The Reds have finished 2017 with just half a win more than 2016, going down to the Highlanders 40-17. In the second-last regular season trans-Tasman clash, the Reds never really troubled their Kiwi opponents, keeping New Zealand’s perfect record intact against Australians this season. Only the Brumbies can help Aussie teams avoid a 2017 duck…
Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore says he won’t hold a grudge against Test teammate Adam Coleman after the pair nearly came to blows on the weekend. Moore and Coleman will both be named in Australia coach Michael Cheika’s 33-man squad on Tuesday evening for June’s trio of Tests against Fiji, Scotland and Italy. But they had…
Curtis Rona is eager to force his way into the centres for the Waratahs, fresh off a promising start to his career in sky blue against the Stormers. Rona played the majority of his rugby for the Force at outside centre but was picked on the wing in the Waratahs’ season opener, with Lalakai Foketi…
The Reds have fined George Smith for keeping the club in the dark about his arrest in Japan, and subsequently missing a week of work at Ballymore. Smith was arrested in Japan on New Year’s Eve for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver, detained for 18 days by Japanese authorities, with the Reds only learning of…
When it comes to Super Rugby yardsticks, the Lions are one of the best in recent years and the Waratahs are keen to see how they measure up on Friday night. The Johannesburg side has been one of the few to consistently compete with, and beat, New Zealand teams, and the Waratahs want to make…
Highlanders winger Tevita Nabura has obtained a postponement of his Super Rugby foul play hearing for his flying kick to NSW Waratahs winger Cameron Clark’s face. Facing a likely long ban, Nabura is returning to New Zealand and governing body SANZAAR announced on Monday his hearing has been delayed until Tuesday at his request. The…
The Rebels have let another game slip away, going down to the Jaguares in Melbourne. What are we talking about after that 25-22 thriller? 1. Coleman’s confidence comes too late Every captain has a moment where they have the option to go for the three or the five, and it reveals much of their approach…
TAHS FIVE THINGS The Waratahs are through to the Super Rugby semi-finals after clinching a famous victory over the Highlanders. What are we talking about after that 30-23 win? 1. Jekyll and Hyde a Waratahs winner The Waratahs are the kings of Jekyll and Hyde and they provided that on Saturday night. For the first…
Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson says he’d be open to resting players if requested to by the Wallabies setup. Rugby Australia and the Brumbies are in a tug of war over three of their Wallabies stars in Sunday’s match against the Sunwolves, to allow them to start training in the national camp straight away. The Brumbies…
Reds coach Brad Thorn has lauded the work of team physio and former Wallaby prop Cameron Lillicrap as the Queensland scrum powered its way to a win on Friday. As the Queensland attack splutters outside individual moments of brilliance its their scrum which has been their most destructive weapon and it pulverised the Rebels into…