Aussie Super teams drop kick Kiwi arrogance
No-one should be kidding themselves that Australia’s five-team domestic competition is at the same standard as New Zealand’s, but that’s hardly the point, as rugby fans witnessed on the weekend.
No-one should be kidding themselves that Australia’s five-team domestic competition is at the same standard as New Zealand’s, but that’s hardly the point, as rugby fans witnessed on the weekend.
Long-suffering Wallabies fans will be salivating at the chance to see young guns Will Harrison and Noah Lolesio square off in a taste of what they’re considerable potential might bring to the future of Australian rugby.
The NSW Waratahs Super Rugby AU calendar has been confirmed after a change due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis
The chances of Australia’s traditional end-of-season northern hemisphere tour going ahead this year is looking remote as coronavirus cases wreak havoc with English club rugby.
The Waratahs have held crisis talks in South Africa as players remain divided about whether Israel Folau deserves to be kicked out of the game. But they won’t let it affect their Super Rugby performances.
Billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest resurrected the Western Force after the club’s Super Rugby axing. Now he could resurrect Israel Folau’s rugby career.
Israel Folau has lost a major personal sponsor in another huge financial blow for the three-code star as the fallout from the Rugby Australia guilty verdict spreads.
Israel Folau’s fight for his $4 million contract took a major blow after the panel presiding over the hearing deemed his social media post was a high-level breach of his Rugby Australia contract. But the under-fire star has been backed by a legend of the game.
The Wallabies’ longest serving prop Sekope Kepu is joining the exodus of players leaving Australia after the World Cup, with the Waratahs veteran moving to London next season.
Brumbies assistant coach Laurie Fisher has taken to social media to slam those criticising their style of play following a gritty Super Rugby win against the Blues.
The Waratahs will rue a series of missed opportunities in the final quarter of their match against the Bulls as they narrowly went down 28-21 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
Israel Folau has assembled a star-studded legal team to fight the most significant contract battle in sport today. The financial cost of defeat for Rugby Australia is likely to be prohibitive.
If Israel Folau wins his case against Rugby Australia, every sport will be powerless to stop athletes posting homophobic content on social media. But should he lose his job? Jamie Pandaram argues both sides.
Israel Folau has opened up about the “fiery furnace” he is facing for speaking up about his Christian beliefs as he prepares to save his $4 million contract.
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