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Could the Wallabies and England compete in the Nations Cup final?

Ryder Cup of rugby: How new Test competition will determine code’s most dominant hemisphere

The Nations Cup, set to begin next year, will not only crown an individual Test champion, it will also pit Six Nations and SANZAAR sides against each other in a team format like the famous golf tournament.

  • Iain Payten

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Ireland five-eighth Sam Prendergast.

The two big challenges the Wallabies must overcome in Dublin

World Rugby’s breakdown mess and a Johnny Sexton clone stand between Australia and victory in the final Test of their spring tour against Ireland.

  • Paul Cully
oseph-Aukuso Suaalii of Australia reacts as he receives medical treatment after sustaining an injury against Scotland

The luck of Suaalii: Broken wrist ruled out and could face Ireland

The Wallabies have been provided with some much-needed good news ahead of their final Spring tour match against Ireland.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governer of the Public Investment Fund in Saudi Arabia.

Breakaway rugby competition would flop - even with Saudi billions

Don’t confuse a concept like cricket’s Indian Premier League with what looks a series of exhibition games in non-rugby locales.

  • Paul Cully
TEDDINGTON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 08: Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i of Australia looks on as the team huddle together during a training session at The Lensbury on November 08, 2024 in Teddington, England. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Talk about a revolution? Wallabies weren’t even aware of LIV-style rugby breakaway league

Wallabies players and coaches were playing catch-up on news they could be targeted to join a lucrative new global franchise competition.

  • Iain Payten
Tate McDermott of Australia is tackled by Henry Slade during last weekend’s Test.

‘These guys are big players’: World’s top rugby talent targeted for breakaway league

A US-based fund has been approaching players about deals reportedly worth $1.3 million to join a rebel competition.

  • Charles Richardson, Charlie Morgan and Daniel Schofield
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Brett Robinson is congratulated by RA boss Phil Waugh in Dublin after the vote.

‘Great privilege’: Former Wallaby wins race to become world rugby’s most powerful man

By the narrowest of margins, ex-Brumbies captain Brett Robinson has been voted in as the new chair of World Rugby; the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to hold the role.

  • Iain Payten
Former Wallaby flanker Brett Robinson, who is running to become the next chair of World Rugby.

The fiercest rugby battle this week will take place in a five-star Dublin hotel

Former Wallabies flanker Brett Robinson is vying to become the new chair of World Rugby at a vote on Friday, and the campaign has already seen the fracturing of age-old alliances.

  • Iain Payten
Angus Bell leaves the field against the Springboks in Perth.

‘We want to scrum’: Wallabies reject South African injury rort ploy

South Africa reportedly raised formal questions about the Wallabies injuries that led to uncontested scrums in Perth last month.

  • Iain Payten
Former Wallaby and World Rugby Chair candidate Brett Robinson at home in Brisbane.

Why Australian rugby’s issues went global … and how an Aussie plans to fix it

Former Wallaby Brett Robinson is vying to become the most powerful man in World Rugby later this year.

  • Iain Payten

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