It will be interesting to see the reaction of the Reds fans at Suncorp tomorrow night believing their powerhouse backrower Scott Higginbotham will be heading south to ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/05/2012
Another interesting round of Super Rugby is on the cards. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/05/2012The financially struggling Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has received a break that means it will receive more money from te World Cup every four years. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/05/2012The imminent return of frontline Wallabies Quade Cooper and Drew Mitchell from long-term injuries will dramatically change the selection landscape for the one-off Test against Scotland, and ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/05/2012After their big win last weekend, suddenly everyone is talking up Queensland’s chances of making the finals and potentially defending their Super Rugby crown. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/05/2012Forget salary caps, expansion, player salaries or stadium costs – the most important issue for three of Australia’s four football codes is dealing effectively with the problems ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/05/2012Until late in the 19th century, Suncorp Stadium, the old Lang Park, was Brisbane’s main cemetery. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/05/2012
It was interesting to hear returning Waratahs Captain Rocky Elsom speaking on Fox Sports’ The Rugby Club last Thursday night, discussing the difficulties that can arise from ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/05/2012Local ball sports experienced more boilovers this weekend than a TAFE cooking class. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/05/2012
The long trip with the Western Force to South Africa found us in a new country, new time zone, and with a different currency. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/05/2012Wallaby coach Robbie Deans’ big headache with what to do with very talented teenage open-side flanker Liam Gill has been avoided until the end of the year. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/05/2012Rebels defence coach John Muggleton was the inspiration behind last night’s stunning 28-19 win over the Crusaders at AAMI Park. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/05/2012Berrick Barnes had his best all-round game of the season, but he couldn’t stop the Waratahs from snatching a 27-24 defeat from the jaws of victory against ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/05/2012Wallaby wing legend David Campese copped a fair bit of stick from the majority of the 163 Roarers who commented on his column yesterday. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/05/2012In light of the recent discussion over Morne Steyne and England’s chances in South Africa this June, I conducted a small poll. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/05/2012Once the Super Rugby season has concluded, ACT Brumbies’ players who missed out on the Super Rugby squad will be required to join the local John I ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/05/2012There is no doubt about the Crusaders of 2012 they are a great team. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/05/2012Rocky Elsom couldn’t have picked a better time to don the Waratah captain’s armband for the first time than against the rampaging Bulls at Allianze Stadium tomorrow ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/05/2012Who is the most valuable player in rugby? Some people say Richie McCaw, some Dan Carter, but South Africa’s Morne Steyn can’t be far behind, and may ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/05/2012
A penny for the thoughts of Wales defensive coach Shaun Edwards at reports that the Wallabies are contemplating a move from fullback to five-eighth for Kurtley Beale. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/05/2012The Waratahs’ loss to the Brumbies on the weekend has a lot of supporters consigning another season to the dustbin, as the Canberra-faithfuls plan their team’s route ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/05/2012Contrary to Michael Foley’s spin, I think there are more than just little mistakes apparent at the Waratahs. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/05/2012Last weekend’s Crusaders versus Reds game was a replay of last year’s grand final of the Super Rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/05/2012Sarel Pretorius’ long overdue recall for the Waratahs looks set for Friday night and the tough encounter with the in-the-pink Bulls at Allianze Stadium. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/05/2012Christian Lealiifano’s suspected broken ankle took all the gloss off the Brumbies’ impressive 23-6 win over the Waratahs in Canberra last night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/05/2012Why is a team like the Brumbies, who on paper should be struggling as they are in the middle of a rebuilding phase, up there with Super ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/05/2012Good question.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/05/2012Last week, SANZAR game manager, Lyndon Bray, made the admission that South African referee Marius Jonker had erred in not stopping play for ‘that knock-on’ during the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/05/2012Will Genia’s decision to stay in Queensland is the best possible news for the future of the Wallabies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/05/2012The rugby sevens series is approaching its finale, with New Zealand currently well ahead on points. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/05/2012It seems that social media has reared it’s ‘uncleared’ head once again. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/05/2012A few weeks ago, ambitious sections of the South African rugby media jumped all over comments from former Wallabies coach and World Cup-winning Springboks consultant coach Eddie ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/05/2012Who are the immortals of Australian rugby union? There have been many great players over the years, but these six stand above the pack. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/04/2012On the second of June the Wallabies will take on Scotland in their first international match of the year at Newcastle. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/04/2012The Western Force can look forward to surviving on more than basic rations in 2013 with the news that gun scrum-half Will Genia will be crossing the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/04/2012There was a time in recent televised history when channels had a timer at the bottom of the screen to illustrate how much time of the game ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/04/2012As the Super Rugby competition trundles towards its mid-term break at the end of May, the northern hemisphere season reaches its climax over the next four weeks. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/04/2012Confusion reigns in Perth over the Super Rugby futures of Force captain David Pocock, and Wallaby vice-captain Will Genia. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/04/2012Inspired by Frank O’Keefe’s fine article about underrated Wallaby players, I started to consider English players who were similarly viewed. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/04/2012This past week saw two significant transfers take place in Australian rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/04/2012
“In some ways the game of rugby is like a bloodless battle. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/04/2012The migration of southern hemisphere players to northern hemisphere leagues has been increasingly common in the last few years. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/04/2012Very early on in this Super Rugby round, something happened that nagged me for the rest of the weekend. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/04/2012Last night I watched the Crusaders play the Hurricanes and Rebels play the Waratahs. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/04/2012Australian rugby union is reducing the amount of salary top-ups offered to elite Australian players. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/04/2012Waratah full-back Bernard Foley finished off a superb try, arguably one of the best this Super Rugby season, on the way to beating the Rebels 30-21 at ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/04/2012I was expecting great things from the Reds last season and they didn’t disappoint. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/04/2012I read today that former South African rugby coach Peter de Villiers is feeling “a bit useless at the moment”, due to the world of union’s lack ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/04/2012This column is dedicated to the speedy recovery of Michael Lynagh. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/04/2012Last night, for the fourth time in as many games, the Queensland Reds didn’t trouble the scorer in the first 20 minutes. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/04/2012The Waratahs have it tough.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/04/2012Disconnect yourself from Google, here’s a quick pop quiz without notice. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2012No, that’s not a typo. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2012When Steve Hansen announces his first All Blacks squad next month, it will mark the first time since 1992 that an All Blacks side is named without ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2012When the Wallabies or the Australian and South African Super Rugby provinces sit down to their analytical work, they have at their disposal an imported system to ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2012
The hornets are out of the nest in Queensland rugby with the appointment of Richard Graham to the coaching staff. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/04/2012For the last few seasons, I’ve offered up my mid-season report card for Super Rugby around this time of year. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/04/2012Jake White’s baby Brumbies have shown the other Australian Super rugby teams how to create a winning team, quickly. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/04/2012The Waratahs won’t reach the Super Rugby playoffs while marquee half-back Sarel Pretorius remains on the bench. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/04/2012The 2012 Shute Shield is almost here, and if the 2011 season is any indication (remind yourelf of the amazing final, apologies Uni fans) this one should ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/04/2012For five or six years, the IRB has been trying to fix faults in the game of rugby with band-aid solutions. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2012It is that time of the week again. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2012My workmate in Perth often makes jokes about my homeland, New Zealand. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2012It seems that after just seven rounds of Super Rugby in 2012, Australian teams are falling off the pace of the high-flying Kiwis and Saffers. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2012This Super Rugby round will be vital to coaches Michael Foley and Jake White. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2012The five Aussie Super teams lack depth. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/04/2012The Wallabies’ recent woes have been the result of a lack of power in the forwards and to a lesser degree in the backs, as well as ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/04/2012The season’s opening Test against Scotland on June 5th will give Wallaby coach Robbie Deans the ideal chance to show some vision. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/04/2012Reds skipper James Horwill best described his side’s desperate 20-13 Super Rugby win over the Brumbies at Suncorp last night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/04/2012Having originated from New Zealand, I began my early years following NPC rugby and of course the All Blacks. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/04/2012Wednesday’s column by my good friend and sparring partner Paul Cully titled “The Reds and their fight for legitimacy” certainly got the crowd roaring! The Reds’ Super ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/04/2012Gavin Henson has been both the golden boy, and the bad boy, of Welsh rugby for some time now. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/04/2012James O’Connor and Kurtley Beale are back, lock Luke Jones is Wallaby material, and John Muggleton is an unsung hero. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/04/2012You’d rightly be concerned for the bus’s well-being, initially. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/04/2012The ‘First Wallabies’ rugby tour of Britain in 1908/09 is a familiar yarn, but that of 1912’s ‘Kangaroo Waratahs’? A century ago the second Australian team to ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/04/2012How much would you pay to vote on the make-up of a Wallaby squad for a one-off People’s Choice game? I know I would happily part with ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/04/2012I caught up with Rex Goodwin on the weekend. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/04/2012During my recent hospitalisation for a second hip replacement, I had plenty of time to reflect on the number of great Wallabies and Kangaroos who have been ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/04/2012Robbie Deans is looking a lot older than his 52 winters, and with good reason. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/04/2012In hindsight, it was always going to happen. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/04/2012This year, Australia’s not-so-Super Rugby backlines have left me feeling whelmed at best. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/04/2012We know.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/03/2012Rugby Sevens has a surprisingly long presence in our nation – over 120 years. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/03/2012I know we’re in the thick of the Super Rugby action – and that most of those games have been great to watch – but the real ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/03/2012For a sport so intrinsically dominated by team culture and ethos, rugby has a playing role that is bizarrely individualised. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/03/2012Though it comes up every year without fail, the annual debate about what penalty goals should be worth seems to have popped up earlier in 2012 than ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/03/2012
