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Christy Doran

'We don’t hold any grudges': Why Wallabies star will still be picked in 2024 despite NRL defection

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'Was I really myself?': Campbell ready to seize chance after World Cup blow

Jock Campbell says he has no one to blame but himself for failing to make the cut for the Wallabies World Cup campaign as…

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'Was I really myself?': Campbell ready to seize chance after World Cup blow

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'They're were a few crazies running around screaming': Connor Vest reflects on 'scary times' after broken neck

Connor Vest stood up and walked off the field in Dunedin in May thinking he had hurt his shoulder. The Queensland Reds backrower, a…

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'They're were a few crazies running around screaming': Connor Vest reflects on 'scary times' after broken neck

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Eddie Jones has second interview with Japan weeks after quitting Wallabies

Eddie Jones hasn’t wasted any time settling back in Japan, with the former Wallabies coach interviewing for the vacant Brave Blossoms role on Thursday.…

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A year is a long time in rugby ... Rennie restarts club career in Japan among familiar faces

Former Wallabies boss Dave Rennie restarts his club coaching career when the third edition of Japan Rugby League One kicks off on Saturday. Rennie's…

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Christy Doran

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'Not here to come second': Why Tupou's arrival at the Rebels shapes as most important moment in club's history

As Australian rugby bemoaned yet another dose of disappointment following Mark Nawaqanitawase’s cross-code signing, the game’s highest-profile player, Taniela Tupou, was unveiled at his…

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'Not here to come second': Why Tupou's arrival at the Rebels shapes as most important moment in club's history

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Christy Doran

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Done deal: Wallabies star signs with NRL powerhouse in brutal reality check for RA at start of 'golden decade'

Update: Rugby Australia might be on the cusp of an exciting four-year cycle, but not even the lure of playing the British and Irish…

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Done deal: Wallabies star signs with NRL powerhouse in brutal reality check for RA at start of 'golden decade'

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Rugby needs a revolution - if the game is to endure then penalties must be scrapped for all but three reasons

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'Agonising rawness' that must be a lightbulb moment for RA’s new powerbrokers

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'Special' Villa leapfrog shot-shy City to go third - but Emery insists that his side are no chance for the title

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'Open minded': Waugh backs foreign Wallabies coach - but with one non-negotiable

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WATCH: England U18 rugby winger comes up with mouth-watering flick pass try assist

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Rediscovering Geoff Mould, Australia's guru of running rugby

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Dubai Sevens take outs: The Aussie women are just great, but the men are off to a slow start

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Cheers to Phil: Waugh's leadership the missing ingredient but Wallabies could do with a 'secret sauce'

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'We don’t hold any grudges': Why Wallabies star will still be picked in 2024 despite NRL defection

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WATCH: 150kg SA prop impresses with silky pass... at the expense of his spine

Lions forward Asenathi Ntlabakanye astounded the commentators with his massive fend and silky pass against the Dragons. However, his landing wasn't as graceful as…

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Clermont score great try against Racing 92 after soccer-inspired assist from fly-half

The TMO did check a line-ball knock-on in the lead-up to the kick from Benjamin Urdapilleta and try, but it was eventually cleared.

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Clermont score great try against Racing 92 after soccer-inspired assist from fly-half

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Clermont score great try against Racing 92 after soccer-inspired assist from fly-half

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WATCH: Snowy conditions cause hilarious, controversial Top 14 try that decides the game

Bordeaux produced a miraculous victory in Round 9 of the Top 14 with a late meat pie to Louis Bielle-Biarrey after a try-line gaffe…

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WATCH: Snowy conditions cause hilarious, controversial Top 14 try that decides the game

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Aussie enforcer cops red for same tackle she was just yellow carded for... still acts surprised

Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea spent two stints on the sideline in Australia's semi-final win over France.

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Aussie enforcer cops red for same tackle she was just yellow carded for... still acts surprised

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WATCH: Comical time-wasting as Maddi Levi waits until last possible moment to ground try

With the Aussie women suffering a red card to Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea in the semi-final, they had to chew up the clock. Maddison Levi cleverly…

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WATCH: Comical time-wasting as Maddi Levi waits until last possible moment to ground try

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WATCH: Comical time-wasting as Maddi Levi waits until last possible moment to ground try

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Aussies win Dubai 7s with late try, snap Black Ferns 41-game win streak in sensational final

Australia have defended their Dubai Women's Sevens crown with a fantastic performance against New Zealand, winning 26-19.

