Streamlined comp a Super idea
CHANGING Super Rugby into a simplified three conference model, which could keep five Australian teams and see more local derbies, has been described as a “round peg-round hole” solution.
CHANGING Super Rugby into a simplified three conference model, which could keep five Australian teams and see more local derbies, has been described as a “round peg-round hole” solution.
THE thin spread of talent across five Australian Super Rugby teams is not an excuse for poor performance, says Michael Cheika as ratings reveal ugly figures for the local teams.
THE Brumbies have suffered a heartbreaking Super Rugby defeat with the Sharks scoring a try after the siren to snatch a 27-22 win in Canberra.
THE Brumbies are hoping Christian Lealiifano’s presence on the sideline in Christchurch can help lift them to an overdue win against the Crusaders.
IT was a throwaway line that at the time seemed a well-timed joke by a man able to make light of a tough situation.
WORLD Cup-winning coach Jake White has quit as coach of the Brumbies, just two years into a four-year deal.
ROOKIE of the year Hugh Roach has welcomed any future advances from the Waratahs ahead of the biggest game in his career.
BEN Mowen will become Australia’s 80th Test captain. His journey to the pinnacle of Australian rugby has been anything but straightforward.
AFL club Essendon is trying to poach one of the hottest young prospects in Australian rugby in a bid to turn its fortunes around next season.
EWEN McKenzie has reduced his Wallabies squad to 30 – but he is no closer to revealing who will be Australia’s flyhalf. Vote for your pick.
ISRAEL Folau is all set to re-sign with rugby after joining Tahs teammate Michael Hooper as Super Rugby player award winner.
BENJI Marshall will become the latest league player to make the switch to rugby union – but who has been the best to date? Vote in our poll.
JUST as one swallow doesn’t make a summer, one blunder – or two or three – won’t cruel the hopes of exciting Wallabies prospect Jesse Mogg.
OF 18 Super Rugby champions, the Chiefs were the fourteenth side to win a final on home turf on Saturday, and so the old debate re-surfaces.
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