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‘Playing a season under that was tough’: 2025 will define Australian rugby

As the Super Rugby season launches without a Melbourne team, players and officials reflect on tough decisions, and what they might mean for the game.

  • Nick Wright

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Tuqiri Aubrey

Why a Broncos legend believes two unsung converts will land on NRL radars

They finished last season in rugby union before making bold career gambles. But a Bronco great believes the pair have the tools to emerge as NRL stars.

  • Nick Wright
Wallabies star Filipo Daugunu has added to the Queensland Reds’ growing stocks.

The Reds now boast 234 Test caps. Has their depth exposed a problem for the game?

The collapse of the Rebels has given the Reds much-needed depth and a shot at the 2025 Super Rugby title. But has it also created long-term problems for the game?

  • Nick Wright
Lukas Ripley

There’ll be one winner in the Rebels v Rugby Australia battle – lawyers

Rebels have failed to read the room with their legal action against Rugby Australia.

  • Paul Cully
Businessman Leigh Clifford (right), who wanted to save the Melbourne Rebels, and Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh, who shut down the club in May.

‘Deceptive conduct’: Rugby Australia to countersue Melbourne Rebels directors

Rugby Australia has accused the Melbourne Rebels of deceiving the national body for years in the latest escalation to the dramatic rugby war.

  • Carla Jaeger and Sarah Danckert
David Feliuai poses during a Wallabies Portrait Session.

From Transylvania to the Wallabies: The wild journey of rugby’s ‘Romanian Rumbler’

David Feliaui always had a dream to play for Australia. He just had to go on a Mormon mission and play in Dracula’s backyard first.

  • Iain Payten
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The Rebels form a huddle at the end of their final Super Rugby game.

‘A whole heap of spin’: Moves to oust rugby directors in Rebels fallout

Melbourne rugby clubs have banded together in a bid to oust most of the Rugby Victoria board as the fallout from the collapse of the Melbourne Rebels continues.

  • Carla Jaeger
Final yelp: Devan Flanders of the Hurricanes scores a try.

Heartbreak for Rebels as ‘hurting’ players deal with club’s death after loss

Melbourne’s last ever Super Rugby Pacific match has ended in heartbreak, with the Hurricanes storming to a 47-20 victory on the back of a big second half in Wellington.

  • Melissa Woods and Scott Spits
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 31: Josh Nasser of the Reds is tackled during the round 15 Super Rugby Pacific match between NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds at Allianz Stadium, on May 31, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Waratahs rebuild creates opportunities – and issues

Powering up the Waratahs scrum with Rebels stars could help NSW regain some lost ground. But it could also fuel one of the Tahs’ oldest problems.

  • Paul Cully
Businessman Leigh Clifford (right) who wants to save the Melbourne Rebels, and Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh, who announced the club’s shutdown on Thursday.

Dead Rebels: Why Rugby Australia killed Melbourne’s Super Rugby team

Rugby Australia officials are adamant it was a pragmatic business decision to kill the Melbourne Rebels; supporters of the Rebels say it was an unfair call and a “premeditated murder”.

  • Carla Jaeger and Sarah Danckert

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