As we enter the fifth week of Super Rugby we find ourselves packing our bags again and heading to the airport for another leg of the competition. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/03/2012Could it result in spinal damage or death? Let’s not dance around the issue: that is the test of what is, and what is not, a spear ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/03/2012What did the 6 Nations tell us about the chances the 2013 British and Irish Lions have of beating Australia just over a year from now? With ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/03/2012
After 62 minutes of a hard, engrossing Test between Wales and France at Millennium Stadium on Saturday, the visitors tried to spark one of their sporadic but ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/03/2012
What is the fascination in Australian rugby where the scrumhalf’s default play near his own 22 is the aimless box kick down the blind side to an ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/03/2012One of the most enjoyable things about following a sport is seeing how that new or exciting player fares when he’s called into the fray. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/03/2012One of The Daily Telegraph’s screaming headlines last week was ‘Wests Tigers utility Tim Moltzen in talks to play rugby union’. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/03/2012The Russian Rugby team’s first visit to Georgia since the 2008 invasion ended in defeat for the visitors. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/03/2012This week of Super Rugby is looking to be the most tantalising yet. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/03/2012There has been much angst about the influence that penalty goals have in determining rugby results. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/03/2012
A life ban must be one penalty for any footballer found guilty of eye-gouging or stomping on an opponent’s head. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/03/2012On the strength of yesterday’s performance against the Cheetahs, the Brumbies are beginning to show the essential ingredients of a successful Super Rugby team. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/03/2012Daniel Halangahue bombed a sitter conversion in Dunedin last night for the Highlanders to win 18-17. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/03/2012This Celtic clash comes hot on the heels of a sobering draw in Paris for the Irish and a series of valiant, if not brainless, losses for ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/03/2012Before the World Cup, Paddy O’Brien was on record saying there will be changes to the laws pertaining to the scrum after the showcase international tournament. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/03/2012On the eve of their participation in the Rugby Championship, the Pumas have taken a giant leap toward becoming a rugby power by securing the services of ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/03/2012Super Rugby’s Cheetahs from South Africa play the Brumbies in Canberra this Saturday. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/03/2012A strong appeal by South Africa to add a sixth Super Rugby team perhaps opens a window to again push for a Samoan rugby franchise. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/03/2012The Roar has been rather blessed with its additions to the Expert stable in recent weeks, with some quality opinions and insights coming in on a number ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/03/2012Robbie Deans has two years to move up the pecking order of Wallaby coaches. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/03/2012The NSW Waratahs returned to the scene of a crime on Friday night, with AAMI stadium being the site of their evisceration of the Rebels in the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/03/2012Are we watching potentially one of rugby’s greatest goal-kickers in Mike Harris? Last night in atrocious conditions, especially for goal-kickers, Harris nailed seven penalties and two conversions from ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/03/2012Having examined last week’s statistics in detail, let’s look ahead to the Australian Conference Super Rugby matches this weekend. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/03/2012So it’s come to this.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/03/2012A promotion and relegation system in Super Rugby deserves, more than ever, to be discussed and looked at once and for all. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/03/2012The purpose of this article is to suggest a way to resolve the current impasse within SANZAR over the South African desire to field a sixth Super ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/02/2012Week one is done and dusted, so let’s crunch the numbers to see why it left some teams shaking their heads at full time, and others jumping ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/02/2012Melbourne Rebels stars, Danny Cipriani and Kurtley Beale, along with injured Wallaby and Queensland Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper, have reportedly been involved in a car accident last ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/02/2012With the exception of the Reds, all of the Australian Super Rugby teams have undergone some kind of off-season change to its personnel. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/02/2012Round 1 of Super Rugby has come and gone with a hiss and a roar. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/02/2012What started as a fundraising event in Melrose, Scotland in 1883 is now fast becoming a global phenomenon. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/02/2012It’s been 12 months since the corresponding game between the Waratahs and the Reds, and haven’t things changed? The Waratahs while making the finals, once again failed ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/02/2012It could only happen in the professional era: dyed-in-the-wool New South Welshman Ewen McKenzie coaching Queensland, and equally dyed-in-the-wool Queenslander Michael Foley coaching NSW. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/02/2012
There is news that the dreaded Tom Hanks Syndrome is starting to emerge in Australia’s largest state New South Wales, particularly in the Sydney area. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/02/2012It’s never too late for the Australian Rugby Union to officially appoint Mark Ella and David Campese, the two most attacking Wallabies in history and a sheer ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/02/2012The opening Waratahs vs Reds Super Rugby match of 2012 stands as a monument to 130 years of inter-state rugby rivalry. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/02/2012Who? A Japanese and American club. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/02/2012The New Zealand Super Rugby conference will mount their strong challenge to the Super Rugby crown, but only two teams can make the finals out of the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/02/2012The Melbourne Rebels’ second season is near. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/02/2012
A week away from the start of the Super Rugby competition, having completed our trial games, the age-old question is raised: are trial games beneficial to the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/02/2012This coming season might be the most unpredictable in recent memory. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/02/2012As old mate Bob Dylan once wrote, “he not busy being born, is busy dying. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/02/2012The Western Force are the Australian rock band Eskimo Joe. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/02/2012I’ve loved reading the comments and reactions to the first two trial games from the Melbourne Rebels. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/02/2012Livewire scrum half Sarel Pretorius will be the key for the New South Wales Waratahs this Super Rugby season if Friday night’s trial win over Tonga is ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/02/2012It’s an odd time for England supporters. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/02/2012Is the inclusion of the Southern Kings from 2013 really so impractical at this point in time? Putting aside the politics, and the rights and wrongs, I’ve ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/02/2012Two articles this week struck me as particularly interesting. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/02/2012Nathan Tinkler, flush with funds from a successful mining entrepreneurship and Novocastrian pride, is the great white hope of Newcastle sport. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/02/2012
It was a case of “there he goes again” when Matt Giteau rather indulgently tweeted another attack on Wallabies coach Robbie Deans. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/02/2012In recent weeks, reports have emerged that the Super Rugby franchises in South Africa have threatened to abandon the Super Rugby championship next season if the proposed ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/02/2012For a little bit of fun, I am going to share with everyone who I think will be both contenders and pretenders for another year of Super ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/02/2012With round two of the Six Nations complete, it is Wales who lead the way following their emphatic victory over a brave Scotland in Cardiff on Sunday. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/02/2012There has long been a view in the Southern Hemisphere that the best rugby is played exclusively below the equator. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/02/2012
The contradictions of modern rugby stand evident in the career of Dan Parks, the duality never better expressed than in the jealous mixture of pride and persecution ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/02/2012With the Australian rugby preparing for the grueling season of Super Rugby and the inaugural Rugby Championship, my appetite was satisfied by ESPN over the weekend with ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/02/2012There are several things one should expect to encounter in trial matches before the season proper. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/02/2012The 2012 Six Nations starts today with France taking on Italy at the iconic Stade de France in Paris to kick-off the annual rugby union championship involving ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/02/2012Welcome to 2012! In case you’ve been living under a rock and missed all the New Year’s signs, the Australian Test team is dominating, just like recent ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/02/2012This is the NSW Waratahs’ first season without their inspirational, some might say dictatorial leader of the past 5 seasons. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 31/01/2012As the 2012 Super Rugby competition looms, it is interesting to note that each of the five Australian franchises is still undecided as to who will be ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/01/2012The resignation of Western Force fly-half Willie Ripia after allegedly stealing from teammates brings back memories of another player whose career was hampered by accusations of having ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/01/2012Nothing says blockbuster like the words ‘traditional rivals’. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/01/2012Is professional rugby in the USA imminent? For a keen observer of rugby in the land considered the sleeping giant of the game, the question of when ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/01/2012In either a brave or an impulsive move only weeks into his tenure at the helm of New Zealand’s First XV, Steve Hansen has already axed a ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/01/2012With a population of just under six million, and competing against three other major popular sports on the island of Ireland, Irish rugby has had its hands ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/12/2011Ian ‘Fozzie’ Foster has been named able assistant to new All Blacks head coach, Steve Hansen. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/12/2011Earlier in the week the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) announced an expansion to their long-established provincial championship structure, the Campenato Argentino. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/12/2011It is being widely reported in the press that some top club owners in England have been talking with their French counterparts about shifting the rugby union ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/12/2011A single, national competition for rugby union is an idea which could boost the standing of the game if done properly. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/12/2011Sonny Bill Williams is locked and loaded for the vacant New Zealand heavyweight title, which he’ll contest in February 2012 against Richard Tutaki. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/12/2011A promise was made before the Rugby World Cup 2011 that New Zealand would be a stadium of four million. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/12/2011With the long, long 2011 rugby season at a close in the Southern Hemisphere, I decided to sit down and think about a few things that could ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/12/2011Welsh wing maestro Shane Williams scored a try with his final touch overnight, even though Wales went down 24-18 to the Wallabies at Millennium Stadium. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/12/2011What are the chances that All Black assistant coaches Wayne Smith and Steve Hansen will face off against each other at Rugby World Cup 2015? Hansen at ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/12/2011All the talk with the Wallabies of late is who is fitting and the most suited player for number 10. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/12/2011Genuine concern for Berrick Barnes’ rugby future after another head injury in the Wallabies’ record 60-11 romp over the Barbarians at Twickenham overnight. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/11/2011Let’s face it, there’s endless positives and negatives to Super rugby expansion and in the end, we get what we get. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/11/2011Who was the colour-blind ARU official who signed off on the new HSBC Sevens World Series gear? An insipid lime green jersey, shorts, and sox. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/11/2011I flagged crack openside flanker David Pocock as a Wallaby captain-in-waiting from the first time I saw him play, and he gets his chance to lead the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/11/2011After the Rugby World Cup, all the journalist take long breaks so that their wrists can get over the RSI strain of holding a tape recorder under ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/11/2011The Australian Rugby Union today announced that FxPro will be the naming rights sponsor of Super Rugby until 2015, with the sponsor appearing on match balls in ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/11/2011Most sports autoboigraphies provide as much as insight as your average Andrew Bolt column. