Creditors make big call on future of rugby’s Rebels
The battle to save the Melbourne Rebels is far from over, as Rugby Australia continue their own investigations into the troubled franchise.
The battle to save the Melbourne Rebels is far from over, as Rugby Australia continue their own investigations into the troubled franchise.
Wallabies hopefuls will have more to play for in the final five rounds of the Super Rugby Pacific season as new coach Joe Schmidt outlines the coveted captaincy is up for grabs.
Already owing $50 million, RA has announced a huge deficit at its AGM, yet, with new board members at the helm and a big few years ahead on Aussie soil, it is hoping to be back in the black sooner rather than later.
A superstar was born at Suncorp Stadium when Queensland Reds winger Tim Ryan scored three epic tries in a seesawing starting debut, but it wasn’t enough for the home side.
Teen Waratahs’ star Caitlyn Halse has spent a lifetime proving herself against the boys, and as she prepares for a huge Super W grand final, she’s out to show women could be even better.
Eastern Suburbs have escaped sanctioning despite a committee finding their spectators made racist remarks during a trial match last month.
A powerful committee of ‘ignored’ powerbrokers plan to bring down the Rugby Australia board in a move that will divide the game – just days after RA boss Phil Waugh called for unity.
There’s one less financial worry for Rugby Australia as they prepare to announce an unusually long deal with a major sponsor for their national women’s team.
A Wallabies star went down while another did his international hopes no harm to inspire the Reds to a big shutout win against the Highlanders.
Just 10 months into the role as CEO of Rugby Australia, Phil Waugh has been thrown into the fire. Now with a new chairman appointed, and quite possibly a new board, he is ready to reinvigorate the sport that has given him so much.
An extraordinary attack has been launched on the Rugby Australia board by a group saying former chairman Hamish McLennan was a made ‘scapegoat’.
She’s the daughter of an NRL gun who has also played the game but right now this teen footy sensation is trying her hand at rugby – and creating history as she goes.
It’s a ripping great game designed to attract more little girls and boys to rugby designed by a former star of both rugby and league. And it’s coming to a ground near you.
Stepping into coaching for the first time, Wallaroos legend Iliseva Batibasaga has noticed a huge difference between club rugby and Super W. Find out more inside.
As Rugby Australia remains in a stalemate over the future of the Melbourne Rebels, rival codes and clubs are swooping in on their biggest names, writes JAMIE PANDARAM.
Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones says Rugby Australia must do everything it can to keep ‘special talent’ Max Jorgensen and emphatically dismissed there was World Cup spending ‘without approval’.
Is Joseph Suaalii the Wallabies’ last millionaire recruit? The economic landscape has radically changed in recent months.
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii was trumpeted as a Wallabies saviour. Instead – with disgruntled stars heading for the exits – it may well be the contract to end rugby, writes JAMIE PANDARAM.
Once the country’s most successful club, producing Wallabies captains George Gregan, Rocky Elsom, Phil Kearns and Ben Mowen, Randwick endured 20 years of pain. JAMIE PANDARAM goes inside the fall and rise of the Wicks.
While Sydney Roosters billionaire powerbroker Nick Politis and coach Trent Robinson crafted an impassioned two-hour presentation to lure the rival code’s brightest young star, Rugby Australia’s boss was yet to even meet with him.
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