Hooper’s position of privilege under threat
Michael Hooper has enjoyed a long period as captain of the Wallabies, but the team’s results under him have not been so joyous.
Michael Hooper has enjoyed a long period as captain of the Wallabies, but the team’s results under him have not been so joyous.
The mum of a long-serving Waratahs player has absolutely unloaded on the club in an incredible Facebook post. Check it out in Rugby Confidential.
Elimination finals spots have been booked but so have multiple appointments with doctors and specialists. One team is looking in particularly bad shape and another has a lost a star player.
The Waratahs have missed the Super Rugby finals after the game’s biggest chokers – the Melbourne Rebels – finally found a way to get the win a spot in the playoffs.
Former prodigy James O’Connor is a key cog in the Wallabies team that can kickstart a much needed rugby resurrection in Australia. Check out Jamie Pandaram’s full team here.
Waratahs supporters should not be disappointed with whatever happens in the rest of the season because expectations are now so low that even climbing off the bottom of the table will be a cause for celebration.
Jack Maddocks was due to play this season at the Rebels, but an unexpected event led to him returning home to Sydney.
Talks are still ongoing in Rugby Australia’s television deal saga, while the Waratahs will name a surprise backline.
Off the back of the broken down talks with Fox Sports for a new broadcast deal, the first two weeks of the Super Rugby season have been an unmitigated disaster, compounded by the Waratahs’ loss in Newcastle.
Not only did the struggling Waratahs go down to the Blues in Newcastle, they created two grim pieces of history in the dour 32-12 defeat.
Australian rugby’s lifeblood for the past quarter of a century has decided to pull the plug on its association with the game, leaving the code and the governing body on its knees. THE INCREDIBLE DETAILS INSIDE.
Two tries to exciting newcomer Mark Nawaqanitawase wasn’t enough for NSW Waratahs, who opened their Super Rugby season with a loss to the Crusaders but unearthed a future star in the process.
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