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/11/2011The rugby union schedule for Australia next year seems perfect. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/11/2011I’m seeing some interesting things in the tea leaves, lately. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/11/2011Ace it up fellas, “The Rugby Championship”. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/11/2011Director Julian Shaw now has a happy ending for his highly personal All Blacks documentary ‘Cup of Dreams’, which he began working on four years ago. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/11/2011The addition of Argentina to the Tri Nations tournament has seen a relaunched competition announced today, known as ‘The Rugby Championship’. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/11/2011Robbie Deans is the last coach to lead a winning side against the Barbarians, with the 18-11 success in 2008. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/11/2011After the varying disappointments of the Rugby World Cup, the European club/provincial competition gets underway again next weekend, with some of the usual suspects to lift the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/11/2011Michael Foley’s recent comments suggest there is more 10-man rugby in store for the NSW Waratahs in 2012. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/11/2011The Wallabies Spring Tour squad of 26 has been announced today, with the team including the majority of the Rugby World Cup squad, with Kurtley Beale and ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/11/2011The Waratahs have to be applauded for sticking with their fan forums, the next of which is to be held on the evening of 24 November 2011. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/11/2011It will be 143 years since the last time the Wallabies played in Newcastle, but in 2012 the city will host the opening Test of the season ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/11/2011What is on the menu? Yep, same old, same old Tests with coaches continually talking about building for the next Rugby World Cup. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/11/2011I thought I was done: the Webb Ellis trophy had been deservedly handed over to our neighbours to the east, and the reviews and post-mortems were running ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/11/2011After the shambolic World Cup campaign, where the English squad seemed more intent on wreaking havoc off the field than on it, there could be some serious ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/11/2011Finally, the long awaited, highly anticipated, excruciatingly frustrated announcement: Sonny Bill Williams has signed for one year with the Waikato Chiefs. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/11/2011Is it time for the Wallabies to send a development team north? A Test match for me means putting your best team on the park and matching ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/10/2011Except for an hour-long stopover in Auckland en route to Disneyland many years ago, I’ve never visited New Zealand. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/10/2011
The All Blacks’ World Cup winning coach Graham Henry is eyeing off England’s Director of Rugby job, or something similar. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/10/2011While Quade Cooper was held up as Australia’s biggest scapegoat after the Wallabies failure to bring back Bill, the reality of the situation is that, while Quade ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/10/2011
Wind back to Auckland last Sunday night, and a whole city was wearing black. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/10/2011One of the learnings from Rugby World Cup 2011 is that rugby has a long way to go if it is to become a truly global sport. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/10/2011There has been much written in the press this week celebrating the remarkable career of Brad Thorn, and rightfully so. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/10/2011First of all, congrats to the All Blacks. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/10/2011You know, sports administrators get the rough end of the pineapple sometimes. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/10/2011
First things first.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/10/2011What is the obsession with television sporting directors showing the players’ faces when national anthems/team songs are being sung prior to matches? More times than not – ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/10/2011“Roll up! Roll up! Come and take your pot shots here, folks. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/10/2011Former Italian coach Nick Mallett summed up the International Rugby Board succinctly at a packed corporate luncheon in Auckland yesterday: “They couldn’t organise a piss-up in a ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/10/2011The IRB has once again shot itself in the foot with a stupid decision, slapping France with a $15,000 fine for advancing on the haka during the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/10/2011
Yeah, take that All Blacks.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/10/2011After watching the absorbing World Cup final between France and New Zealand, I got to thinking: what was it that made both teams so competitive? Classy flyhalf? ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/10/2011
And that, as they say, is that. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/10/2011What a difference just one point has made to the well-being of 4. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/10/2011The Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and France was watched by 1. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/10/2011For so long, a nation that has produced a string of outstanding rugby sides has stumbled at the last hurdle. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/10/2011We didn’t choke.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/10/2011For 20 years, I have sat back and watched the trials and tribulations of five wonderful games of rugby that held me on the edge of my ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/10/2011The World Cup 2011 is over and finally the All Blacks have got a monkey (you can call that monkey a King Kong, if you like) off ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/10/2011After 24 years of copping flack from my colleagues and friends alike over the All Blacks’ failure to win rugby union’s “Holy Grail”, despite being the No. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/10/2011All Black skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the William Webb Ellis trophy at Eden Park last night, but France played the better rugby in the heart-stopping 8-7 victory ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/10/2011With the Richie McCaw-led All Blacks and Thierry Dusautoir-skippered France set to finalise the Rugby World Cup at Eden Park tonight, the curtain will fall on yet ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/10/2011Along with professionalism officially entering the game of rugby union in 1995 and the commencement of the Rugby World Cup in 1987, there seems little doubt that ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/10/2011A golden performance from Berrick Barnes spearheaded a Rugby World Cup bronze medal for the Wallabies at Eden Park last night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/10/2011For many avid supporters of the All Blacks, one name comes to mind when asked ‘who was the best on ground on Sunday night?’ And strangely enough, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/10/2011The Wallabies loss in the World Cup semi-final is the best thing to happen to Australian rugby since we were last successful in ‘bringing back Bill’ 12 ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/10/2011So, who will win the big final between New Zealand and France? New Zealand. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/10/2011Benjamin Quentin Marshall and rugby union should join forces as soon as possible. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/10/2011I can’t deny that it’s a little satisfying when the Daily Telegraph and friends are made to look stupid, even if that does lump me in with ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/10/2011I’ve made this suggestion in the past to all the important people (the ARU, IRB, Peter Fitzsimons), but it’s topical again this week so here’s another go. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/10/2011As a nation we’re collectively saying that the All Blacks have already played their final. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/10/2011One of the things both armchair and legitimate coaches all over the world seem to love to do is experiment. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/10/2011I have the sense that the ARU board needs the broom put through it as well, but I don’t have anything to base that on. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/10/2011On average, New Zealand’s weather is a little chillier than most countries. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/10/2011So the two finalists are the same as they were at the inaugural tournament; which was also the last time it was held in New Zealand. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/10/2011Former Wallaby playmaker Matt Giteau has called for the end of Robbie Deans’ rein as coach of Australia, stating Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie should take control ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/10/2011Rugby union and football share a couple of things in common: both have previously struggled with very poor management and competition structures, and both play a long ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/10/2011The best teams play consistently well. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/10/2011You know what, bugger it, I’m going for France. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/10/2011From the moment Quade Cooper kicked out on the full to start the long-awaited Rugby World Cup semi against the All Blacks at Eden Park, the Wallabies ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/10/2011God defend New Zealand.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/10/2011A brain-explosion spear-tackle from captain Sam Warburton cost Wales its first Rugby World Cup final berth at Eden Park tonight. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/10/2011Bloody hell.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/10/2011Warren Gatland has a two-edged sword to brandish at the World Cup semi against France at Eden Park tonight. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/10/2011Kurtley Beale’s torn hamstring stands to cripple Australia’s chances as much as his own for the defining Rugby World Cup semi-final clash against New Zealand. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/10/2011
BREAKING: Kurtley Beale will miss the Wallabies Rugby World Cup semi-final clash against the All Blacks after failing to overcome a hamstring strain in his left leg, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/10/2011History has a habit of repeating itself, which gives the All Blacks a morale-boosting advantage going into their World Cup semi clash with the Wallabies at Eden ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/10/2011A money-spinning hybrid match-up between the Wallabies and Kangaroos has moved a step closer, with the signing of an agreement for the game to played at ANZ ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/10/2011The free-to-air TV ratings for the Rugby World Cup has been far from pleasing in Australia, with no match yet cracking the one million viewer mark. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/10/2011The New Zealand vs Australia semi final of the 2011 Rugby World Cup is complete with participants that have “skin” in the game. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/10/2011There have been plenty in recent years, but last weekend ranks as one of the most courageous “against the ropes” victories I have witnessed from the Wallabies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/10/2011It has been revealed by Channel Nine that 2GB radio presenter, Ray Hadley, is to call Sunday night’s Australia vs New Zealand Rugby World Cup semi final. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/10/2011The well-known pop artists and rugby fanatics The Smiths once sang, “Please, please, please let me get what I want. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/10/2011When the Wallaby front row of Sekope Kepu, Stephen Moore, and Ben Alexander pack down against the All Blacks on Sunday night at Eden Park, it will ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/10/2011And then there were four.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/10/2011By ducking the press at Heathrow yesterday, Martin Johnson has shown a keen appreciation of history and followed the example of seven-time NRL Premiership winning coaching great, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/10/2011England’s centre Manu Tuilagi farwelled the World Cup by jumping from a ferry into Auckland Harbour. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/10/2011Four very different semi finals were played out over the weekend, each with very different subplots. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/10/2011Who could have predicted that the Wallabies would be playing the All Blacks in the Semi Final next Sunday and that neither team would be able to ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/10/2011So the Wallabies got there, just. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/10/2011The Wallabies are through to the semi-final. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/10/2011