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Aussies win Dubai 7s with late try, snap Black Ferns 41-game win streak in sensational final

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Aussies win Dubai 7s with late try, snap Black Ferns 41-game win streak in sensational final

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Eben Etzebeth sporting new hairstyle thanks to a dodgy late-night trim during RWC celebrations

The South African forward can thank RG Snyman for his new look!

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Sporting quotes of 2023: The Eddie Jones train wreck and Bairstow stumping lead a bumper year for outlandish comments

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Wallabies stars say Jones' Japanese defection would 'hurt', Bell open to captaincy as Aussie players return

As the cream of Australia’s playing stocks returned for a rare training block ahead of the festive season, Wallabies stars Angus Bell and Lalakai…

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Wallabies stars say Jones' Japanese defection would 'hurt', Bell open to captaincy as Aussie players return

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Wallabies stars say Jones' Japanese defection would 'hurt', Bell open to captaincy as Aussie players return

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Tony Harper

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Tony Harper

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Bring it home: Incredible piece of Australian rugby history that RA should fight to secure

A historic Wallabies jersey from the first northern hemisphere tour in 1908 - that has spent most of the past 50 years folded up…

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Tony Harper

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Bring it home: Incredible piece of Australian rugby history that RA should fight to secure

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Rugby News: RWC final TMO quits over 'torrent of abuse', Wallabies Grand Slam tour touted, Fiji lock facing jail

The man who worked as the television match official for this year's Rugby World Cup final has stepped away from the international game "for…

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Rugby News: RWC final TMO quits over 'torrent of abuse', Wallabies Grand Slam tour touted, Fiji lock facing jail

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Tony Harper

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Tony Harper

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'Energy and excitement' - McKellar ready for next challenge as England legend hails 'terrific' Aussie

Potential Wallabies coach Dan McKellar has been given a massive wrap by England legend Ben Youngs after turning around Leicester Tigers fortunes over the…

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'Energy and excitement' - McKellar ready for next challenge as England legend hails 'terrific' Aussie

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'Energy and excitement' - McKellar ready for next challenge as England legend hails 'terrific' Aussie

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'Unbelievable': Levi sisters star in Australia's EPIC Dubai 7s triumph over Black Ferns, men rally

Maddison Levi and her sister Teagan have inspired Australia's rugby women to a blistering triumph in the season-opening Dubai Sevens, while dynamiting New Zealand's world-record 41-match…

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'Unbelievable': Levi sisters star in Australia's EPIC Dubai 7s triumph over Black Ferns, men rally

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'Unbelievable': Levi sisters star in Australia's EPIC Dubai 7s triumph over Black Ferns, men rally

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'Pissed off': Why Eddie snubbed Noah and the five-month stint in France that's changed his outlook

After finishing the Super Rugby season “pissed off”, Noah Lolesio says a five-month stint in the south of France has reignited his love of…

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'Pissed off': Why Eddie snubbed Noah and the five-month stint in France that's changed his outlook

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The lessons Wallabies can take from 2013 as they search for the new missing Link

In the grim winter of 2013 after a very disappointing, but narrow and controversial loss in a series to the British and Irish Lions,…

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Bringing rugby back to the fans: The game should be easier to access and more people-friendly

A time-friendly kick-off has many benefits, and will make watching Test Rugby live a more attractive proposition for many fans.

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Lachie Swinton's new French connection can have a big payoff for him - and Australian rugby

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'Seeing the players as people': How a Western Force meet reminded me of the beauty of grassroots rugby

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Moving the goalposts: Should the Rugby codes look to the USA for a new type of upright?

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Humility cuts both ways: Brett Clark and the QRU deserve the same scrutiny as Hamish McLennan

It has been interesting to see the reaction to Hamish McLennan’s purge this week. It was unanimously agreed on these threads that Hammer McLennan…

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Winners take chances, and that is just what the Wallabies need right now: Is it time to start listening to David Campese?

Wallabies legend David Campese has many opinions on rugby - can some of them be useful to re-grow Australian rugby?

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The need to make Super Rugby stronger and viable in the long term means it is time to expand back to 14 teams

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