Waratahs’ Super Rugby finals’ hopes in tatters
Barring a massive turnaround in the final month of the regular season, the Waratahs won’t be required for the Super Rugby playoffs, let alone the grand final.
Barring a massive turnaround in the final month of the regular season, the Waratahs won’t be required for the Super Rugby playoffs, let alone the grand final.
A final minute try has denied Queensland Reds a drought-breaking win in Fiji and puts their chances of hosting a Super Rugby finals match in doubt.
It’s time for World Rugby to take a stand on French clubs raiding the best young talent in the south – with Australia losing two teenage stars to cashed-up foreign raiders.
Les Kiss might be more of a “larrikin” than Joe Schmidt, but their similar coaching styles will benefit the Wallabies.
The complicated Wallabies coaching succession plan looks set to pay immediate dividends – with Waratahs captain Jake Gordon to shelve his plans to quit Australian rugby in pursuit of France.
Eddie Jones hasn’t held back on his tenure as Wallabies’ coach, decisions made and the ‘worst press conference ever’, while French rugby has snared a prodigious Aussie 17-year-old.
Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss has made a surprising selection decision for his team’s clash with Fijian Drua in Suva.
Queensland Reds flyhalf Tom Lynagh seems on track in his bid to be recalled to the Wallabies squad.
Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss has confirmed the worst for talismanic centre Josh Flook but it leaves the door open for a 20-year-old to further entrench his name in Rookie of the Year conversations.
The Queensland Reds flexed considerable championship muscle in its 35-21 thwarting of the Auckland Blues, capitalising on a hot start fuelled by Tom Lynagh’s early double.
One of the biggest names in Australian rugby could be on his way back to Super Rugby – as part of a significant coaching switch-up involving the Wallabies’ search for a new mentor.
When Wallace Charlie and his older brothers were playing backyard footy in the confines of their Mooroobool home in Cairns a decade ago, he never would have envisioned it would take him to Los Angeles. Read about the exciting teen’s backstory ahead of his first rodeo in gold.
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