Sunday’s semi-final between the All Blacks and the Wallabies will understandably receive tremendous publicity. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/10/2011Watching Sunday’s gripping Rugby World Cup quarter final between Australia and South Africa was a tense, exciting, but frustrating experience. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/10/2011Selection rumours out of Auckland suggest erratic fly-half Quade Cooper could be Wallaby fullback against the All Blacks in their World Cup semi, if Kurtley Beale’s hamstring ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/10/2011With the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals run and won, here is what we have learnt from the games, and what is involved in the winning and losing ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/10/2011I have spent enough time being ‘unsure’ of Robbie Deans. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/10/2011A show of hands, please.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/10/2011Controversial Kiwi referee Bryce Lawrence has run his Rugby World Cup race – and the relief is palpable. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/10/2011No sooner had England’s ship sunk, and Rugby World Cup squad member Manu Tuilagi felt suddenly compelled to jump dangerously off an Auckland ferry as it backed ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/10/2011The Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup report card after beating the Boks 11-9 yesterday in Wellington: * Champion Wallaby openside flanker David Pocock is the 2011 RWC Player-of-the-Tournament-in-waiting ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/10/2011Half-backs were in full control last night when Dimitri Yachvili and Mike Phillips led France and Wales into a Rugby World Cup semi final confrontation next weekend. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/10/2011Like many New Zealanders, my heart did several palpitations when the news broke that Dan Carter was declared out of the Rugby World Cup. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/10/2011There are growing concerns the Rugby World Cup will be decided by a controversial referee’s decision. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/10/2011First and fore-most, I am a born and bred South African. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/10/2011Sporting dreams of an epic, world title nature don’t come true too often for us Irish. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/10/2011Former representative rugby league stars Les Kiss and John Muggleton have made bigger names for themselves as rugby defence coaches. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/10/2011Throughout the past week, I have been praying for Italy to beat Ireland so we didn’t have to play the Springboks in the quarter-finals. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/10/2011You have to love the Rugby World Cup time. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/10/2011It’s quarterfinal time in the 2011 Rugby World Cup and we have been served up a four-course feast well worth salivating over. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/10/2011I can’t help but feel very sad about the whole Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu saga. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/10/2011The Wallabies have some worries leading into the quarter final stages of RWC2011. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/10/2011With the Wallabies preparing to take on South Africa this week in the first of the knock-out stages of the World Cup, two new faces have joined ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/10/2011It’s not quite the Rugby World Cup’s “night of nights” by any stretch, but I thought that it might be worth one last moment of levity before ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/10/201140 wonderful games down and eight cracking games to come in the race to take ‘Bill’ home. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/10/2011Over a million fans have attended the group games in New Zealand, and they have been rewarded by a feast of rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/10/2011The IRB has fined the Samoa player, Alesana Tuilagi, $10,000 for wearing a branded, mouth-guard in the side’s 27-7 win over Fiji last Sunday. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/10/2011Wallaby coach Robbie Deans has a far bigger problem to overcome than Russia at Nelson early this afternoon. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/10/2011The Wallabies, I’m quite sure by now, have tried and tested every one of the Australian faithful to the edge of both amazement and despair this year. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/09/2011This is a properly irate rant, rather than just my usual ill-informed one. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/09/2011The Wallabies will line up against Russia with 117 kg Radike Samo on the wing, as coach Robbie Deans struggles to put together a starting backline from ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/09/2011Three-quarters of the way through pool play at the Rugby World Cup and it’s hard to find anyone with a good word to say about Australia’s campaign ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/09/2011Is there a Rugby World Cup on? I walked through Auckland airport late August and swore I saw notice of it. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/09/2011The referees are showing their elitist attitude against the minnow nations with too many penalties against them. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/09/2011Don’t get me wrong.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/09/2011Wycliff Palu is out of the Rugby World Cup and Robbie Deans has said he may not decide who to call up until Sunday, after the Wallabies ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/09/2011The Australians will swap their gold for azzurri this Sunday night when Italy face off against the unbeaten Irish line-up in the final match for pool C ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/09/2011This was going to be a response to another article, but as usual my verbosity got the better of me. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/09/2011First it was Richie McCaw, now Graham Henry is on the cusp of 100 Tests – as head coach, that is. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/09/2011The art of the goalkicker in Australian rugby seems to be dead. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/09/2011The calculations and recalculations are well underway for the quarter-final aspirants in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and judging by the quality of matches thus far – ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/09/2011So, after thrashing their arch-nemisis France, the All Blacks are all set to finally break their 24-year drought and collect the William Webb Ellis Trophy, are they? ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/09/2011All is forgiven.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/09/2011There are moves to recall dumped Wallaby Matt Giteau if Pat McCabe (dislocated shoulder), Rob Horne (fractured cheekbone), or Anthony Faingaa (severe concussion) are sent home from ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/09/2011Welcome back Berrick Barnes, a sight for sore eyes. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/09/2011Coach Robbie Deans’ eyes will be riveted on the first five minutes of tonight’s crucial Rugby World Cup clash against the USA at windy Wellington. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/09/2011Wallabies’ great Tim Horan has accused Ireland of deliberating faking injuries in Saturday’s World Cup victory over Australia. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/09/2011The Wallabies have selected their team to play the American Eagles as if they mean to be around at finals time. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/09/2011The Wallabies team to face the USA this Friday night (6:30pm AEST kickoff) has been announced, with James Horwill allowed to by-pass the match, making Will Genia ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/09/2011What is the most important position in the backline? 99 times out of 100, a person will respond the five-eighth. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/09/2011Imagine you’re a less than top notch rugby nation such as Scotland or Wales. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/09/2011
In a column earlier this year I asked which World Cup/world championship is the second most important after FIFA’s World Cup. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/09/2011The Queensland Reds have my rage quivering finger pointed directly towards Ballymore (however as I am based in Singapore, this basically means south). ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/09/2011Well then, hasn’t that upset a few plans. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/09/2011If there is a lesson Australia and Samoa can take out of their weekend defeats at the hands of Ireland and Wales respectively, it is that heart ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/09/2011It’s time to face the facts. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/09/2011Who is to blame for the Ireland disaster – coach Robbie Deans, or the Wallabies? The answer is the difference between winning a record third Rugby World ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/09/2011The Irish outplayed the Wallabies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/09/2011“We played some dumb rugby, we weren’t good enough”: Wallaby skipper James Horwill nailed two of the reasons why Ireland created the shock of the RWC by ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/09/2011If I have to watch another game that the Wallabies are expected to win comfortably and they blow it, I may give up completely. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/09/2011After 80-minutes of high octane All Blacks rugby, it wasn’t so much a matter of who scored the tries, but who didn’t. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/09/2011Wallabies’ flanker David Pocock will miss the crucial Rugby World Cup game against Ireland tonight, as the back strain which saw him miss training yesterday forcing him ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/09/2011The Wallabies cannot win the Rugby World Cup without openside flanker David Pocock, and half-back Will Genia. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/09/2011David Pocock missed Australia’s captains run at Eden Park today, with a lower back problem cited by the Wallabies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/09/2011Growing up in a rugby union household (and for that matter an almost all-male household), I grew up with an appreciation of the game that I soon ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/09/2011Often the best moments in World Cups come from the unheralded player, the minnow or underdog who surprises the field and upsets the odds. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/09/2011The Wallabies have announced a full strength lineup to take on Ireland in their most-anticipated Rugby World Cup pool game. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/09/2011And so it’s begun.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/09/2011The Brave Blossoms have been widely praised for their inspiring performance against France, and Japanese rugby fans were certainly encouraged that they ran one of the top ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/09/2011Graham Henry is a shrewd campaigner, who communicates well with his troops. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/09/2011Canada have beaten Tonga 25-20 in their Pool A Rugby World Cup match in Whangarei, sealing the win in the match of the tournament thus far with ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/09/2011The first weekend of the 2011 Rugby World Cup gave us some fine displays of open side flanker work. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/09/2011I bet somewhere, in his heart of hearts, Sonny William Williams has thought about and maybe even wished he had signed up with the ARU to play ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/09/2011What an opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup it was. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/09/2011Absolutely riveting! There is no other way to describe the first round of Rugby World Cup action that raised the curtain on the sport’s pinnacle tournament. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/09/2011Fears that winger Digby Ioane has a broken hand and not a fractured thumb is a devastating blow to the Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup campaign. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/09/2011What did we learn from the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup? We saw the big teams get through but it wasn’t smooth sailing for any ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/09/2011Wales won the battle but not the war. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/09/2011The message is loud and clear: never leave James O’Connor out of the Wallabies’ starting lineup ever again. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/09/2011The Wallabies have beaten Italy in the opening Rugby World Cup game for Australia, enduring a tough opening half which saw the teams go into the sheds ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/09/2011After a great first couple of days of weather, the changeable Auckland weather has finally decided to pack it in for the Wallabies crucial first encounter at ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/09/2011Sonny Bill Williams has booked an All Black inside-centre World Cup berth against all odds. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/09/2011The New Zealand All Blacks have started their 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign in style, easily claiming victory over Tonga 41 to 10 in the first match ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/09/2011They may joke and put on a relaxed air in public but the All Blacks could not hide their edge and resolve to make an emphatic statement ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/09/2011All the omens look good for the All Blacks as the countdown to the 2011 Rugby World Cup is almost at an end and the rugby we ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/09/2011It’s time to nail your Rugby World Cup predictions hard and fast to the mast. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/09/2011Sonny Bill Williams is set to make is Rugby World Cup debut on Friday after being named in the All Blacks starting line-up in the opening game ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/09/2011The wait is almost over.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/09/2011The contenders aside, we look at some of the players from the other minnow nations who could capture the imagination of the fans at the Rugby World ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/09/2011Mark Ella was interviewed this morning by Terry Kennedy and former Australian cricket great Michael Slater on Sky Sports Radio’s Big Breakfast. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/09/2011The All Blacks will win the 2011 Rugby World Cup and win it well. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/09/2011Of the 20 teams in the 2011 RWC, only five teams can win the tournament, being New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, France and England. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/09/2011I reckon it must be time.