Schoolboy rugby stars as finalists decided at Australian champs
Old rivals will battle for the top prize at the Australian schools rugby championships on Thursday after a day of standout performances by individuals and teams. Stars, result wrap
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Why most important match of Lions tour won’t feature Wallabies
Glen Ella is one of 15 Indigenous players to have represented the Wallabies. It’s a number he’s desperate to see change.
‘Blown away’: Teen weapons at junior girls rugby champs
There are sisters, tough nuts, weapons and daughters of rugby guns out to make their own marl. The NSW Sydney and County teens ready to unleash at the girls Australian rugby juniors
Wallaby’s heartbreak as surgery ends Lions dream
Noah Lolesio’s British and Irish Lions dream is in tatters after the Wallabies star underwent surgery which will require a significant stint on the sidelines for his recovery.
Brumbies captain prepared for ‘s**t talking’ from great mate
Ryan Lonergan is set to reunite with an old mate when the Brumbies take on the British and Irish Lions, and knows exactly what to expect.
The night Phil Waugh’s rag-tag team took $5m from ‘chirpy’ Lions
The 2001 Lions team arrived to play Australia A with more swagger than usual – and a monster payday in their sights. Until Phil Waugh’s team made it a very expensive night for their rivals.
Next Gen Wallabies in try rampage at Australian Schools rugby
There were big hits, fancy footwork, two nine-try rampages and one state standing tall as the Australian schools rugby champs kicked off. Stars, standouts, top scorers in the day one result wrap
Rising stars to watch at Australian junior champs
They are the rising stars ready to make a name for themselves at the Australian junior rugby championships. Discover the players to watch from the girls and boys under-18s and under-16s divisions.
Tupou: Australia was right to axe me… I needed help
Taniela Tupou never wanted to leave Australia. But, as he nears a $1m European move, the powerhouse Wallaby opens up on mental health battles and why he didn’t have a choice but to escape.
Ella, Horan, Giteau: The greatest Wallabies who never faced the Lions
British and Irish Lions tours are once in a lifetime opportunities, and while many legends took on the Lions, there’s a few Wallabies greats who never had the chance to play a Test against the team. See the list here.
The painful lesson the Wallabies must take from great Fijian escape
If there is one painful lesson the Wallabies should have learnt over the years, it is that some things should never be sugar-coated. The Fijian escape proved that. Also, find our player ratings inside.
They beat Fiji, but the Wallabies are on track to a trainwreck
If Australia’s plan is to lull the British and Irish Lions into a false sense of security, the Wallabies have them where they want them. If not, Australian rugby is spiralling out of control.
‘Fight fire with fire’: Players Australian schoolboys coach wants
The special skills and body types the Australian schoolboys rugby coach is searching for at the schools championships this week are quite specific. So what players matter the most to him?
Remember these names! Rugby rising stars to watch at Australian schools
Weapons, speedsters, big units, a player with Joseph Suaalii athleticism and a ‘man boy’ – the rising stars to watch at the Australian schools rugby championships. FULL TEAM LISTS
Harvesting dreams! Country teen with big goal at schoolboy rugby champs
He’s only been playing a few years, has kept fit helping his family harvest and is hoping the Australian Schools rugby championships this week will help ignite a career in rugby.
Favourites, team on a mission at Australian Schoolboy rugby champs
Good blokes off the field, bullies on it. That’s the goal of a team with big aspirations at the Australian Schools rugby titles. The favourites, dark horse, biggest menace ahead of the championships
Revealed: 40 Indigenous rising stars set to shape Aussie sport
To kickstart this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations, we’ve scoured the country and identified 40 of Australia’s top up-and-coming Indigenous sports stars. Meet them here.
‘Frustrating’: Scrappy Lions put through paces by Waratahs
The British and Irish Lions were forced to battle hard against the NSW Waratahs to bank a third straight win on their Australian tour.
Watergate: Lions coach accuses Tahs of dirty tactics after messy win
After watching his side struggle to put away the $51 outsiders, British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell made the bizarre accusation that the Allianz Stadium pitch was deliberately over-watered.
Fiji sounds warning to Wallabies with World Cup repeat on menu
It will start as rank underdogs in Newcastle, but Fiji won’t be taking a backwards step as it looks to achieve history by winning successive Tests against Australia for the first time.
Meet the 113kg Fijian ‘bulldozer’ tasked with stopping Suaalii
Fiji are on high alert for a Wallabies side seeking revenge for their 2023 World Cup embarrassment – and have tasked a 113kg monster called ‘the bulldozer’ to do some damage.
The 99 things you need to know about the Lions
As the Waratahs prepare to defend NSW’s honour on Saturday night, we delve into the mystique of rugby’s greatest touring side.
Rugby set for $250m win from Lions tour
Call it the $250m tour and it’s set to deliver Rugby Australia a much-needed $50m financial bonanza.
Wallabies stars tell why Lions are the mane event
Is this Australian rugby’s new dawn? Wallabies captains, including John Eales, open up on the power of a British & Irish Lions tour and what they hope happens next for the code.
Schmidt’s Wallabies on ‘speed dating’ mission
Joe Schmidt likens it to “speed dating” and has told Australian rugby fans to expect the “unknown”. Get the latest news as the Wallabies prepare to take on World Cup nemesis Fiji.
Cooper: How rugby can save Tupou from my mistakes
When Quade Cooper heard Taniela Tupou speak recently about his feelings towards rugby — and the emptiness he described — it struck a nerve. And it also prompted some advice, as Cooper reveals.
‘Out of this world’: Trait elevating Suaalii above AFL, NRL stars
Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones believes Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii is a rare talent and could be the difference in the upcoming Lions series but has worries over injuries to key big men.
‘They are a team of monsters’: regretful James O’Connor has unfinished Lions business
The veteran fly-half didn’t understand how big a Lions tour was in 2013 but says he is ready to be a ‘killer’ for Joe Schmidt and the Wallabies.
Can Joseph Suaalii save rugby union?
With the Lions Tour underway, Rugby Australia hinges its hopes on the 21-year-old star it dramatically poached two years ago.
‘I wasn’t actually sorry’: O’Connor’s 4am Hungry Jacks revelation
It is one of the most infamous scandals in Wallabies history. Now, James O’Connor lifts the lid on what really happened when he and Kurtley Beale were caught at a Hungry Jack’s at 4am during a Lions series.
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