The NSW Waratahs have stunned the rugby union world with a phenomenal 102-metre team try during their upset Super Rugby win over the Chiefs in Sydney on Friday night.
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii was the main attraction but it was Siosifa Amone who stole the show on Friday night as the Waratahs claimed a thrilling, last-gasp 37-36 win over the Highlanders.
Axed Super Rugby club the Melbourne Rebels have kicked off a $30 million course case against Rugby Australia in the Federal Court of Australia to try get themselves back into the Pacific competition.
Caleb Clarke scored a hat-trick as the Auckland Blues crushed the Waikato Chiefs 41-10 on Saturday to win their first full Super Rugby title since 2003.
Rugby Australia has rejected an application from a consortium seeking take over the Melbourne Rebels with a move to the courts the only possible saviour for the embattled club which will be shut down after 14 seasons.
Waratahs coach Darren Coleman was given credit for navigating “three challenging seasons” but won’t get a fourth after the battling Super Rugby outfit confirmed he wouldn’t be offered a new contract.
Waratahs’ fans have always been a faithful and patient lot, able to cling to the slimmest glimmer of hope when everything else seems lost.
The Melbourne Rebels may be saved by an 11th hour private equity cash injection that will see the bankrupt Super Rugby side relocate and share facilities with an A-League club.
Winning is always important but when you are literally playing for your future and even when success doesn’t guarantee the doors will stay open resilience can sometimes overwrite skill to get the job done.
Scans have cleared Wallabies and Waratahs centre Lalakai Foketi of major spinal damage but he’s not yet “out of the woods” after suffering a neck injury at training on Thursday.
Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh isn’t putting a line through the future of the debt-ridden Melbourne Rebels beyond 2024, but concedes the conversation needs to be “accelerated” to given players and coaches certainty.
The future of the Melbourne Rebels has taken a dark turn with five staff including CEO Baden Stephenson sacked, and all remaining staff including coaches put on four-month deals to cover the 2024 Super Rugby season.
The debt-riddled Melbourne Rebels will play out the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season but there is no long-term commitment to the club which entered voluntary administration on Monday night.
The playing future of Wallabies stars Taniela Tupou and Andrew Kellaway are up in the air amid reports the cash-strapped Melbourne Rebels have entered voluntary administration needing a bailout of up to $500,000 to pay players and staff.
There are fears for the future of Super Rugby’s Melbourne Rebels after up to $9 million in debt was revealed after a Rugby Australia inspection of the club’s books.
Rugby Australia has taken another potentially fatal blow with news a multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal will not be renewed.
The first upset on Kiwi soil for a decade by the Queensland Reds was inspired by a desperate outfit defending like a “pack of dogs” in New Plymouth.
The Warriors have lured dual international and former skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck back to the club on a three-year deal, beginning in 2024.
Tate McDermott’s best game of the season was all for nothing when his penalty-prone Queensland Reds crashed 52-24 to the ACT Brumbies on Saturday night.
Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould has called on the NRL to cut ties immediately with teenage superstar Joseph Suaalii after his mega-money deal to join rugby union from 2025.
All Blacks forward Ardie Savea has apologised for making a throat-slitting gesture towards an opponent during a Super Rugby Pacific match in Melbourne, conceding he needs “to be better”.
ACT Brumbies halfback Ryan Lonergan pulled the Waratahs' pants down at Allianz Stadium on Friday night with a play few were expecting - including the man who most profited from it.
The Dragons and the Waratahs put the age old debate of which is the superior code to the test in a fiery opposed training session at the NSW Centre of Excellence in Daceyville.
Rugby Australia have approached New Zealand Rugby about fielding an Anzac XV against the British and Irish Lions in 2025.
The standoff between Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby is edging towards a resolution.
When the Wallabies returned to Australia in August following their record defeat in Argentina, Laurie Fisher, the veteran 64-year-old Brumbies assistant coach, delivered a hard truth to the side.
The crazy thing about Mark Nawaqanitawase’s rise to the Wallabies is he was not even originally selected for Australia A’s tour of Japan this month.
In 2006, a year before the World Cup in France, John Connolly made the “tough” decision to leave George Gregan behind from Australia’s end of season Spring Tour.
Michael Hooper is another step closer to making his international return, with the inspirational Wallabies leader training alongside his national teammates this week.
Column: Samu Kerevi arrived on Australian shores on a bridging visa for refugees and was given clothes from the Salvation Army.
Taniela Tupou is expected to sign a four-year extension with Rugby Australia – but, crucially, he won’t announce which Super Rugby franchise he will play for until he knows who will coach Queensland beyond 2023.
Dave Rennie has given the greatest indication yet that Tom Banks remains in the frame to play for the Wallabies at next year’s World Cup, with the departing Brumby included in Australia A’s 34-man squad to Japan.
NSW Waratahs have secured a big win in the code war with rugby league for the game’s best young talent, extending schoolboy sensation Max Jorgensen on a two-year deal.
At long last, the controversial Giteau Law is set for a makeover and the borders are likely to be opened to allow for players plying their trade overseas to be selected for the Wallabies.
Parramatta star Blake Ferguson remains deep in conversation with Super Rugby franchise the Western Force, but Wallabies legend Matt Burke has warned the challenges facing Ferguson making a successful code switch.
Brandon Paenga-Amosa was given one message at the conclusion of last year’s Rugby Championship: maintain your weight.