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/09/2011If we get any more commentators and rugby notables (with the obligatory catalogue of past playing accolades) coming out of the woodwork to say that the Wallabies ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/09/2011Seven days to go until kick-off, and as the excitement builds for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the time has come to shame my predictions and general ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/09/2011So now that the Wallabies have won their first Tri Nations in a decade, it’s off to the World Cup, where hopefully we can complete a dream ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/09/2011The 2011 World Cup is one of the most open of recent times and despite the form of Northern Hemisphere teams I believe that only the Tri ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/09/2011Like many pundits, I’ve spent much of the last month or two trying to figure out the best 22 for the Wallabies to play in the World ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/09/2011The what-will-he-do-next saga surrounding Sonny Bill Williams continues, with new comments indicating it is increasingly unlikely that Williams will continue to play rugby in New Zealand after ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/08/2011I am not sure, but I am wondering if the Australian public have noticed how good the Wallabies have been this year. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/08/2011The Wallabies have scored another win over the weekend with the Tri Nations decider becoming the second most watched rugby Test match ever, with close to 1. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/08/2011The All Blacks have lost their second match in as many weeks. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/08/2011As I walked out of Suncorp Stadium last night I walked with pride in being Australian, satisifed that the hoo-doo of inconsistency had been broken and that ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/08/2011The Wallabies’ first half last night, showed that the 2011 All Blacks are not invincible. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/08/2011Will Genia and Radike Samo combined for the Wallabies to seal a spine-tingling 25-20 win over the All Blacks at Suncorp last night, to end a decade ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/08/2011There is a school of thought that says ex-Prime Ministers should do what they all say they will do on leaving politics – “spend more time with ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/08/2011James Horwill has been pitched into a dream captaincy debut desperate to end Australia’s Tri-Nations title drought and emulate his hero-turned-mentor John Eales. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/08/2011I remember winning the Bledisloe Cup. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/08/2011Sir Frederick Allen is the patriarch of New Zealand rugby, described by Sir Wilson Whineray as the “jewel in the crown”. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/08/2011The Wallabies take on the All Blacks this weekend in Brisbane. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/08/2011After this weekend there’s just one focus for Graham Henry, Robbie Deans, Peter de Villiers, Marc Lievremont, and Martin Johnson: the seventh Rugby World Cup, which kicks ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/08/2011Why would anyone mention the alleged punch-up in Paris between Quade Cooper, Kurtley Beale, and James O’Connor when the more important issue is the countdown to Saturday ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/08/2011It all began in 1987.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/08/2011James O’Connor’s no-show from the World Cup announcement will have immediate ramifications, with Wallabies coach Robbie Deans indicating in no uncertain terms that the young star will ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/08/2011Wallaby coach Robbie Deans showed courage, conviction, and vision when he sacked Rocky Elsom as captain for James Horwill, and left Matt Giteau out of the Rugby ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/08/2011And so it is.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/08/2011
The “abstain for the game” New Zealand ad campaign sounded good. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/08/2011Horwill is captain of the Wallabies – Woohoo! I don’t want to disrespect Rocky Elsom, he has been a great player for Australia; I hope without the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/08/2011Robbie Deans take a bow: appointing James Horwill as Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup captain is a stroke of genius. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/08/2011If head coach Robbie Deans names the 30 Wallabies today he wants for the Rugby World Cup, without any interference from co-selectors Jim Williams and David Nucifora, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/08/2011About 2000 local supporters pitched up at Port Elizabeth airport in South Africa on Sunday to “welcome” the All Blacks squad for this week’s Tri-Nations match in ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/08/2011It came to me in a form of a dream, like a woman on fire, like a knife’s edge. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/08/2011The brand that is now Sonny Bill Williams is set to hit Auckland and the Blues, with it looking like a sure thing he will be playing ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/08/2011BREAKING: Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has received a two-year extension of his contract, with Australian Rugby Union today announcing the extension which will see Deans remain head ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/08/2011Dear Wallabies, if we’re honest with each other, the doubts have been creeping in for a while. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/08/2011The Australian Wallabies can win the Rugby World Cup in 2011. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/08/2011When Graham Henry got reappointed All Blacks head coach following their epic 2007 Rugby World Cup, I was one of the vast majority in the dark on ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/08/2011When this question was put to me by Roarer OldManEmu in response to an earlier article, I knew at once that I had seen my Everest. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/08/2011Rafael Nadal has been the leading light in the last fifteen tennis Slams, capturing seven. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/08/2011Leading up to the recent Test with the All Blacks, the exuberance of youth within the Wallabies shone through. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/08/2011Wallaby fans would be united in collective relief after yesterday’s dour victory over ageing champions South Africa 14 – 9 at Kings Park Durban. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/08/2011With the amount of controversy these days with code-swapping in the NRL some light needs to be shared on which players would actually do well in another ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/08/2011
From the start this Durban Test, the Wallabies’ change of heart was obvious. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/08/2011Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has named his team to take on South Africa in the second Tri-Nations match in Durban, with Scott Higginbotham into the starting side, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/08/2011The story so far in this year’s Tri Nations? Both Australia and New Zealand received some false positives from the games against South Africa. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/08/2011Sonny Bill Williams is reportedly considering a move to the NSW Waratahs, in what would be a shock return to his hometown of Sydney and a move ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/08/2011Australian rugby has always been blessed with quality coaches, from the fire-and-brimstone approach of David Brockhoff, to the intelligence and nous of Bob Dwyer. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/08/2011Well we are all stinging after the loss to the All Blacks. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/08/2011To soldier on in the face of denial seems now to have become the trademark of Australian Rugby and its first-born child, the Wallabies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/08/2011I penned and posted this before Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/08/2011The Canadian national rugby team have come from behind to beat main rivals the USA 28-22 in front of 10,621 fans at BMO Field, Toronto. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/08/2011The All Blacks have firmly confirmed themselves as the team to beat heading into the Rugby World Cup next month, with a 30-14 win over nearest rivals, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/08/2011There’s only one Wallaby player who’s always talking to his teammates, who leads from the front foot, and who is always first picked – and that’s Will ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/08/2011I sat in the car out the front of my house last night having driven home from a friend’s place. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/08/2011The All Blacks smashed the Wallabies 30-14, punishing a soft defence to retain the Bledisloe Cup for 2011. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/08/2011This is just in! South Africa has the world’s best medical team, and in just two weeks, they have managed to get almost 21 players to play ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/08/2011The crowd at the All Stars vs Indigenous Rugby League game in Brisbane played on Saturday night 12th February, 2011, were treated to a war dance display ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/08/2011This Saturday sees the first games involving northern hemisphere sides in the build up to the IRB Rugby World Cup in September. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/08/2011The constant dilemma faced by historians and sports contestants alike goes something like this: is history doomed to repeat itself, or we must not let what has ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/08/2011I’m confused.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/08/2011I think its safe to say that it’s time to realize that Peter de Villiers is delusional. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/08/2011The All Blacks XV to play the Wallabies at Eden Park on Saturday night is very close to being New Zealand’s number one side for the big ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/08/2011This weekend’s first Bledisloe Cup game for 2011 promises to be a fast and furious, highly entertaining Test match. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/08/2011Speculation that this weekend’s Bledisloe Cup showdown foreshadows a Rugby World Cup final has gained traction with the return of All Black heavyweights Brad Thorn, Kieran Read, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/08/2011All Blacks coach Graham Henry has announced his side to face the Wallabies with seven changes to the team as the big guns are recalled. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/08/2011There couldn’t be two more different Wallaby coaches over the years than Alan Jones and Robbie Deans. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/08/2011Remember that bloke Roy G.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/08/2011The Wallabies have named a 24 man strong travelling squad to Auckland to face the All Blacks in the first 2011 Tri Nations clash between the sides. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/08/2011Though The Roar is full of diverse opinions covering all corners of the rugby world, and as much as I thoroughly enjoy interacting with all of you, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/08/2011Anorak wearing trainspotter? That’s how Greg Growden describes people who like scrums. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/08/2011The All Blacks were far too good for the Springboks in their Tri-Nations opener, beating the men from South Africa 40-7 in a commanding performance in Wellington ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/08/2011Saddling up for his 46th international as Wallabies coach, Robbie Deans faces the defining moment of his career next Saturday night at Eden Park. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 31/07/2011That scandalous headline got your attention, didn’t it? Just like it got mine driving home at 5kmph in Auckland’s peak-hour traffic last night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/07/2011Matt Giteau is not a fly-half and never has been. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/07/2011All Blacks coach Graham Henry is sitting in the box seat with all the momentum and the stat running for him leading into the Rugby World ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/07/2011The mad rush by both the AFL and NRL to expand the number of teams is folly in the longer term. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/07/2011George Gregan has played in more winning test teams than any other Wallaby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/07/2011The following is the greatest rugby union side of all-time, in my opinion. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/07/2011In a shameless and blatant teaser for next week’s column for The Roar, last Friday I had the pleasure and the privilege of chatting with Rugby World ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/07/2011Robbie Deans supplied the most significant moment in the Wallabies exciting 39-20 win over the Springboks at ANZ Stadium last night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/07/2011Wallaby coach Robbie Deans doesn’t need a weakened Quade Cooper tonight for the Tri-Nations opener against the Boks at the ANZ Stadium. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/07/2011By far one of the most interesting selection debates going around is the issue around who will wear the number 12 and 13 jumpers (to borrow a ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/07/2011Graham Henry’s test selection to kick off 2011 will be well received by a very public judge and jury. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/07/2011If anyone can relate to the hellish week Robbie Deans has been having, it’s All Blacks coach Graham Henry. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/07/2011Whatever the concerns the New Zealand Rugby Union may have about their prospects in the upcoming Rugby World Cup, it’s probably nothing compared to Rugby World Cup ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/07/2011
The Springboks have named their 22 for the first Tri Nations test against the Wallabies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/07/2011The Wallabies will have a strengthened side to take on South Africa in the opening Tri Nations match, with seven changes to the starting side that were ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/07/2011With the Wallabies’ loss to Samoa, an under-strength Boks side, and an All Black Tri-Nations team that will no doubt be throwing caution to the wind when ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/07/2011Full credit must be given to Samoa. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/07/2011This article will be the first of a series I plan to write about the Wallabies’ long road from France 2007 to New Zealand 2011. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/07/2011With the international rugby season having started in less than ideal fashion with Sunday’s 32-23 loss to Samoa, the Wallabies and we cautiously faithful in gold are ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/07/2011
