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Rugby Union

Brumbies name squad for round one clash against Rebels

The ACT Brumbies have announced their lineup for the opening match of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season where they will face the Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park on Friday evening.

Brumbies bracing for torrid clash with wounded Rebels

The Brumbies are expecting the Rebels, with their future uncertain beyond 2024, to come out firing in the opening Super Rugby Pacific derby of the season.

Benchmark Brumbies to lead Aussie Super Rugby assault

Semi-finalists for the past two years, the ACT Brumbies again loom as Australia's best hope for ending a 10-year trans-Tasman title drought in Super Rugby.

CEO Phil Waugh’s challenge to Australia’s Super Rugby teams

Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh is challenging the ACT Brumbies, NSW Waratahs, Queensland Reds, Melbourne Rebels and Western Force to step up in 2024.

Rebels vs Brumbies Super Rugby round one tickets finally available

Just days before round one, tickets for the Melbourne Rebels' season-opening Super clash v the Brumbies will go on sale after a delay over the club's debts.

Rugby star Kurtley Beale not guilty of rape

Rugby star Kurtley Beale has been found not guilty of raping a woman or sexually touching her in a toilet cubicle during a night out at a Sydney pub in 2022.

Big-name playmakers return for second Super Rugby trial

Noah Lolesio and Tom Lynagh will run out for their respective Super Rugby Pacific clubs in trial matches this weekend.

Brumbies star Rob Valetini wins Wallabies’ John Eales Medal

Brumbies No.8 Rob Valetini has been rewarded for his consistent 2023 season with the John Eales Medal as the Wallabies' player of the year.

Rugby Australia make moves towards next Wallabies coach

Ex-Brumbies coach David Nucifora will return to Australia from Ireland, and World Rugby executive Peter Horne will oversee the appointment of a new Test coach.

Aussie sevens women triumph again but men lose final

Australia's sevens women have earned back-to-back world series triumphs in Cape Town in dramatic fashion while the Aussie men were beaten in their final.

Wallaby Mark Nawaqanitawase defects to NRL’s Roosters

Mark Nawaqanitawase could still play for the Wallabies next year, despite signing a two-year NRL deal from 2025 with the Sydney Roosters.

New Rugby Australia chairman Dan Herbert pledges to listen to fans

New RA chairman Dan Herbert says all stakeholders and fans will be listened to as part of the ailing code's concerted effort to revive rugby in Australia.

Hamish McLennan says he was the victim of a rugby power grab

Axed Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan fears his ousting will only lead to more division in a code split over the governing body's centralisation play.

Rugby Australia chair Hamish McLennan sacked

Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has been sacked following a torrid year, with Daniel Herbert named as his replacement on an interim basis.

ACT among six unions to call for Rugby Australia boss to resign

The internal war within Rugby Australia has turned ugly, with chairman Hamish McLennan urged to quit by six of his own member unions.

Brumbies not so keen on RA alignment as Waratahs commit

Insisting it's no takeover, Phil Waugh is confident of getting the powerhouse Brumbies on side after announcing NSW as the first state union to agree to the strategic reset of Australian rugby.

Rugby Australia accept Eddie Jones’s resignation

Rugby Australia have officially accepted the resignation of embattled coach Eddie Jones, who quit following the Wallabies' disappointing World Cup showing.

Foster, Larkham and McKellar in running for Wallabies coach role

Steve Larkham and Dan McKellar are the frontrunners to take over from Eddie Jones as Wallabies coach with former All Blacks boss Ian Foster also in the frame.

Eddie Jones quits as Wallabies coach

Eddie Jones has quit as Wallabies coach after a disastrous return that included Australia failing to make the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time.

Eddie Jones: I want to stay on as Wallabies coach

Eddie Jones has again denied reports of a return to Japan, saying he fully intends to stay on as Wallabies coach until the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Wallabies out of World Cup as Fiji scrape through despite Portugal loss

The Wallabies have been eliminated from the Rugby World Cup in France after Fiji scraped into the quarter-finals with a 24-23 bonus-point loss to Portugal. Australia's ill-fated Rugby World Cup campaign is officially...

Wallabies bank win over Portugal to keep slim World Cup hopes alive

Coach Eddie Jones says the Wallabies will prepare for a potential World Cup quarter-final against England, with his side's destiny now in the hands of Fiji.

Wallabies rocked by Wales horror show

The Wallabies have been left devastated and embarrassed after serving up their worst World Cup performance in history but have refused to blame inexperience.

Eddie Jones apologises after Wallabies’ World Cup humiliation

Australian rugby has endured its darkest day with the Wallabies suffering a record World Cup loss to Wales and set to miss the knockout stage.

Fiji target World Cup glory after Wallabies sensation

After helping Fiji to an historic win over Australia, former NRL star Semi Radradra feels there's no reason why his team can't win the Rugby World Cup.

Donaldson stars in Wallabies World Cup win over Georgia

The Wallabies are no longer winless under Eddie Jones after downing Georgia 35-15 in their Rugby World Cup opener in Paris, as fullback Ben Donaldson starred.

Wallabies crash to heavy Bledisloe Cup loss to All Blacks

Australia have crashed 38-7 in the Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand at the MCG with the night made worse by a suspected serious injury to Allan Alaalatoa.

Wallabies’ Allan Alaalatoa stretchered off MCG v All Blacks

Star Wallabies prop Allan Alaalatoa is in major danger of missing the Rugby World Cup after he was stretchered off the MCG during the Bledisloe Cup clash with New Zealand.

Wallabies urged to show aggression against Springboks

Wallabies scrum coach Neal Hatley says the Australians will get "murdered" if they don't stand up to the Springboks in the Rugby Championship Test in Pretoria.

Allan Alaalatoa set to add starch to Wallabies pack for Boks

Prop Allan Alaalatoa says he's fully recovered from a calf injury and ready to face South Africa in Pretoria, adding valuable experience to the Wallabies pack.
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