Australia have a first world sevens series tournament success in four years in their sights after outsmarting South Africa to make the final of the Sydney 7s. The Thunderbolts booked …
Continue reading Aussies aim to end 7s drought against NZAustralia have upset world series leaders South Africa and will play New Zealand in an ANZAC final at the Sydney rugby sevens. The Aussies will be looking for their first …
Continue reading Anzac final in Sydney sevens rugbyBrumbies coach Stephen Larkham has called on Super Rugby officials to again review its rules around rolling mauls after “further inconsistencies” in their first pre-season trial. The ACT outfit were …
Continue reading Clarity needed on rolling maul: LarkhamHe barely gave himself a pass mark, but Super Rugby convert Reece Robinson left quite an impression in his first proper hit-out for the NSW Waratahs. The former NRL speedster …
Continue reading Robinson debuts in first Waratahs gameA Shaun Johnson virtuoso performance has propelled the Warriors into the semi-finals of the NRL Auckland Nines after the wily halfback orchestrated a 16-8 win over Canberra. Johnson threw the …
Continue reading Johnson leads Warriors into Nines semisHenry Speight is the hired big gun, but it’s another Henry who is Australia’s new rugby hero after propelling the Thunderbolts into the Sydney Sevens semi-finals. Teenage speedster Henry Hutchison …
Continue reading Young Henry the Aussie sevens heroAustralia have stolen a thrilling quarter-final victory at the Sydney Sevens with teenager Henry Hutchison sinking English hearts at Allianz Stadium. Young gun Hutchison showed his extreme pace to cross …
Continue reading Australia beat England in sevens thrillerManly’s horror injury toll from the NRL Auckland Nines continues with Jayden Hodges feared likely to miss the season with an ACL rupture and Jamie Buhrer confirmed with a broken …
Continue reading Manly’s Nines injury toll mountsThe Sydney Roosters have re-signed young playmaker Jackson Hastings as uncertainty swirls around halfback Mitchell Pearce’s NRL future. Hastings has signed a one-year contract extension which will keep him at …
Continue reading Roosters lock up young gun HastingsIt took Eddie Jones about 40 minutes to realise that southern hemisphere-style running rugby is not so easy on a cold winter’s day at Murrayfield, as a change of tactics …
Continue reading Jones gets early Six Nations lessonJamie Buhrer has suffered yet another injury blow with the Manly utility set to miss the start of the NRL season with a broken jaw. Buhrer flew back to Sydney …
Continue reading Buhrer out for six weeksActing Queensland Reds skipper Rob Simmons has told his teammates their discipline must improve after last night’s 31-3 drubbing to the Crusaders in the pre-season trial at Ballymore. Simmons, the …
Continue reading Simmons calls for Reds disciplineQueensland veteran Darius Boyd has thrown his support behind team hierarchy to banish the “Valley eight”, saying ill discipline had become too common amongst the Emerging Maroons. Brisbane playmakers Ben …
Continue reading Boyd backs Emerging Origin bansManly, Melbourne and Cronulla go into the final day of the NRL Auckland Nines as the teams to beat after racking up back-to-back victories on day one on Saturday. All …
Continue reading Eagles and Storm fly under Nines radarThe Queensland Reds have shown little indication that they will bounce back from a disastrous 2015 season after being crushed 31-3 by the Crusaders in a Super Rugby trial at …
Continue reading Crusaders steamroll Reds in trial matchThe NSW Waratahs have started 2016 with a bang, beating the Brumbies 21-17 with a late try in their first pre-season Super Rugby trial – minus stand-in skipper David Dennis. …
Continue reading Waratahs win, Dennis concussed in trialAustralia missed the chance to take the big scalp they were after and put an exclamation mark on a successful first day of the inaugural Sydney 7s by drawing 17-all …
Continue reading Aussies, Kiwis draw at Sydney 7sSonny Bill Williams has told Quade Cooper what’s most needed to surprise the doubters in his sevens gamble: “Buy a new set of lungs”. Cooper has been a frustrated yet …
Continue reading Gasp! SBW tells Quade to get new lungs