What should have been a regulation win to get a Rugby World Cup year underway turned into a humiliating lesson for a second-string Wallabies side devoid of ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/07/2011often think about a letter to the editor. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/07/2011Manu Samoa added to their already formidable reputation by comfortably beating the Wallabies 32-23 in the first Test match of 2011. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/07/2011Rugby has increased dramatically as a spectacle over the last couple of years; however the Wallabies-Samoa game reiterated that more needs to be done. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/07/2011If Adam Ashley-Cooper talking about “a new team… a new start… [and a] new performance” didn’t sound alarm bells, his follow-up certainly did. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/07/2011The unheralded Samoans flogged the Wallabies 32-23 at ANZ Stadium today, scoring four tries to two. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/07/2011Queensland Reds winger Rod Davies has been brought into the Wallabies side for tomorrow’s Rugby Test against Samoa due to injury to flyer James O’Connor. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/07/2011It hasn’t taken very long for a win in a two-horse race to prompt Elton Flatley to declare: “They’re (All Blacks) not getting any younger”. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/07/2011Wallaby great Elton Flatley has been at it again. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/07/2011Rugby is a beautiful sport.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/07/2011So now we have come to the end of the 2011 Super rugby season and I think it’s time to have a look back at the crowds ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/07/2011Cooper gathers the kick, he looks up to see acres of space ahead, sidesteps the first, then the second, swivels past the third, throws a no-look pass ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/07/2011Manu Samoa coach Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua has today named his team which will take on the Wallabies at ANZ Stadium on Sunday July 17. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/07/2011The NSW Waratahs is possibly the worst run super rugby franchise in the Australian conference at the moment. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/07/2011Robbie Deans has announced the Wallabies team to take on Samoa in Sydney on July 17th, with as many as four debutes possible, and a return for ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/07/2011So, with the dust having finally settled on this year’s Super Rugby tournament (well, it has for those of us here in the Republic, I imagine the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/07/2011Mitchell Johnson told the cricketing world yesterday he is, in effect, a flawed genius. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/07/2011Well, it’s only a few months till the World Cup, and the pressure on New Zealand is building to an immense level. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/07/2011So the Super Rugby season is over and what a great result for Australian and Queensland rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/07/2011Thirty players and four injury-cover reserves have been named in the All Blacks squad for the upcoming Tri Nations and test against Fiji. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/07/2011Ewen McKenzie is deservedly receiving the wholesale praise of the rugby community, not just Reds fans, for the performance of the Queensland Reds in the 2011 Super ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/07/2011Brumbies utility back Pat McCabe was a well thought-out selection among the 40-strong Wallaby squad named yesterday to play five Tests against Samoa, the All Blacks, and ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/07/2011What will Will Genia do? He’s 65 metres out and it’s 13-all with 12 minutes to go in the Super Rugby Final against the Crusaders in front ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/07/2011Super Rugby Final score: Reds 18 defeated Crusaders 13. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/07/2011Just one name sums up tonight’s blockbusting Super rugby decider at Suncorp: Sonny Bill Williams. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/07/2011In 2007, there probably was no greater shock than Fiji beating Wales in one of the all-time classic World Cup games. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/07/2011Friday’s Ruck & Maul section of the Herald provided some disturbing rumours about the possible future for Australia’s much talked about, and desired, “third tier”, which has ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/07/2011There has been a lot of banging on in the media (especially here) about the imbalance in strength within the Australian conference and how that weakness and ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/07/2011Imagine losing a game in front of 50,000 spectators. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/07/2011Those of you who remember my bold predictions for the season ahead will recall that Drummoyne, Hunters Hill and Balmain were to come home strongly in the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/07/2011The Reds will need to overcome the Crusaders aura to win the 2011 Super Rugby Championship. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/07/2011The much anticipated naming of the 2011 All Black team will finally take place on Sunday morning, ahead of the Tri-Nations and one off Test with Fiji. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/07/2011This weekend’s clash between the Reds and Crusaders should be an epic battle. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/07/2011Could rugby return to each of the Tri-Nations for a domestic league, capped off by a ‘Champions League’ style tournament between the best teams of the Southern ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/07/2011While this may be an unpopular view on a largely Australian sports website, no matter where I look across the park, I see the Crusaders on top ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/07/2011Well then, hasn’t this set up a nice old week of trans-Tasman sledging? An Australian team, playing exciting rugby, in front of a parochial home crowd, against ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/07/2011Last Saturday evening, the Queensland Reds overwhelmed the Blues with their ferocity at the breakdown and in the tackle, combined with their breathtaking attack. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/07/2011A common theme in the debate over the Sonny Bill Williams v Nonu battle for the All Black No. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/07/2011Graham Henry commented last week on Aaron Cruden’s place kicking as one of the reasons he was selected in the All Black squad. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/07/2011The return of inspirational skipper Richie McCaw will be a timely bonus to the travel-weary Crusaders tomorrow night in Cape Town. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/07/2011You don’t need a James Bond gizmo to discover an important part of the Blues and Stormers’ game plan for this weekend’s semi-finals. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/06/2011This is the second installment of the review of the upcoming Super Rugby Semi finals series. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/06/2011The Waratahs leave this season with the greatest prize any Australian Super Rugby team could hope for. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/06/2011Yesterday we looked at the Rebels’ first year in Super Rugby as a team. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/06/2011After the first weekend of finals action, the die has finally been cast: the Queensland Reds will play the Auckland Blues in their Super Rugby preliminary final. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/06/2011More local derbies to spark interest was one of the features of this year’s Super Rugby competition, but has it lead to more tries than inter-conference matches? ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/06/2011Though plenty of these players will earn Wallaby jerseys in the upcoming World Cup, this side is not the form team of the Australian Super Rugby conference. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/06/2011It has taken Tom Carter, one of the Waratahs’ own, to highlight a fundamental flaw in the attitude and approach of a team consistently stamped as having ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/06/2011Waratah management will soon meet to review the season and plan for the next. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/06/2011In a recent article in the New Zealand Herald, rugby writer Gregor Paul worries that the NZ$240 million spent on the redo of Eden Park has resulted ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/06/2011I’ve never met Rod Macqueen but he and I are members of an exclusive club: we both attended the first Super Rugby matches of both the Brumbies ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/06/2011The Reds and Crusaders have proven that they can beat the Blues and Stormers respectively. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/06/2011Once again the NSW Waratahs have failed to win the Super Rugby competition. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/06/2011There does not seem to be an agreed list of attributes one can find on Wikipedia (for instance), but there have been many opinions provided over the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/06/2011The first round of the finals series is upon us! Here is a slightly-more-epic-than-usual look at the two win at all costs matches this weekend. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/06/2011Phil Waugh has decided to retire. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/06/2011With the resolution of the pool stages of the Super Rugby season for 2011, I thought it an apt moment to review one of the contentious issues ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/06/2011At long last Waratah half-back Josh Holmes has been given a break. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/06/2011Your votes are in after round 18 of the Super Rugby season. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/06/2011There is an incorrect perception that rugby union in New South Wales is restricted to Sydney’s North Shore and the eastern suburbs. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/06/2011As rugby’s leading brands the All Blacks and Wallabies looked to the far east for new markets, the Georgian Lelos focus on the near east with an ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/06/2011A forgettable 2011 where the ACT Brumbies were able implode in a most unspectacular fashion, has presented the club with a dynamic opportunity for change. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/06/2011NSW Waratahs veteran captain Phil Waugh has announced his retirement from rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/06/2011Do league tables under the new conference system in Super Rugby accurately rank teams from strongest to weakest? Under the new system, the difficulty of a team’s ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/06/2011It is often said that forwards win matches and backs decide by how much. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/06/2011It’s often said in AFL and NRL circles that teams are entering, or are in the middle of what’s referred to as a ‘premiership window’; that period ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/06/2011The rugby gods haven’t done Chris Hickey any favours. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/06/2011It was finally announced on Saturday that James O’Connor will join close friend Kurtley Beale at the Rebels in Super Rugby season 2012. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/06/2011Well, we are now at the final stages of the Super Rugby and I will attempt to find the winner of this weekends games. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/06/2011So far, the 2011 tournament has been a dramatic improvement on the previous seasons. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/06/2011All Blacks coach Graham Henry has taken a valid, and timely, swipe at today’s rugby referees suggesting they are simply not good enough. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/06/2011Last night, AAMI Park became the venue for the celebration of the Melbourne Rebels inaugural season coming to an end. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/06/2011Captain Phil Waugh must play the 80 minutes against the Brumbies tomorrow night if the Waratahs are to win the Super Rugby crunch clash at ANZ Stadium. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/06/2011The cancellation of flights in Australia and New Zealand caused by an ash cloud from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano has given Super Rugby’s transport arrangements a ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/06/2011Eight weeks ago, there was a brief press announcement that Kurtley Beale, the NSW prodigy since his school days, was leaving the Waratahs at the end of ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/06/2011I am a Reds fan and have really enjoyed watching them play a style of rugby that I think the Wallabies will also play, come the World ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/06/2011Berrick Barnes has announced that he will step down for the rest of the 2011 Super Rugby season after consulting with a neurologist yesterday. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/06/2011I was flabbergasted to see this The Sydney Morning Herald headline a few days ago: “Waratahs show Mowen the exit door to clear the way for Elsom. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/06/2011The names involved in the Hurricane coach/player fracas are incidental in that they have been caught up in a web of New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) mismanagement ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/06/2011I’ve given the Rebel Army numerous raps this season, all of them well deserved. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/06/2011Brumbies CEO Andrew Fagan has given the strongest hint that James O’Connor will stay in Perth with the Western Force. