Nerang’s 22-game unbeaten run came to a dramatic end as Surfers Paradise stormed their turf to claim a famous victory, while the Knights staged a remarkable fightback and Bond Pirates shook up the top GCDRU four in a weekend of twists.
Lightning fast backs, powerful forwards and a centre compared to James Bond both in look and in style – meet the Gold Coast’s finest performers from the South Queensland Championship weekend.
Gold Coast Cyclones coach Shaun Cole has hit out at the local rugby stars who disappeared on the eve of the SQ Championships, leaving the region’s rep team to limp to the wooden spoon on home turf.
Colts 1 club rugby latest: Who have the revelations been in 2025? The best from all nine clubs revealed here, along with the round 9 team of the week after Sunnybank’s giant-killing win over University.
Players to watch: Here’s 25 reasons why the Founders Cup first grade women’s rugby competition is sure to entertain this season. See who is shaping up as key talents from all eight clubs.
Revealed: The Hospital Cup Rd 8 Team of the Week, plus all nine club’s best player so far this season. Read your first grade club rugby scoop here.
The Queensland Reds are closing in on Super Rugby finals, but what could they look like later this decade? Enjoy this crystal ball gaze into the future with potential Reds stars of tomorrow unveiled.
Wearing his late brother’s jersey, Kohan Herbert capped an emotional homecoming with a length-of-the-field try that sealed Nerang’s Cup defence in unforgettable fashion.
A scrumhalf sensation from GPS was a goalkicking game-winner against Bond while Uni, Easts and Wests won well in Colts 1 club rugby. More here on how round 8 unfolded.
The rising stars of rugby and future Wallaroos and Wallabies were firmly in the spotlight at the NSW U16, U18s junior championships. Best action photos from the events here
They bowed out of Super Rugby earlier than hoped but the future of the NSW Waratahs still looks bright with almost half the U20 World Rugby Championship squad from their junior ranks
A Sydney club and another from country dominated the battles for the NSW Country and Sydney Cups at the state junior rugby championships. Stars, standouts, every winner and result wrap.
The round 6 AIC First XV Team of the Week includes a remarkable rags to riches story as a winger turned lock looms as one of the players of the season. More here on who has been starring from your school.
There were try scoring sensations galore and hot boots aplenty with a Penrith young gun scoring four tries and kicking six conversions on day two of the NSW Junior rugby state titles.
They could be the toughest kids in Australia – the young guns playing on and in snow at the NSW Junior Rugby championships. Stars, standouts, every winner in our 2025 result wrap.
Based on Australia’s Super Rugby results, to say quality is spread thin for players who can compete against the Lions would be an understatement. There’s one man they must call to conjure a miracle.
Multiple teams put 50 points plus on rivals while others are undefeated after an action packed opening day of the NSW junior rugby state championships. Result snapshot and great photos.
The ACT Brumbies have saved Australian rugby’s blushes with a thrilling 35-28 quarter-final win over the Hurricanes, but now face an unenviable path to Super Rugby glory.
AIC First XV rugby “grand final” confirmed after the Padua College and Marist College Ashgrove juggernauts stormed onwards and upwards in the team’s respective round 6 matches. Reports here.
The Queensland Reds have been left to ponder yet another swift ending to a Super Rugby Pacific finals series.
Another Townsville sporting clubhouse has been struck by criminals, this time armed with spray paint. See pics of the damage and how the community helped another crime-impacted club.
Queensland’s Super Rugby finals campaign has fallen at the first hurdle for a fourth straight year, this time thrashed by a rampant Crusaders in New Zealand.
Straight out of school in 2016, Len Ikitau landed in Canberra with one dream in mind – but it seemed impossibly distant as he wrestled with his thoughts on cold winter mornings.
A rebel league is threatening to make the biggest disruption to rugby union since the game went professional in 1996. But experienced negotiators are wary of the legal implications.
The Queensland Reds are desperate to advance past the opening week of the Super Rugby Pacific finals series for the first time in four years.
The Brumbies could learn their Super Rugby finals fate before their quarter final against the Hurricanes, but they won’t be taking the easy way out if other results gift a semi final berth.
The Reds are breathing a sigh of relief, with one of their key players fit for the start of the Super Rugby Pacific finals series.
AIC First XV rugby latest: The competition’s best 30 new faces named here, along with the round 5 team of the week.
Australia’s all-time leading rugby sevens tryscorer Maddi Levi has revealed she dreams of one-day swapping rugby sevens to compete in two other codes at the elite level. Details inside.
The Reds must beat the Crusaders on Friday night in Christchurch to avoid an early Super Rugby Pacific finals exit.
Brumbies lock Nick Frost has dismissed the recent poor history of Aussie teams facing Kiwis in Super Rugby finals, as we reveal shock viewership numbers for the 2025 season.
More brilliance from four-try record-breaker Lachie Anderson may need to be on the menu for the Queensland Reds to upset the in-form Crusaders in Christchurch in Friday’s qualifying final of Super Rugby Pacific.
After the first six rounds of Super Rugby, all four Australian teams were in the top six – but they faded badly. It paints a grim picture for the upcoming Lions series, writes JULIAN LINDEN.
Four New Zealand teams finished in Super Rugby’s top six, leading future Wallabies coach Les Kiss to concede it will be a challenge to break their title-winning dominance.
There were a pair of three-try guns, a record score, a hot boot and more upsets as the Sydney Rugby Union 1st Colts hit the halfway mark of the season. Stars, standouts and result wrap
A premiership-defining round 7 bout between Padua and Marist Ashgrove looms but first, Ashgrove must get past Villanova. Read the latest from round 5 of AIC First XV rugby here.
Sonny Bill Williams has apologised for sharing a video promoting ‘Run it Straight’ just days after a teenager in New Zealand died while playing a similar game with friends.
A diabolical display has allowed the Blues to hand the Waratahs a record defeat, in a humiliating Eden Park display which also ended the Tahs’ Super Rugby season.
Brumbies’ coach Stephen Larkham has lamented his side’s ‘missed opportunity’ in their final round match of the Super Rugby Pacific season.
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