Rugby legend’s vast empire crumbles
Wallabies icon George Gregan and his wife Erica’s coffee and restaurant group has been torpedoed by more than $1 million of debt.
Wallabies icon George Gregan and his wife Erica’s coffee and restaurant group has been torpedoed by more than $1 million of debt.
Having served a ban as well as time on the bench, former Melbourne Storm winger Suliasi Vunivalu will start for Queensland against the Brumbies.
He played an important role in the Brumbies winning the Super Rugby AU final, but Rebels-bound Joe Powell was still caught off guard in being named in an extended Wallabies squad.
A win over the Brumbies in Saturday night’s Super Rugby AU grand final would bury Queensland’s Canberra hoodoo.
Rugby Australia’s bold bid to keep idle players active in a five-team domestic competition has been put on hold in the wake of the federal government’s new restrictions to try and slow the spread of coronavirus.
Controversial, unworkable and low down the list of priorities due to the current health crisis … Origin Rugby is all of those things. But when a new normal emerges, it may be part of what’s needed to help save the code.
Already struggling financially while in the midst of trying to secure a new broadcast deal, rugby is facing a devastating financial hit following the suspension of Super Rugby for “the foreseeable future.”
Super Rugby is the latest sporting competition to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with the season to be suspended ‘for the forseeable future.’
The New Zealand Government’s tough coronavirus measures mean the Super Rugby season is no chance of continuing as usual.
Cancelling the rest of the Super Rugby season is a possibility as the world grapples to deal with the spread of coronavirus.
Just when those last remaining Waratahs fans felt their loyal support had been vindicated, the Tahs turn in a shocker. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom for Australian rugby.
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