Rugby Confidential: Sevens facing drastic cuts
Four teams could be cut from the global sevens circuit as World Rugby deals with major financial losses from the tournaments, including two fan favourite teams.
Four teams could be cut from the global sevens circuit as World Rugby deals with major financial losses from the tournaments, including two fan favourite teams.
State pride, club pride and a big opportunity to impress selectors is on the line for the next generation of rugby players in a series of trial matches ahead of Australian U20 squad selection.
Skills, traits and characters the coach charged with bringing through the next generation of Wallabies wants to see as rugby’s best teenagers take the field in a series of trials.
They are sisters who share an identical goal with the Waratahs and will be the bane of referees across their sport as they live out a dream of playing Super Rugby W together.
A road trip has freshened up some of the rising stars of rugby ahead of two crucial outings – the Waratahs second game of Super Rugby Pacific and Tahs U20 match trials. Stars and standouts
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The Aussie women had to settle for bronze in Vancouver after they were thumped by their biggest rivals in the semi-final.
After years of grappling for an extreme and compulsive workload, Carlo Tizzano sought help. And he says what happened next changed his life — and sporting career — for the better.
Just two rounds into the Super Rugby season, Rugby Australia’s call to axe the Melbourne Rebels has been vindicated. But there remains an elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about.
As desperate as Liam Wright is to return from a shoulder injury for the Reds, the Queenslanders aren’t expected to risk him while there is any doubt over his fitness.
Super Rugby women’s expansion plans are on the table as the 2025 competition prepares for an invasion of Sevens superstars hunting Wallaroos spots and players determined to thwart them.
The Joe Schmidt saga is set for another swerve, plus the contract call that has dashed any chance of Joey Manu making a swift return to the Roosters. That, and more, in RUGBY CONFIDENTIAL.
The Wallabies captain wants the `best years’ of his career to be with the Queensland Reds and the Wallabies.
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