Rugby Australia will have their greatest rival to thank if the latest radical proposal to get the struggling 15-man code back up and running comes to fruition – but the left-field plan may not be enough to save Raelene Castle.
The wolves are at the door – with the Waratahs to be stood down after again failing to strike a pay cut deal – but Rugby Australia could be kept afloat by a multi-million dollar helping hand.
As talks between Rugby Australia and the players’ union once more failed to reach an agreement over their pay dispute, Tim Horan insists it’s time for details on how the code can be saved to be shared.
Every Super Rugby player could be clubless by the end of Easter after embattled CEO Raelene Castle revealed Rugby Australia’s brutal pay-cut terms.
Mack Mason has been given a chance to fill the boots of Bernard Foley in what could be a changing of the guard for the Waratahs if Foley decides to head overseas after the World Cup.
Sydney FC, the Roosters and the Waratahs are leading a push to ensure the NSW Government follows through on promises to include a multi-mode “curtain” in the new Allianz Stadium design.
In what is shaping up to be a wild 24 hours Waratahs halfback Nick Phipps is bracing for a rugby games, an international flight, and the birth of his child. He reveals the plan that will get him overseas and back in the nick of time.
The Wallabies’ rest policy means three of the Waratahs’ leaders are set to be stood down for the clash against the last-placed Sunwolves.
England coach Eddie Jones is contracted until the end of 2021 but with Michael Cheika tipped to depart after this year’s World Cup, has been linked to the Wallabies’ top job. And he’s not ruling anything out.
They were as leaky as an old tap last year but now the Waratahs have got their defence together and they’re so pleased with it, they’ve nicknamed it the Blue Wall. And one man is leading the aggressive charge.
Beating the Crusaders won’t mean a thing if the Waratahs don’t go on from here. That’s the blunt warning from senior players who aren’t getting carried away with the team’s performance for good reason.
NSW ended the greatest winning streak in Super Rugby history and have reignited their Super Rugby campaign, defeating back-to-back premiers the Crusaders.
No one has been under more pressure this week than Bernard Foley but on Saturday night he gave everyone a timely reminder why he’s not a spent force just yet as he led the Waratahs to victory over the Crusaders.
The latest news on the Sunwolves, Will Genia’s contract, the cross-code war for schoolboy star and a star Tahs student. It’s all in Rugby Confidential.
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