Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s Super Rugby season over due to fractured jaw
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s Super Rugby season is over, with the Waratahs fullback ruled out for at least a month due to a fractured jaw.
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14th May 2025
9th May 2025
Scary Suaalii incident as star KOd in brutal head knock from teammate
Joseph Suaalii left Allianz Stadium on a stretcher on Friday night after an ugly incident involving teammate Andrew Kellaway left him knocked out.
12th April 2025
‘Try of the decade’: Waratahs stun rugby union world with 102-metre try in shock upset of heavyweight
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.
14th February 2025
Suaalii’s magic moments in debut as Waratahs win ‘unreal’ thriller
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.
9th October 2024
‘No trust and confidence’: Rebels launch $30m lawsuit against Rugby Australia
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.
23rd June 2024
Blues break 21-year title drought after thrashing Chiefs in Super Rugby Pacific final
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.
30th May 2024
The Melbourne Rebels will not continue in 2025 after Rugby Australia rejected a bit to keep them alive
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.
21st May 2024
NSW Waratahs coach Darren Coleman won’t get a new contract after two win season
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.
13th April 2024
‘Can’t believe it’: NSW Waratahs clinch ‘crazy’ golden point victory against Crusaders
Waratahs’ fans have always been a faithful and patient lot, able to cling to the slimmest glimmer of hope when everything else seems lost.
3rd April 2024
‘Game changer’: Rebels handed 11th hour $30m lifeline in shock A-League partnership plan
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.
23rd February 2024
Rebels routed as debt-riddled club crushed in nightmare Super Rugby opener
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.
Wallabies star cleared of spinal damage but not ‘out of the woods’
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.
16th February 2024
Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh couldn’t commit to the Melbourne Rebels existing in 2025
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.
13th February 2024
Rugby Aus confirms Super Rugby CEO axed, staff told to seek gov handouts amid $17k in bank reveal
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.
30th January 2024
Melbourne Rebels in $9m limbo as RA confirms next step
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.
25th January 2024
Wallabies stars’ futures in doubt, Super Rugby side on brink of collapse after grim $9m move
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.
20th December 2023
Super Rugby club’s future under threat as boss hits back with ‘scapegoat’ claim
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.
23rd November 2023
Ousted RA chair blasts ‘arrogant and dopey’ board after major Super Rugby sponsor bails
Rugby Australia has taken another potentially fatal blow with news a multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal will not be renewed.
10th June 2023
12th May 2023
‘Huge moment’ for Aus rugby as 10-year torture ends in ‘incredible’ 49-1 odds upset
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.
20th April 2023
NRL strikes back with big coup as Dally M winner’s return from rugby confirmed
The Warriors have lured dual international and former skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck back to the club on a three-year deal, beginning in 2024.
8th April 2023
‘Stupidest way you can tackle’: Reds star sent off, Brumby left dazed after ‘shocking late hit’
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.
28th March 2023
‘Don’t let the door hit you on the arse’: Gould’s stunning Suaalii rant amid rugby exodus
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.
4th March 2023
‘There’s no excuse’: All Blacks star says sorry for ‘very, very silly’ throat-slitting gesture to rival
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”.
24th February 2023
‘Greatest move that isn’t a move we’ve ever seen’: Tricky try stuns everyone — even the scorer
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.
19th December 2022
‘It was expected’: Tahs, Dragons settle age-old debate in ‘feisty’ League v Union hit-out
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.
3rd November 2022
An ANZAC XV is set to take on the Lions. Here is what it could look like — with one huge switch
Rugby Australia have approached New Zealand Rugby about fielding an Anzac XV against the British and Irish Lions in 2025.
23rd October 2022
Exclusive: RA and NZR edge towards Super resolution after key meeting as new frontier appears
The standoff between Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby is edging towards a resolution.
21st October 2022
‘May as well not go to the World Cup’: The brutal truth bomb and veteran coach Wallabies need
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.
20th October 2022
‘If he was a stock, you’d be getting on him’: World Cup bolter’s crazy journey to Wallabies
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.
15th October 2022
‘You’ve got to be brave’: Knuckles calls Wallabies to follow 2006 lead and leave Beale behind
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.
6th October 2022
Hooper one step closer to Wallabies return as Rennie’s Spring Tour squad starts to take shape
Michael Hooper is another step closer to making his international return, with the inspirational Wallabies leader training alongside his national teammates this week.
1st October 2022
The generational change Wallabies can make by luring Kerevi home and appointing him captain
Column: Samu Kerevi arrived on Australian shores on a bridging visa for refugees and was given clothes from the Salvation Army.
27th September 2022
Wallabies gun Tupou set to re-sign with RA — but may leave QLD depending on who’s coaching
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.
21st September 2022
Banks’ RWC dream alive, Wallaby’s sneaky inclusion as schoolboy sensation called up: Aus A Squad
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.
NRL loses battle for schoolboy sensation as Super League ‘superstar’ makes contract call
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.
17th August 2021
The Giteau Law change that could turn Wallabies into world beaters - but comes with one giant risk
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.
3rd July 2021
Wallabies legend’s warning to Blake Ferguson over code-switch
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.
2nd July 2021
‘I swallowed a whole watermelon’: Wallabies hooker set to start against French after losing kilos
Brandon Paenga-Amosa was given one message at the conclusion of last year’s Rugby Championship: maintain your weight.