Rugby World Cup
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- Australian rugby
US rugby star escapes with three-match ban for ‘glancing’ head stomp
Triple Olympian Alev Kelter was sent off for stomping on the head of an Australian rival. But she has avoided a massive suspension.
- Iain Payten
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Nine lands broadcast rights for three World Cups in landmark rugby deal
Nine and Stan Sport will broadcast the 2025, 2027 and 2029 World Cups involving the Wallabies and Wallaroos.
- Tom Decent
- Opinion
- Five Minutes with Fitz
He’s the Peter V’landys of world rugby, but you’ve probably never heard of him
If rugby is the game they play in heaven, Australian Brett Robinson - the first chairman of World Rugby from the southern hemisphere - might be forgiven for having a God complex. Mercifully, he doesn’t.
- Peter FitzSimons
‘Once-in-a-career opportunity’: Rugby greats issue plea to undecided stars
More than a dozen Wallabies are off contract and yet to determine their futures. Two legends suggest a home World Cup win in 2027 would be a fitting legacy.
- Nick Wright
Waugh driven to rewrite history as Sydney secures 2027 Rugby World Cup Final
Twenty-four years after Jonny Wilkinson kicked that drop goal to win the Rugby World Cup, another decider will be played at the Olympic venue.
- Iain Payten and Jonathan Drennan
- Opinion
- Wallabies
Rugby Australia has a plan. To me, it looks more like a Christmas wish list
I want rugby to succeed, and you want rugby to succeed. But achieving the aims of the governing body’s strategy report will be easier said than done.
- Peter FitzSimons
World Cup final referee had heart surgery midway through tournament
Referee Wayne Barnes’ resting heart rate is 50 beats per minute. Moments before he officiated last year’s Wallabies-Wales match, it was racing at 180.
- Wayne Barnes
Sports minister raised World Cup final in phone call to rugby boss
Rugby officials have been warned the Victorian government expects an elite rugby union team to play in the state, with the future of the Melbourne Rebels to be decided on Friday as ministers weigh up a bid to stage the 2027 Rugby World Cup final.
- Carla Jaeger, Kieran Rooney and Sarah Danckert
Brisbane troll fined for ‘vile’ online ref abuse during Rugby World Cup
A Brisbane man has been fined $1000 and given a 12-month good behaviour bond for abusing a Rugby World Cup match official and his family.
- Iain Payten
‘My heart is in rugby’: Jorgensen turns down Roosters to chase Wallabies dream
The sought-after teenager has pressed pause on a potential NRL switch and extended his deal with the Waratahs and Rugby Australia.
- Iain Payten
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