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/06/2011I remember back in 1995 when Super League was trying to convince us they were the way of the future. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/06/2011In the last decade and a bit, we’ve gone from Super 12 to Super 14 and now Super Rugby’s 15 team competition with the inclusion of the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/06/2011A bad weekend for the Wallabies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/06/2011There were scenes of jubilation at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/06/2011Although there are still two rounds remaining, and eight teams vying for six spots, the finals of the 2011 Super Rugby season have already commenced. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/06/2011No journalist or commentator has identified a key cause of the Brumbies’ problems on the playing field. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/06/2011Remember Brumby coach Tony Rea’s massive spray three weeks ago after the 29-20 loss to the Lions in Canberra? “We are just a mob without any fight ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/06/2011The story of Jerry Yanuyanutawa’s plight in potentially playing for Fiji in the World Cup has come to light from Rugby Heaven, with the issue likely to ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/06/2011The Force have quietly assembled a brutish backline of unknowns that make the original and most famous no-name restaurant in East Sydney seem as well known as ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/06/2011On Sunday afternoon something amazing, something incredible, something truly remarkable happened. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/06/2011Last weekend’s Reds vs Crusaders game lived up to the pre-game hype. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/06/2011Something came up on The Roar last week regarding Ireland’s chances of beating Australia in their pool at the Rugby World Cup, and the question has a ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/06/2011In a Rugby World Cup year, no one wants the title to be decided by a controversial decision. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/06/2011It’s been popular on The Roar to talk about the relative weakness of the Australian conference in the Super Rugby competition in 2011. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/06/2011With all the talk about the alleged lack of fairness with the current Super Rugby conference system, I wonder if this suggestion of mine might work. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/06/2011We’re down to the wire in the inaugural Super Rugby, and with semi-final spots up for grabs or possibly pride in the office tipping competition, who has ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/06/2011With very little between the Reds, the Blues, the Crusaders, and the Stormers, the home team advantage continues to have a massive effect on the outcomes of ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/06/2011It’s funny sometimes how things just become clear to you. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 31/05/2011James Horwill has never had 48,301 people sing happy birthday to him before, but they did last night at Suncorp. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/05/2011For 120 years one of the most coveted rewards in rugby has been an invitation to play for the prestigious Barbarian FC. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/05/2011When two prize fighting heavyweights are squaring up, the tape of the tape is rolled out so the fans can compare the match up. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/05/2011All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has confirmed he has re-signed with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) and the Crusaders Super Rugby franchise, for another four years, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/05/2011Right, I’m frustrated enough to write an article about a team that promised so much but delivered so little. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/05/2011Over 100 years of history tells us that Queensland cannot enjoy a reign of glory in both rugby codes at the same time, but will the Maroons ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/05/2011In light of Dan Carter’s deal, what type of deal will Sonny Bill Williams get if he stays with New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU)? The NZRU, I ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/05/2011The weekend slaughter of the Melbourne Rebels at the hands of the Cheetahs may seem only a fair and logical fate for a team in their first ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/05/2011The 2011 GPS rugby season has not even commenced and yet there is more evidence of its fundamental decline, misguided decision making and lack of vision or ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/05/2011This is the third installment of the articles predicting the road to the playoffs and beyond. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/05/2011It’s time to put in your Wallaby scores for the form players of Round 14. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/05/2011I tempted fate on Saturday night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/05/2011That headline might sound a little weird seeing that the Wallabies and the All Blacks already play running rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/05/2011Last night I attended the first Waratahs Fan Forum. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/05/2011Surely Rocky cannot hold the ARU to ransom by demanding the Wallaby captaincy whilst not commiting to the future of Australian rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/05/2011According to Wikipedia, franchising is the practice of using another firm’s successful business model. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/05/2011Rugby league’s much-vaunted, but still unresolved, Independent Commission could end up being a boon for rugby. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/05/2011So Jake White has done it.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/05/2011By only watching the Reds games, Australian fans can save themselves a lot of wasted time in front of the box each weekend, because the rugby played ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/05/2011Don’t do it Jake.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/05/2011Bewildered, angry, sad.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/05/2011There’s been a lot to love about the all-signing, all-dancing “SupeRugby” in 2011, and before everything starts getting very serious very quickly, now seems as good a ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/05/2011When I saw that the Waratahs had announced a series of fan forums starting this Thursday (19 May), apparently to discuss how the Tahs could improve their ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/05/2011Without doubt, Saturday night’s loss to the Lions was an all time low for the Brumbies franchise. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/05/2011Jason Allen is the very impressive Waratahs’ CEO, but in this case he’s pulled the wrong rein. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/05/2011Rugby World Cup winning coach Rod Macqueen has always been renowned for sending out tough-to-crack defensive sides. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/05/2011Brumbies coach Tony Rea dropped Wallabies lock Mark Chisholm to the bench as he demanded his tight forwards lift their games for the Super Rugby strugglers. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/05/2011What if we lived in a perfect rugby world, where both codes joined in harmony, no friction, no code war and everything to gain. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/05/2011Most arguments these days are centered around which rugby code is better. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/05/2011I must say I’m quite surprised at the amount of negative commentary about the Wallabies and the number of people writing them off before the Tri-Nations/RWC even ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/05/2011The French squad for New Zealand has just been announced, and the only surprise was the omission of Jauzion and Sebastien Chabal. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/05/2011I am writing to express my extreme disappointment with the Waratahs. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/05/2011It won’t be the world class Richie McCaw, nor Dan Carter, who loom as the spearhead to an All Black victory in the Rugby World Cup final ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/05/201126 rounds of grueling Top 14 domestic French rugby came to an end over the weekend. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/05/2011Question: How can winning your conference not benefit your team as much as you’d expect? Answer: If your overall points tally seeds you third amongst the finalists. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/05/2011The following article (abbreviated) was picked up from Monday’s Washington Post. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/05/2011Radike Samo, if you haven’t already been given one, give yourself a major uppercut. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/05/2011The winning culture.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/05/2011Rugby players are becoming a dying breed, as mounting injury lists take their toll on all levels of rugby union around the world. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/05/2011When Wallaby captain Trevor Allan switched to rugby league in 1950, the amateur game was devastated. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/05/2011After the first four rounds of the Six Nations, if any Australian was keeping note of what are perceived to be their main opposition in the pool ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/05/2011Wayne Bennett will look to help the Wallabies for their assault on the Rugby World Cup, with Wallabies assistant coach Jim Williams confirming his interest in the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/05/2011Does anyone agree with me that Quade Copper is a mug lair with great skills but a headless chook at heart? Take the Reds vs Hurricanes game ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/05/2011I find it quite strange that the practice of so called “player rotation” is being promoted by certain Super Rugby coaches. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/05/2011All the top teams have players they look to for leadership, spark, brilliance, you name it. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/05/2011“The marriage has ended, and attention now to the Queen …” That massive gaff was by the SKY television commentator covering the Royal wedding of Prince William ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 30/04/2011The Rebels prepare to make their Sydney debut against the Waratahs, 122 years after the first Victorian team came to the NSW capital. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 29/04/2011Welcome to part three of my IRB report 2010 on registered players numbers. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/04/2011One of the most unsurprising and widely assumed appointments in Australian rugby this year, was confirmed yesterday, with the Brumbies announcing World Cup-winning, former South African coach ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/04/2011Two major pluses for Australian rugby – David Pocock to return from injury, and Jake White appointed Brumbies coach for the next four years. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/04/2011Now that you’ve missed the rights for the 2026 football World Cup, Australians should be bidding for the Rugby World Cup in 2027 or 2031. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 26/04/2011Giant Queensland number 8 Scott Higginbotham must be cited, and punted, for deliberately taking out Waratahs winger Drew Mitchell in their Super Rugby clash at Suncorp last ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/04/2011Rod Macqueen knew he was jeopardising his well-earned rugby coaching reputation when he took on the Melbourne Rebels. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/04/2011This article is written by a fan of Australia winning, against anyone, in any sport, at any time, at any cost. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/04/2011The American historian, Howard Zinn, said something I think apropos to the subject of the All Blacks and the RWC. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/04/2011I’ve been considering the role that playing both rugby union and rugby league played as a junior has in the development of players. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/04/2011The Jake White hope? Rocky Elsom hasn’t played all that well since his return from Ireland. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/04/2011Australia’s most under-rated rugby halfback, Josh Holmes, was mentioned this week. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/04/2011So this is my first time writing my views on an online opinion for The Roar – therefore I hope it is as enthralling for everyone to ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/04/2011The Reds rate the wobbly Waratahs a far more menacing outfit under Phil Waugh and expect the NSW captain to lead a cavalry of recovered stars back ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2011Scrummaging in rugby union has evolved faster then any other aspect of the game and yet the issues that result are still hindrance to our game. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2011It’s well known that Super rugby success, or failure for that matter, doesn’t translate to either result in the international arena. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2011One of the biggest talking points of the new Super Rugby season has been the new conference system and the new team, the Melbourne Rebels. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/04/2011At the end of Round 9, it is time to face up to some realities in the nation’s capital. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/04/2011Time to put in your Wallaby scores for The Roar’s form players of Round 9. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/04/2011Crack winger Drew Mitchell is the only Waratah in the Sydney Morning Herald Super Rugby team of the week. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/04/2011The Reds scored 39, the Bulls scored 30 at Suncorp on the weekend, but the nine point difference isn’t the real story. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/04/2011The 30,000-plus spectators at Suncorp last night were constantly on their feet saluting the dynamic 80-minute displays of Queenslanders Will Genia, and Quade Cooper, as they combined ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/04/2011Rumours surrounding the movements of James O’Connor continue to heat up as the Melbourne Rebels appear to have secured another key signing. