Broke in three months: rugby’s dire predicament
As their standoff with Rugby Australia gets ugly, Australia’s stars have been hit with the devastating warning the game they love could fold before the end of winter unless they agree to pay cuts.
As their standoff with Rugby Australia gets ugly, Australia’s stars have been hit with the devastating warning the game they love could fold before the end of winter unless they agree to pay cuts.
Rugby Australia staff have been left devastated by the governing body’s decision to stand down 75 per cent of its employees as the game remains on the brink of financial ruin amid the COVID-19 crisis.
As rugby nations around the world face insolvency amid the current pandemic, the game, against all odds, has an opportunity to secure its future for good, writes JAMIE PANDARAM.
Rugby Australia’s bold bid to keep idle players active in a five-team domestic competition has been put on hold in the wake of the federal government’s new restrictions to try and slow the spread of coronavirus.
As a former Crusaders player and assistant coach, Waratahs boss Daryl Gibson knows exactly how the New Zealanders will respond to last week’s terror attacks when they get back on the field.
Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson is backing Bernard Foley to bounce back from his slow start to the Super Rugby season, saying the Iceman was simply putting too much pressure on himself to live up his high standards.
After the horrendous Christchurch massacre, the Crusaders players will be welcomed onto the SCG by their rugby brothers, the Waratahs, with a poignant mark of respect.
Bella McKenzie will make her first starting appearance for the Waratahs women in the town where she was born, Bathurst, when the defending Super W champs host the Rebels
They’ve fielded Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and Andrew Mehrtens, but the 2019 Crusaders team is the greatest in Super Rugby history.
As a man of deep faith, Israel Folau has been strongly affected by last week’s massacre in Christchurch and expects the Waratahs match against the Crusaders will be a sombre occasion.
Tatafu Polota-Nau’s cameo return to the Waratahs is over after just two matches when he was recalled to his English club Leicester.
THE Waratahs have scored five tries to thump RugbyWA 31-0 to safely book their place in this year’s Super W finals. If they win their last regular season game they’ll host the grand final
Waratahs assistant coach Chris Whitaker has weighed into the team’s disappointing form against the Brumbies, saying the squad needs to get it right before the next match with the Crusaders.
A stuttering Waratahs side suffered defeat to the Brumbies after being physically battered in the nation’s capital on Friday night.
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