Country guns? Expansion? Wish list for next national rugby champs
It’s been a resounding success in exposing our brightest rugby players to top level completions. But will the 2023 U16, U19 national rugby champs be even bigger and better?
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Blood, sweat and cheers for Waratahs U19 young guns
The NSW Waratahs will host the finale of the U19 and U16 national rugby championship after a crucial win on the road. But it’s not all good news for the Tahs. Stars and standouts.
‘Outstanding’: rugby rising stars in spotlight in Waratah try frenzy
They came in all shapes and sizes, from big boppers and towering teens to nimble speedsters. Standouts in the NSW Waratahs U16 national rugby championship try-fest. RESULT WRAP
Teen Waratah speedsters and a ‘Tank’ crash Rugby Sevens party
They have been starting for the NSW Waratahs in the National U16 rugby championship. Now a quartet of talent, including the son of a NRL legend, has been named in another squad altogether.
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Covid affected NSW sport: latest casualties, updates
The NRLW has been moved to 2022, the NBL is forging ahead but more sports – including a big international event in Sydney – have been forced to cancel due to Covid-19.
Gold to sprinter with huge target on his back
The last time he competed in the Games arena he took the world by surprise and a Paralympic crown. Now James Turner is back for round two and has already collected his first gold.
Rugby’s plan to tap into clubland
Rising stars of rugby union will be put firmly in the spotlight if a bold plan for a series of games against the Waratahs is given the green-light.
Cheers and tears for swimmer in farewell Games
Swimmer Ellie Cole is warning everyone. She will be in tears in Tokyo, but don’t worry. She’s been crying for weeks already.
How freak accident started a Paralympic dream
This footballer had already undergone spinal surgery as a teenager so she could play the sport she loved. Then 10 years later, she was being told she “might wake up without a leg.”
Weird, wonderful and very quirky Paralympic facts
What’s a tapper? How does someone without arms play table tennis? Why do some athletes wear metal aprons? All the answers here plus more quirky facts ahead of Tokyo Paralympics.
Move over Hugh Bowman, there’s another champ in town
She comes from the same town as Winx jockey Hugh Bowman and has met them both. Now schoolgirl Jamieson Leeson is hoping to put Dunedoo on the map for another reason.
DIY bathroom hack helping cyclist beat heat in Tokyo
Tough times call for inventive ways to train and this Sydney athlete has hit on a genius – if a little odd – hack to help him prepare for the big heat in Tokyo.
Revealed: Secret to saving weekend sports
Dust off the footy boots and dig out the whites as a simple test before hitting the sheds could soon see a return of weekend sport, a leading epidemiologist has said.
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