders which are exactly the traits he must now hurl back at his old team.
THE Reds have struck out with an SOS to former Wallaby Berrick Barnes but will keep scouting for short-term import options in Japan to fix their backline crisis.
THE Reds’ inclination to let Karmichael Hunt play prior to his court date next week could put the QRU on a collision course with the ARU.
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