Why State of Union will make enemies of friends
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
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
Positional battles take centre stage as Wallabies coach Dave Rennie sorts through an intriguing weekend of Super Rugby AU action ahead of the upcoming international season.
If Rugby Australia can afford to throw the cash at a 16-year-old schoolboy, it should find enough change to re-sign winger Tom Wright, who was the star in the Brumbies’ thumping win over the Force.
No-one should be kidding themselves that Australia’s five-team domestic competition is at the same standard as New Zealand’s, but that’s hardly the point, as rugby fans witnessed on the weekend.
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.
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