Beale key to unlocking world-beating Izzy
KURTLEY Beale’s decision to return home was a massive coup for Australian rugby but the biggest winner from the move will be his future centre partner Israel Folau.
KURTLEY Beale’s decision to return home was a massive coup for Australian rugby but the biggest winner from the move will be his future centre partner Israel Folau.
ISRAEL Folau has been given four games to figure out if he is a centre but 80 minutes on Saturday against a good mate may be all that is required.
SATURDAY’S Super Rugby clash between the NSW Waratahs and Brumbies will carry added significance this year, with the introduction of the Dan Vickerman Cup.
AUSTRALIAN Super Rugby clubs facing the axe will continue to live in purgatory, with furious club chiefs left in the dark about the competition’s future.
WYCLIFF Palu and Scott Higginbotham will face off at No.8 on Friday in a battle which will be of major interest to Wallabies boss Ewen McKenzie.
WILL Skelton’s barnstorming form for NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby has thrust him firmly into contention for the Wallabies squad.
FROM red cards to the rock-bottom Reds and the red-hot Waratahs, it was a colourful weekend of Super Rugby. Relive it all here.
WITH Quade Cooper gone and Kurtley Beale scoring inside 25 minutes on Sunday, Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie could have thought two things.
WARATAHS coach Michael Cheika moved to play down the prospect of his side storming into the top two after demolishing the Lions 41-13.
WEST Harbour put a controversial week behind them to smash Southern Districts 49-14 in round eight of the Shute Shield.
IT was in the simple, poignant act of a grandfather picking up his grandchild that Wycliff Palu knew something was wrong.
IT was in the simple, poignant act of a grandfather picking up his grandchild that Wycliff Palu knew something was wrong.
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