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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 30: Len Ikitau of the Brumbies makes a break to score a try during the round 16 Super Rugby Pacific match between the ACT Brumbies and Crusaders at GIO Stadium on May 30, 2025, in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

Does it pass the pub test? Super Rugby finals system to be reviewed

Super Rugby Pacific’s boss says the competition will consider changes to a new play-offs structure that has drawn criticism for being unfair.

  • Iain Payten

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 07: Brumbies players celebrate after winning the Super Rugby Pacific Qualifying Final match between Brumbies and Hurricanes at GIO Stadium, on June 07, 2025, in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

Why the Brumbies have been dudded by new Super Rugby playoffs system

The Brumbies won a hard-fought qualifying final on Saturday. Their reward? Travelling to New Zealand for a semi-final at the home ground of a team who lost.

  • Iain Payten
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 11: Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and Jack Bowen of the Waratahs celebrate victory following the round nine Super Rugby Pacific match between NSW Waratahs and Chiefs at Allianz Stadium, on April 11, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

How a halftime spray - and a crazy 120-metre try - helped Tahs secure stirring win over Chiefs

The Waratahs pulled off one of their finest wins with a remarkable try that will live long in the memory.

  • Tom Decent
Samisoni Taukei’aho of the Chiefs crashes over for a try.

Clinical Chiefs end Queensland Reds’ Super Rugby season

The Queensland Reds’ season of high hopes and promise has ended in disappointment with a 43-21 submission to the Chiefs in the opening Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final in Hamilton.

  • Darren Walton
Ryan Smith has re-signed with the Queensland Reds for another season, with his eyes now on a Wallabies debut.

He was lost to AFL … briefly. Now a shock Wallabies call-up could beckon

A pair of Wallabies bolters have renewed their Reds contracts ahead of a do-or-die battle that could cement their cases for higher honours.

  • Nick Wright
Tom Lynagh has risen from Queensland Reds rookie to Wallabies contender.

‘It’s never affected me’: Wallabies bolter conquers fame and scrutiny

This looms as the greatest challenge of Tom Lynagh’s short career, one which could seal a shock Wallabies berth.

  • Nick Wright
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Winger Emoni Narawa scores one of the Chiefs’ nine tries against the Western Force.

Chiefs serve up Super thrashing to poor Western Force

The Western Force’s disappointing Super Rugby Pacific campaign has hit another low point, thrashed by a merciless Chiefs outfit.

  • Alex Mitchell
Waratahs no.10 Tane Edmed is smashed by Chiefs flanker Samipeni Finau.

Cheap shots or legal brutality? Debate rages over ten-hunting Kiwi hitman

Waratahs Tane Edmed was rocked by a slightly late shot by a Chiefs flanker on Friday night, and he wasn’t the first playmaker to cop it.

  • Iain Payten
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 26: Mark Nawaqanitawase of the Waratahs is hit high by Etene Nanai-Seturo of the Chiefs during the round ten Super Rugby Pacific match between NSW Waratahs and Chiefs at Allianz Stadium, on April 26, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Chiefs punish sloppy Waratahs, finals hopes fading

The Waratahs’ hopes of backing up a memorable win over the Crusaders were snuffed by a clinical and powerful Chiefs team.

  • Iain Payten
Queensland Reds celebrate victory.

Best in years? Four things we learned from Reds’ shocking upset

A Wallabies’ winger showcased the game-breaking ability that made him an NRL star, while the rise of two young men could keep a veteran on the outer.

  • Nick Wright

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