More brilliance from four-try record-breaker Lachie Anderson may need to be on the menu for the Queensland Reds to upset the in-form Crusaders in Christchurch in Friday’s qualifying final of Super Rugby Pacific.
Four New Zealand teams finished in Super Rugby’s top six, leading future Wallabies coach Les Kiss to concede it will be a challenge to break their title-winning dominance.
A diabolical display has allowed the Blues to hand the Waratahs a record defeat, in a humiliating Eden Park display which also ended the Tahs’ Super Rugby season.
Brumbies’ coach Stephen Larkham has lamented his side’s ‘missed opportunity’ in their final round match of the Super Rugby Pacific season.
It is one of the most formidable coaching teams ever assembled – and the mix of Wallabies and All Blacks all-time greats tasked with landing an early blow on the British and Irish Lions.
Waratahs coach Dan McKellar was forced to bring out the old school system to rev up his repeatedly lacklustre team over the Western Force. But in doing so, the riot act has proven Super Rugby’s ‘fundamental flaw.’
The son of a hard-nosed former Wallaby has rocketed into the frame for Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies squad to take on the physicality of the British and Irish Lions pack.
Queensland Reds were shooting for a guaranteed spot in the Super Rugby playoffs and its first win over the Hurricanes since 2013, but were their own worst enemy in a nailbiting loss.
Wallabies enforcer Lukhan Salakaia-Loto has outlined his plans to start boxing – after the 201cm, 124kg behemoth takes care of the Lions. And he’s got one of Australia’s top boxers in his corner.
The Queensland Reds are searching for some answers to their dip in form ahead of the Super Rugby Pacific finals series.
The Wallabies’ playmaking stocks have been bolstered by a key re-signing, which all but sets up a crucial duel to decide who takes Australia to the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
The Queensland Reds will receive a much-needed boost on Friday night with the return from injury of Wallabies skipper Harry Wilson.
As their skipper prepares to make history, the Waratahs have turned to a player outcast since the early rounds in an effort to save their Super Rugby campaign.
For the Waratahs to turn their fortunes around, they’ve first got to work out what exactly is going wrong and first-season coach Dan McKellar has hinted at a bubbling issue.
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