Argentina have sensationally stripped Pablo Matera of the captaincy and stood him down from Saturday’s final Tri Nations clash with the Wallabies as they investigate racist social media posts.
Melissa Woods
Former Western Force and Wallaby hooker Nathan Charles sets his sights on building the grassroots game as new RugbyWA boss.
Nick Taylor
Separated from his family for 17 weeks, Wallabies winger Marika Koroibete didn’t get the chance to hug his son on his first birthday. He’s been making up for it this week.
Jamie Pandaram
The 40,000 Sydney rugby fans expected at the Bledisloe Cup are being urged to wear masks and avoid taking public transport to the venue.
Australian Sevens flyer Tim Anstee is the latest star to join the growing list of Western Force international signings.
The Wallabies have been given a huge boost ahead of their must-win clash with the All Blacks in Sydney, after spending months without their families in COVID-19 isolation.
Expect some new and old faces in the Wallabies team for the third Bledisloe Cup Test against the All Blacks as coach Dave Rennie looks to fix what went amiss in Auckland.
New Zealand beat Australia 27-7 in the second Bledisloe Cup rugby test at Eden Park on Sunday to lead the four-match series 1-0.
Michael Donaldson
The Wallabies have held the All Blacks 16-16 in Wellington, denied a famous win after Reece Hodge’s late penalty effort hit the post.
Ben McKay and Melissa Woods
Saved for ‘special’ occasions, the bitter fallout between the New Zealand and Australian rugby boards has raised the prospect the intimidating challenge could be performed this weekend.
Julian Linden
As the Wallabies storm forward into a fresh generation, it’s overwhelmingly Queensland’s elite schools providing the players that will lead the revolution. Read what their school coaches had to say about them here as a new era of rugby looms.
The Wallabies will look to Plan B for the Rugby Championship after towering lock Rory Arnold fractured his forearm while playing in France overnight.
Qantas has pulled its sponsorship cash from five key sporting partnerships and several arts programs – ending a 30 year union with an already financially stricken Rugby Australia.
Matthew Benns and Jamie Pandaram
No broadcast deal. No competition structure. And now no major sponsor with Qantas parting ways after 30 years. Yet Rugby Australia boss Hamish McLennan says potential sponsors are queuing up.
He wasn’t guaranteed the role in the Dave Rennie Wallabies era, but Michael Hooper has retained the captaincy for a busy end-of-year schedule in what the new coach called ‘a straightforward decision’.
Qantas is ending a 30-year sponsorship with Rugby Australia as the airline continues to tighten its purse-strings in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Colin Brinsden
Western Force have snapped up Super Rugby champion and powerful ball running Wallabies centre Tevita Kuridrani for the 2021 season.
Better known as a playmaker on the field, Wallabies star Matt Toomua is now making his pitch in the boardroom at a time when Australian rugby is at the crossroads.
Jules Linden
The Bledisloe Cup series was hanging by a thread with threats of a boycott, but finally an agreement between the All Blacks and the Wallabies has been reached. See where and when the two Tests will be played.
The spin offs from pinching the Rugby Championship from New Zealand are endless. There will be millions of dollars, new opportunities for young players but best of all is finally seeing an end to all their gloating on the other side the Tasman.
Julian Linden and Jamie Pandaram
His father’s suicide was a tragic wake-up call for rugby star Izack Rodda. Now, as R U OK? Day ambassador, he has a clearer understanding of the fragility of mental health.
Amy Price
‘It might be cancer’. The word shook Wallabies hooker Jordan Uelese to the core and for two weeks at the start of this year, he wasn’t sure if he’d ever step foot on a rugby field again.
He sacrificed $15,000 a week when COVID hit in a bid to help save the game of rugby, and now Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has cashed in a release clause to play overseas.
Four Western Force players on Wallabies coach Dave Rennie’s watch list ahead of Bledisloe Cup series.
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