O’Connor grateful for golden opportunity
James O’Connor has pledged to repair mistakes from his chequered past and vowed to deliver his best for Queensland and Australian rugby.
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The 10 best rugby stories of the week
Had a busy weekend and missed all the rugby action? Here’s the 10 best rugby stories of the past week, including a surprise appearance from a Wallabies captain and all our GPS profiles.
Waratahs rob Wests Bulldogs of emerging star
Wests Bulldogs have to tackle the QLD Premier season without one of their young guns, and it’s all because the Waratahs have needlessly demanded Joe Cotton move south immediately, writes Andrew Slack.
Isi Naisarani’s long road to Wallaby gold
It took three years and the same amount of Super Rugby clubs for Isi Naisarani to finally realise dream. But the Fiji-born backrower’s journey the Wallabies started long before he landed in Australia.
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Tens to be a Spencer Blues explosion
POPULAR former All Black Carlos Spencer is lending his weight as a wildcard to the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens at Suncorp Stadium in February.
New Zealand reveal 2018 Super Rugby squads
NEW Zealand’s five Super Rugby franchises have announced their squads for 2018 and there is plenty of player movement, exciting new faces — and talent crossing the Tasman.
Force axing costs ARU another Wallaby
AUSTRALIA to lose another Wallaby thanks to the Super Rugby saga, Randwick unearths the female ‘Jonah Lomu’, Crusaders prop’s nod to Wallabies.
ARU’s facelift after year from hell
THE Australian Rugby Union will cease to exist in coming weeks, while a former Waratahs star’s Hollywood girlfriend is revealed.
Flying Fijian lands with Reds
FILIPO Daugunu arrived in Queensland, unheralded and in thongs 10 months ago, today he has been snapped up as a new Queensland Reds signing.
Ex-Wallaby Ioane calls time at Crusaders
FORMER Wallabies winger Digby Ioane has brought his Crusaders stint to a close after just one Super Rugby season in Canterbury.
Scaling dizzy heights thanks to mum
WHEN Izack Rodda’s mum swiped his first Wallabies jersey, she was only jumping the gun on a gift of thanks that Australia’s towering new lock already had planned for her.
Bledisloe success will be win for optimists
IT’S been a year when we “glass-half-fullers” have had our patience, loyalty, support and optimism tested to the absolute limit. But a Bledisloe win would ease the pain for now.
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