QRU chief executive resigns
QRU chief executive Richard Barker has stepped down from the role with immediate effect to attend to personal priorities.
Rugby Union
Beaten Reds on the right track
Strip away all the emotion and the reality was that the Waratahs were far superior to Queensland on Saturday night.
Timu welcomes rival to the pack
Caleb Timu has been selfless in his praise of incoming backrower Pete Samu.
Brumbies hang tough
The Brumbies toughed out a 41-31 win over the Sunwolves and averted an unprecedented fourth straight loss at home.
Reds outgunned in 15-try epic
There has never been an interstate match like it. Indeed, there has never been a Super Rugby fixture to equal it.
‘He wants to play for Australia’
Australian Rugby refuses Kiwi demand of financial compensation for the services of Aussie-born Crusaders flanker Pete Samu.
Cheika’s discipline example
Ireland is the most disciplined team in world rugby. Australia the least.
No luck for the Irish talisman
Australia will be facing an Ireland team missing their talismanic captain Rory Best.
Brumbies thumb nose at Cheika
The Brumbies have ignored a request from Michael Cheika to rest David Pocock and props Scott Sio and Allan Alaalatoa
Rebels bring in Stiles
The Melbourne Rebels have brought in former Queensland coach Nick Stiles to help shore up their scrum.
Amnesty for returning Simmons
There is a special kind of welcome reserved for former Queensland players who return to Brisbane wearing sky blue.
Time to pull together
There is an attitude that Super Rugby is a means to an end rather than an end in itself.
Aussies refuse to pay a ransom
Rugby Australia is refusing to pay New Zealand a ransom to have Crusaders backrower Pete Samu released to the Wallabies.
Answer the phone, it’s Cheika
The boss was calling but Hamish Stewart was off the air.
Why Super Rugby has to go
To see the problems in Australian rugby, you have only to take a look at a once-powerful club which was a Wallabies ‘factory’.
From Wallaby to Reds bench
Caleb Timu might have been named in the Wallabies side but that was no guarantee of selection in the Queensland Reds starting team against NSW.
Reds throw Tahs a curveball
Waratahs No 8 Michael Wells knows precisely what to expect from Queensland at Suncorp Stadium … trench warfare.
Wallabies ready for a fight
Peter Samu is set to be one of the new faces in the Wallabies squad for next month’s three-Test rugby series against Ireland.
Johnny on the spot at Suncorp
John Eales will be the first rugby player to be honoured in bronze at Suncorp Stadium.
Backrow balance evades Cheika
Three years on from the 2015 Rugby World Cup final and Australia still have not unearthed a better backrow balance.
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