Reds intent on revenge
The Reds are relishing a meeting on home soil with Super Rugby AU leaders the ACT Brumbies, who broke Queensland hearts last month.
The Reds are relishing a meeting on home soil with Super Rugby AU leaders the ACT Brumbies, who broke Queensland hearts last month.
Wearing their indigenous round jerseys, the Reds will have a point to prove against the Brumbies this weekend.
The new Australian Super Rugby competition has thrived amid the COVID-19 crisis because of how close the teams are to each other, but the cut throat format only makes it more gut-wrenching for the sides that miss the finals.
A Brumby long forgotten for national duties has galloped back into the spotlight as Wallabies coach Dave Rennie attempts to cover a drastic shortage of locks in Australia.
The players hate it. So do the coaches. And the fans? Yep, they hate it too. And it’s the reason the Wallabies have become the laughing stock of Australian sport.
Needing to win their final two matches of the season to be a chance of making the Super Rugby playoffs, the Waratahs have fallen at the penultimate hurdle against the Brumbies.
Three years after he was diagnosed with leukaemia, Christian Lealiifano’s comeback has been the inspiring story rugby needs after a season dominated by the damaging Israel Folau saga.
Israel Folau had been expertly sidestepping a crucial question while under intense cross examination from Rugby Australia’s top lawyer – that was until the former Wallaby made a monumental error.
The Brumbies have all but guaranteed their Super Rugby finals spot, capitalising on the Rebels’ loss to the NSW Waratahs to beat the Sunwolves in Tokyo.
Henry Speight’s century-long run with the Brumbies is over after the World Cup winger inked a two-year deal with the Queensland Reds.
Rugby Australia is at an all-time low. The Wallabies are out of form, Super Rugby crowds are dropping and the Israel Folau scandal haunts the code. Club rugby, though, is thriving and it’s all thanks to the AFL.
With his muscular body ravaged by injuries, David Pocock has made a huge call on prolonging his career as he targets a Wallabies spot in Michael Cheika’s squad at the upcoming World Cup.
The battle is on to save Super Rugby: While Sydney’s club competition flourishes, the conference-leading Brumbies have their lowest crowds ever, Waratahs interest has waned and the only team drawing fans is getting kicked out of the competition.
Nothing happens in Australian rugby without a good conspiracy theory and there may be more reason to certain selections around the country than we think, JIM TUCKER writes.
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