Former NRL star bolts into Wallabies squad
PAYTO & PANDA: After just four Super Rugby games, Curtis Rona has made the cut for a Wallabies training squad, while two boozy Reds have been omitted.
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THERE was once a time when Australian teams could match New Zealand teams in Super Rugby. Now they couldn’t beat a Kiwi egg, so what on earth happened?
Highlanders heap hurt on ragged Rebels
THE Melbourne Rebels’ horror Super Rugby season continues, with a demoralising 51-12 loss to the Highlanders.
True test of Australian rugby’s character
STIRLING Mortlock has urged Australia’s unfancied underdogs to stay in the fight against four tough Kiwi rivals this round to puncture the negativity hanging over Super Rugby.
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Rebels denied maiden NZ win
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Payto & Panda: Fight for Izzy continues
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Former Rebel up for Dunedin dance
GED Robinson admits it will be strange as the foundation Rebel faces his old teammates when Melbourne tackles the Highlanders on Friday night.
Victorian rugby on the rise
THE surging health of Victorian rugby will not only be measured by the Rebels, as two of the state’s junior teams bid for national glory this weekend.
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