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Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh.

Bledisloe win every two years: Waugh’s lofty plan for Rugby Australia

The governing body wants to win the British and Irish Lions tour, Olympic medals and the Bledisloe Cup every two years under an ambitious new four-year strategy.

  • Zoe Samios

September

Well-connected: Sanjeev Gupta with South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas in 2022.

Sanjeev Gupta jets in (and out) of Whyalla

You know what angry suppliers on delayed payment terms love to see? The owner of the whole operation dropping in by private jet.

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  • Myriam Robin
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PwC grilled; ASX hits yet another record; Myer’s rescue plan

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

June

Australia’s star winger of the 1980s David Campese.

Who were the 15 greatest Wallabies of all time?

In a new book, author and indispensable rugby commentator Gordon Bray had a brutal task picking from the 900 players who have represented Australia over 125 years.

  • James Curran

September 2023

Australia’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Wales in Lyon effectively dumped the Wallabies out of the World Cup and sparked a wave of recriminations.

The future of Australian rugby is in Queensland’s hands

There is a solution to Australian rugby’s crisis that everyone can see, so why have years gone by without anyone doing it? It’s time for Ballymore to get on board.

  • Simon Poidevin

July 2023

Rob Valetini takes the ball forward.

Wallabies crash in nightmare loss to All Blacks

Australia handed the Bledisloe Cup to New Zealand for a 21st year and also lost prop Allan Alaalatoa to a ruptured Achilles.

  • Melissa Woods

January 2023

Eddie Jones: “It is going to be an immense period for Australian rugby.”

Eddie Jones in, Dave Rennie out as Wallabies head coach

Rugby Australia has hired Eddie Jones to be the head coach of the Wallabies, as well as overseeing the women’s team, on a long-term deal until 2027.

May 2020

Going, going gone. Peter Wiggs as resigned from the board of Rugby Australia.

Rugby's woes continue as rebuffed Wiggs resigns

Rugby Australia's push for financial survival has been dealt a blow with the resignation of businessman Peter Wiggs from the board.

  • Mark Ludlow

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