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Folau rejects $1m peace offering to walk

Rugby Australia’s massive offer to Israel Folau ahead of his code of conduct hearing suggests there may be serious concerns about the result in the upper echelons of the game’s governing body.

Taniela Tupou of the Reds dejected after losing the Super Rugby game between the Queensland Reds and the NSW Waratahs. Pic Darren England.
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Prop praying to end NSW dominance

Taniela Tupou has been a Queenslander for less than five years yet an unguarded moment in the dressing room has captured just how much it will mean to break the Waratahs’ 10-game stranglehold.

Referee Egon Seconds (L) talks to The NSW Waratah's Michael Hooper (R) during the Super Rugby match, Emirates Lions v NSW Waratahs at the Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg, on May 11, 2019. (Photo by Christiaan Kotze / AFP)
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New enemy targets luckless Waratahs

From the moment this season kicked off, the Waratahs have been cursed, relentlessly punished both on and off the field, with NSW’s latest antagonist coming in the form of referee Egon Seconds.

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Bernard Foley during NSW Waratahs Super Rugby training at Daceyville, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

Foley drops major hint about contract plans

BERNARD Foley’s future has been the subject of much discussion in Australian rugby of late. While he says the horse has bolted on an Olympic sevens dream there is a reason for Wallabies fans to be cheerful.

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Rats celebrate their winning try. Pittwater Rugby Park - game between Warringah v Eastern Suburbs.

Waratahs bank on Brookie club support

THEY were forced off Allianz Stadium due to the A-League decider and now club rugby clashes may see the Waratahs have to cut a big cheque to shift a Super Rugby game to Brookvale Oval.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Force supporters hold a banner during The Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South Africa Springboks at nib Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Perth, Australia.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Western Force reawakening? Time will tell

COULD Super Rugby be about to tipped on its head yet again?That’s the question after whispers emerged the Sunwolves could exit the competition after 2020, leaving the door ajar for a potential Force return.

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