Mark Nawaqanitawase has well and truly put himself in the frame to make the Waratahs’ run-on side when the Super Rugby season kicks off in less than a fortnight. Now if only everyone could pronounce his surname!
Rugby Australia’s review into the disastrous 2019 season has more than 40 recommendations, but you won’t know what most are in what is meant to be the ‘blueprint for future Wallabies success’.
A new deal signed by the Berejiklian Government has revealed the cost of the controversial demolition and rebuild of the Sydney Football Stadium has blown out by almost $100 million making the ill-fated sports area a real money pit.
He’s the young rugby star who is making a name for himself beyond his athletic skills, with a particular reason why his mates know him as ‘Marky Mark’ rather than his full name.
THE Waratahs are adamant the club can restore Israel Folau as a key marketing figure over the next four years despite his controversial views on homosexuality.
ISRAEL Folau just signed a monster four-year deal that will keep him in Wallabies colours until the end of 2022, but the fullback revealed he nearly walked away from rugby union during the “gays to hell” furore.
THE Waratahs will spread their home games over four venues in Sydney next year, and are considering taking games to NSW country towns from 2020.
ISRAEL Folau is set to play for Australia to the end of 2022 after signing a four-year contract extension with the Wallabies and NSW Waratahs.
THE Waratahs have agreed to give Australia’s Test players more time off next season to keep them fresh for the World Cup but have ruled out switching Israel Folau from fullback to wing.
THE Waratahs have confirmed they will play some home matches in the 2019 Super Rugby season at the new Western Sydney Stadium just days after the NRL’s Eels turned down a deal to host its own matches at the $360 million venue.
CAM Clark has re-signed with the NSW Waratahs for another season amid a nightmare battle for a starting wing spot with no less than four players fighting for two spots.
WHEN the Wallabies entered Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara’s old rugby club in Buenos Aires, they were stunned to find a clubhouse full of colour portraits and memorabilia from past Wallaby teams.
QUADE Cooper and James Slipper on the move, candidates line up to replace Michael Cheika, farewell to legendary scribe Terry Smith, and much more rugby news.
ISRAEL Folau capped a great season for the Waratahs by winning his first Matthew Burke Cup, breaking captain Michael Hooper’s five-year mortgage on the award. Only problem, he wasn’t there to collect.
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