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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be at the rugby union Test between Australia in Fiji in Newcastle on Sunday.

‘Nail in the coffin’: Pacific rugby leaders raise alarm about NRL’s PNG deal

Officials in the region are concerned about the Albanese government’s bankrolling of rugby league and are proposing a greater share in funding for their national game.

  • Chris Barrett

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Suliasi Vunivalu on the charge.

Reds snap out of Super drought with Samoa win

Suliasi Vunivalu has come to life as the Queensland Reds won overseas for the first time in four years and burst Moana Pasifika’s bubble in Samoa.

  • Murray Wenzel
Rugby balls at Barbarians training.

Two more Australians caught in COVID-19 spring tour outbreak

A total of five people in the Wallabies’ set-up have been caught up in the spiralling COVID case numbers in the UK.

  • Georgina Robinson
Jason Taumalolo has helped Tonga become an international rugby league force.

Little hope of a Taumalolo moment while self-interest rules World Rugby

It would be lovely to be proven wrong, but it is hard to believe countries will vote for the greater good instead of their own interests on a proposal to allow players to switch Test teams.

  • Paul Cully
Tadhg Beirne wins the ball for Ireland.

Ireland cruise into quarters after demolishing Samoa

Ireland have crushed Samoa 47-5 despite playing more than half the contest with 14 men.

  • Jerome Pugmire
Excitement machine: Is Semi Radradra coming to Australia next year?

Silver linings: Flying Fijians set for Wallabies, All Blacks Tests

International rugby's entertainers bottled their World Cup campaign but potential games against Test giants are a sign of progress.

  • Georgina Robinson
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Second-tier treatment: Apisalome Ratuniyarawa of Fiji celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's sixth try against Georgia.

'Time is now': Pacific players to call for fairer eligibility rules

The head of the body representing the region's players will fly to the World Cup on Wednesday for crucial talks about improving the plight of Pacific players.

  • Adrian Warner
Scotland's Chris Harris runs at the Samoan defence.

Scotland earn World Cup bonus point win over Samoa

Scotland have revived their Rugby World Cup campaign with a 34-0 victory over Samoa.

Kirill Gotovtsev of Russia is sent to the sin bin.

Six-try Samoa exploit tired Russians as three players sin-binned

Samoa survived being reduced to 13 men for almost 10 minutes in the first half, with a bonus-point 34-9 victory at the Rugby World Cup.

  • Padraic Halpin
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto gets on the scoresheet for the Wallabies.

Wallabies survive Samoan scare as Pocock gets through unscathed

With his side trailing 22-3 at half-time, Samoa’s reserve halfback Dwayne Polataivao crossed the paint twice in the space of nine minutes.

  • Tom Decent

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