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/04/2011The rugby union world has come alight with the news that Kurtley Beale will move to the Melbourne Rebels for 2012. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/04/2011It’s been mentioned several times on The Roar that the 26th President of the United States (served 1901-1909) was so disturbed by the number of casualties in ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/04/2011Believe it or not we are already halfway through the 2011 Super Rugby competition. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/04/2011Welcome to the second part of my article on the registered rugby player numbers in the 2010 IRB report. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/04/2011Your votes are in after round 8 of the Super Rugby season. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/04/2011A tunnel-visioned Melbourne Rebels official prematurely leaked the signing of Waratah super-star Kurtley Beale to head south. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/04/2011Nathan Sharpe has re-signed with the Australian Rugby Union and the Western Force. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2011Once upon a time, a medieval historian said of the exceedingly gothic Chartres Cathedral in the well-rivered French hinterland that it is best appreciated as a spiritual ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2011Two Brits, two bicycles, one Gilbert and a fluffy All Black mascot. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 13/04/2011The first seven rounds of Super Rugby have been excellent, on the whole, and it’s been the young playmakers that have so far lit up the Australian ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/04/2011I’d better explain that headline. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/04/2011Last year, slick Wallaby fly-half Quade Cooper was offered the national debt to become a Parramatta Eel in the NRL. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/04/2011Sweet revenge.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/04/2011All of last week had me looking forward to one game of Super Rugby in particular over the weekend: the Western Force hosting the Melbourne Rebels in ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/04/2011In early 2010, I gave a newspaper clipping from the Sports Section of one newspaper to my son (who studies the Biomechanics of Sprinting). ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/04/2011Is it just me or are our professional players just stupid? Here we are in the final minutes of an epic battle between the Tahs and Chiefs, ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/04/2011It’s hard to see how anyone is going to beat New Zealand at this year’s World Cup. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/04/2011The inconsistent form of potential Wallaby World Cup candidates this season could drive Robbie Deans home to New Zealand. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/04/2011The renowned Robbie Deans frown returned with a vengeance last night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 27/03/2011Advance planning is laudible in most instances, especially in the field of marketing, where the opportunity to strike fast to exploit a potentially lucrative situation is greatly ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/03/2011The sooner Gareth Delve is made the Rebels captain the better. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/03/2011Your votes are in after round five of the Super Rugby season. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/03/2011The only thing that seems somewhat obvious about the new Super Rugby competition is that the nomadic Crusaders are fast becoming the out and out favourites for ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/03/2011England’s rugby coach Martin Johnson is trying to come to grips with being a winner and a loser at the same time. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/03/2011Despite the byes already making direct statistical comparison of team performances after five games like a maths examination, the Crusaders and Stormers are already emerging as clear ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/03/2011The NSW Waratahs – tryless, listless, and useless. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 20/03/2011Mike Harris has Wallaby written all over him. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/03/2011There has been various articles in the news regarding the projected short-fall in ARU revenue this year because of the World Cup. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 19/03/2011Imagine if St Kilda boss Ross Lyon told his charges after drawing the 2010 grand final with Collingwood that they were a disgrace to the shirt, then ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 18/03/2011Many may remember the Rugby World Cup 2003 for many different reasons, whether it was seeing England take out the trophy in heart-stopping fashion, Stirling Mortlock’s interception ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 17/03/2011SANZAR took a giant step towards improving the sub-standard Super Rugby refereeing by suspending showpony South African Jonathan Kaplan for three weeks, for incompetence. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/03/2011The Crusaders put on a clinic on Friday night against the Brumbies. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/03/2011When Greg Growden starts writing about the need to change the rugby laws, then you know the game is in trouble. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/03/2011Rugby doesn’t often crowd out football news in France unless the national team wins the Grand Slam, but there were headlines all over the country on Sunday ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/03/2011On last Sunday’s ABC’s Offsiders program (13 March 2011), some misleading stats were used to show how popular AFL is compared to the other football codes. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/03/2011
A tough week at the Rebels as went we down to the undefeated Sharks in the last ten minutes. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 16/03/2011In Australia in decades past, you could only legally bet on horses or greyhounds. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/03/2011With England all but assured of winning the Six Nations title, after defeating Scotland, thoughts turn to the World Cup in New Zealand later this year. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/03/2011I had a chance to talk to C. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 15/03/2011Time to put in your Wallaby scores for the form players of Round 4. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 14/03/2011To some South Africans, criticism of the Springbok players is close to blasphemy. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/03/2011An avalanche of points to the Crusaders in the second half has awarded them a 52-10 bonus point victory over the Brumbies at Trafalgar Park in Nelson. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/03/2011Some time back, Graham Henry stated that he would not cotton wool any of his major players before or during the rugby World Cup. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 12/03/2011The world of rugby changed when the IOC (International Olympic Committee) accepted rugby back into the Olympic fold. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 11/03/2011After reading an interesting article in a rugby magazine recently, the question was asked what was considered the superior and better club competition? I’ll quote from the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/03/2011It was pleasing to read that SANZAR referees boss Lyndon Bray promised a return to last year’s interpretation of breakdown rules that favor the attacking side. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 10/03/2011I’m sick and tired of reading people asking for a overhaul of the rugby union point system, just because a team wins scoring less tries. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/03/2011Tom Carter.
Sport Name - Rugby Union 09/03/2011If a team scores four tries to one and loses by six points, is there a problem? If you want the game to grow and your answer ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/03/2011Is it right to lose a game of rugby if you score more tries than the other team? At times, it doesn’t seem fair that if you ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 08/03/2011Hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has re-signed with the Australian Rugby Union, and the NSW Waratahs for a further two years. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/03/2011Watching Matt Giteau play these days is like watching an angry blowfly caught in a bottle – all fizz and buzz and very little substance. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/03/2011The Highlanders, Sharks and Stormers are the front runners three weeks into the 2011 Super Rugby competition, all unbeaten and holding the top three positions on the ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/03/2011Matt Giteau has been copping his fair share of criticism in recent times: overpaid; loss of pace/form; not place-kicking well under pressure… My opinion of him took ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/03/2011Q: What’s the difference between a Brumby and a joke, mummy? A: Not much! Q. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 07/03/2011Wallaby coach Robbie Deans will have some sleepless nights until crack flanker David Pocock’s back in action. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/03/2011Rugby scrums need to be improved. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 06/03/2011The Blues have defeated the Lions 41-32 in their Round 3 Super 15 encounter at Johannesburg early Saturday morning. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/03/2011The NSW coach was rightfully riding high, universally saluted for the way he prepared, and planned the strategies, for the Waratahs’ opening two rounds of Super Rugby ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/03/2011The Crusaders have made their city proud with a convincing 33-18 upset over the Waratahs on Friday night. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/03/2011The fly-half in rugby, like the quarterback in American football, is the most important player in the team. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 05/03/2011Your votes are in after round two of the Super Rugby season. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/03/2011There once was a time where I could talk about the Wallabies without receiving a dirty sideways look from social groups I know in my own country. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/03/2011Former Brumbies flyhalf Rod Kafer says the player-driven culture in the ACT should be mirrored by other Australian teams, not shunned. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 04/03/2011This is my first article for a while, so bear with me. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/03/2011There are some interesting comments on why Queensland Reds are looking lacklustre this year. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/03/2011When I read recently that Watson, the IBM super computer, mapped the 500 billion billion possible positions in the game of checkers, I wondered how it would ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 03/03/2011After a mixed start to the 2011 Super Rugby season, the Brumbies have made a stunning move by sacking their coach, Andy Friend, just two games into ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/03/2011So the 2011 Pacific Rugby Cup Australian series is over. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/03/2011There is something just right about that, isn’t there? Julian Huxley takes the ball to the line on the left, and finds space along the Brumbies flank. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 02/03/2011The Melbourne Rebels have announced that the club has decided to fine Danny Cipriani the sum of one match payment, after concluding an investigation into a nightclub ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/03/2011Super Rugby team the Brumbies have sacked coach Andy Friend. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 01/03/2011Time to put in your Wallaby votes for the form players from Round two of the Super 15. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/02/2011In the past, my razor sharp knife has been out for Chris Hickey and Phil Waugh. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/02/2011When are administrators going to realise that playing SuperRugby in Queensland in the summer is a really dumb idea? Apart from the obvious concern that a player ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 28/02/2011Your votes are in after round one of the Super Rugby season. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/02/2011In choosing Sebastien Chabal at 8 for France’s clash with England at Twickenham Laporte and Lievremont have clearly chosen the path of grunt and groan over that ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 25/02/2011He’s re-signed and it seems many think John O’Neill will deliver a World Cup with Robbie Deans and voila!, Rugby will bank the benefits. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/02/2011French coach Mark Lievremont has made rugby journalists happy by saying he dislikes the insular English. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/02/2011Seeing the devastation on the television cannot do justice to the depth of fear and despair of those in Christchurch. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 24/02/2011Despite making a scrappy start, the early signs for the Queensland Reds and their fans are ones of great promise. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 23/02/2011Watching the Brumbies initially dominate and then stumble through the game against the Chiefs, I couldn’t help but be impressed by the young Robbie Coleman. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/02/2011Channel Nine staged a coup last year, nabbing the rights to the 2011 Rugby World Cup from Channel Seven which has been the “home” of rugby on ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/02/2011A few weeks back we solicited your questions to put to the NSW Waratahs CEO Jason Allen, who is at the helm of the ‘Tahs for a ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 22/02/2011There are been rumours and stories have written about the potential signing of Frederic Michalak to the Melbourne Rebels. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/02/2011The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) announced that CEO John O’Neill has accepted a contract extension offer which will see him continue in his role until the end ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/02/2011Pick your Wallabies form team. ...
Sport Name - Rugby Union 21/02/2011