‘Galvanise us’: Coach speaks out with club on the brink
A big unpaid debt stopped the Melbourne Rebels selling home game tickets until Monday, but fingers are crossed for miracle big crowd on Friday to open likely their final season.
A big unpaid debt stopped the Melbourne Rebels selling home game tickets until Monday, but fingers are crossed for miracle big crowd on Friday to open likely their final season.
The Melbourne Rebels are the little club that could, a rugby outpost attacked by NSW and Queensland fans but set to prove the doubters wrong says coach Kevin Foote.
Explosive leaked documents reveal there were secret plans for the Melbourne Rebels to join forces with another club months before it collapsed.
The crisis at Rugby Australia has deepened over who should pay the Melbourne Rebels’ $10 million tax debt, and what happens to the club’s future.
Reds coach Brad Thorn has been forced to defend himself after his hopes of guiding the Wallabies in the future were slammed by a mystery Rugby Australia figure.
AAMI Park is a fitting venue for ex-Storm winger Suliasi Vunivalu to play his first game of the Super Rugby Pacific season.
It wasn’t pretty but the Queensland Reds ensured James O’Connor would celebrate his 100th Super Rugby appearance with a win at Suncorp Stadium.
He has recovered from Covid-19 but Wallabies centre Hunter Paisami has to be content with a spot on Queensland’s bench.
Successive losses in trials meant the Queensland Reds failed to achieve all of their pre-season goals.
Reds forward Harry Wilson believes his omission from the Wallabies squad that toured the UK last year could prove to be a blessing in disguise.
Travel restrictions caused by Covid-19 have led to next year’s Super Rugby Pacific schedule being changed.
New Zealand teams well and truly have bragging rights after the first week of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition.
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