When putting together the motivational theme for his Australian Olympics squad, rugby sevens coach John Manenti only had to look across the gym to the 2016 Rio gold medal-winning pioneers.
The new Australian schools coach knows the type of player he wants to find at the Australian schools rugby championships for his team – and it’s not just tough guys and speedsters.
There’s a place for all sizes and shapes in the new Australian sevens squad being selected at the schools rugby championships – and teen tyros with this special trait.
Australian rugby sevens star Maurice Longbottom has revealed all about his “weird” superstitions and opened up on the upcoming Olympics campaign in the latest episode of En Route to Paris.
Despite an assistant coaching job under the notorious Eddie Jones being a daunting role to have, former New Zealand rugby league coach David Kidwell said he’s got nothing to worry about as he talks about his journey with JAMIE PANDARAM.
Already owing $50 million, RA has announced a huge deficit at its AGM, yet, with new board members at the helm and a big few years ahead on Aussie soil, it is hoping to be back in the black sooner rather than later.
A powerful committee of ‘ignored’ powerbrokers plan to bring down the Rugby Australia board in a move that will divide the game – just days after RA boss Phil Waugh called for unity.
Just 10 months into the role as CEO of Rugby Australia, Phil Waugh has been thrown into the fire. Now with a new chairman appointed, and quite possibly a new board, he is ready to reinvigorate the sport that has given him so much.
Michael Hooper’s path to the Paris Olympics is one of the more unusual you could imagine. But it wasn’t something that just materialised after his World Cup snubbing – it’s been in his plans for nearly a decade.
The Wallaroos, much like their male counterparts, have got a fair way to go before they can contend for the ultimate prize at the Rugby World Cup after a heavy loss to Canada.
Despite an assistant coaching job under the notorious Eddie Jones being a daunting role to have, former New Zealand rugby league coach David Kidwell said he’s got nothing to worry about as he talks about his journey with JAMIE PANDARAM.
Already owing $50 million, RA has announced a huge deficit at its AGM, yet, with new board members at the helm and a big few years ahead on Aussie soil, it is hoping to be back in the black sooner rather than later.
A powerful committee of ‘ignored’ powerbrokers plan to bring down the Rugby Australia board in a move that will divide the game – just days after RA boss Phil Waugh called for unity.
When a former Wallaby suggested a move from the back row to prop, Isaac Kailea was not interested. Four years later, he’s about to represent Australia for the first time – in the front row.
Mark Nawaqanitawase will be a shock inclusion in Australia’s rugby sevens team for the Paris Olympics, denying the Sydney Roosters the chance to play him in the NRL this year.
A week out from the first Test against Wales there’s not only no Wallabies captain, there’s no locked-in side for the new coach.
Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has admitted his chance of Olympic glory in a different sport is unlike anything he’s ever experienced.
Players cast aside by sacked former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones are back in gold jerseys with a positive outlook in a team needing to re-establish itself as a power.
It was an inadvertent giveaway by Quade Cooper but the point was clear; Australian rugby does not have a face, writes JAMIE PANDARAM.
After being exiled from rugby as he battled a court case, Kurtley Beale is back with the Wallabies and eyeing off something special.
He’s been coached by a famous Olympian and is now one of the fastest teenagers in rugby – and potentially at the upcoming world rugby U20 championships in South Africa.
It was an injury which left teammates in shock and this young footballer wondering if he would ever play sport again. Then he got a phone call and a ticket to impress.
Sevens captain Charlotte Caslick has urged her teammates to push their battered bodies through one more campaign in a bid to have them experience the high of Olympic gold.
A veteran’s hopes of ending his international hiatus have taken a major step forward after he was named in Joe Schmidt’s first Wallabies squad.
Olympic sevens superstar Charlotte Caslick and her gold medal-chasing teammates will be based full-time at Ballymore in Brisbane in a major coup, if Government backing is approved. Read more here.
There are eight leading candidates for the Wallabies captaincy as coach Joe Schmidt is set to keep fans guessing. Have your say on who should be Australian rugby’s next skipper here.
In their 150th year, NSW Rugby has finally created a Hall of Fame and inducted some of the greatest to ever play the game. From Ella to Campese, see which legends were honoured.
There’s gains to be made in the elite ranks but there’s now proof positive the future can be very bright for the NSW Waratahs. Here’s why.
The New Zealand rugby community is in mourning after a Super Rugby player’s shock death at age 25, a week after he was let go by his club.
Kennedy Cherrington, Botille Vette-Welsh and Jada Taylor, three rising stars of the NRLW, are calling for better pay, conditions, and respect for the women’s league.
Growing uncertainty in Australian rugby is leading to more players to consider playing elsewhere, including the National Football League.
Last year, Carter Gordon was playing at the Rugby World Cup. It is beyond alarming he has given up the chance to take on the British and Irish Lions to join one of the worst teams in the NRL, writes JAMIE PANDARAM.
“We’re not really satisfied with making the semi-finals.” ACT Brumbies sound warning to New Zealand’s Blues ahead of their Super Rugby semi-final.
Star Wallabies flyhalf Carter Gordon has made a huge call on his future, ditching rugby union to sign with the NRL.
A second Wallabies star has opted to turn his back on rugby and join the NRL after the collapse of the Melbourne Rebels.
NSW’s best young city and country rugby players – along with some big names – show the future of rugby is in good hands at the NSW junior titles. Result wrap winners and standouts.
The TAS First XV schoolboy rugby Team of the Season can be revealed following Saturday’s grand final win by St Columban’s College. See the full team here.
AIC First XV rugby Team of the Season announced here featuring a squad with all the trimmings – pace, power, courage. See who made it here, along with our list of best Next New Faces, Unsung Heroes and Blue Collar Workers.
There were emotional scenes as the Melbourne Rebels lost their last ever Super Rugby team, with the team ceasing to exist next season.
The Reds believe something ‘special’ has been built in the Queensland camp despite Friday night’s Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final loss.
The Queensland Reds have fallen short of being the first Australian team to win a Super Rugby final in New Zealand, with the Chiefs moving deeper into the finals season.
If the Queensland Reds are to become the first Australian team to win a Super Rugby finals match in New Zealand, in-form lock Seru Uru is likely to have a major impact.
One player’s finals experience came in handy when Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss decided who should wear the No.10 jersey for a do-or-die clash.
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