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.
Controversial, unworkable and low down the list of priorities due to the current health crisis … Origin Rugby is all of those things. But when a new normal emerges, it may be part of what’s needed to help save the code.
The Western Force will join a new domestic Super Rugby competition proposed to kick off next month amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
As the coronavirus ruins sport across the globe, ex-Reds skipper Samu Kerevi has offered an insight into how his new life is playing out in the locked down Japan.
LOST for words is how I felt when first told I’d be captaining the Reds because as long as I play this will be a highlight of my career, writes new Reds skipper Samu Kerevi.
THE long-term future of the Melbourne Rebels is in doubt, but coach Tony McGahan insists his team’s short-term ambitions remain very much alive.
MORE machine than man! George Smith’s latest milestone means more to him than most because it is the greatest reflection of his astonishing staying power.
NICK Stiles is popular with his players, dishes out tough calls, is transforming team culture and is ferociously Queensland. But the coach has reached his “bury the ball” moment.
WITH the axe hanging over the Melbourne Rebels, they have the chance to prove an emphatic point about their Super Rugby worth by beating the in-form Brumbies.
THE Rebels have welcomed back hard-hitting forward Lopeti Timani and explosive winger Sefa Naivalu, as they search for their first win of the season against the Brumbies. Complete week eight teams.
MELBOURNE Rebels coach Tony McGahan has held clear-the-air talks with his players as their Super Rugby D-Day gets closer.
NEW Zealand Rugby compared the vitriol surrounding Sonny Bill Williams’ religious objections to wearing a banking logo with homophobia, urging fans to respect the All Black star’s beliefs.
QUADE Cooper’s return to the leaking Reds ship coincides with a rest for veteran skipper Stephen Moore under Queensland’s rotation policy.
FORMER Wallabies coach Alan Jones has unloaded on the Australian Rugby Union in an extraordinary face-to-face interview with chairman Cameron Clyne.
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