Taniela Tupou barely had time to unpack after helping the Wallabies see off the Springboks in Perth, and less than a week later he was back in a Racing 92 jersey in France. Elsewhere it was a weekend of big…
From Spoon to Spotlight: Newcastle’s Fairytale Faces Sydney’s Steel Venue: Accor Stadium, Sydney | Date/Time: 4 October, 7:30pm AEST (Qld| Referee: Adam Gee The Lowdown Last season, Newcastle collected the wooden spoon. On Sunday night, they run out at Accor…
Force Face Waratahs’ Young Guns in the Perth Decider Venue: Scotch College Playing Fields, Perth | Date/Time: 3 October, 4:30 PM AEST | Referee: TBC The Lowdown Déjà vu, with the roles swapped. Last year the Waratahs rocked up to…
The Postcode Problem: How Do We Reduce the Cost of Chasing Opportunity? Rugby cannot change the geography of New South Wales. It can change how much development requires families to travel across it. By Pete Collins | Choice Driven Athletic…
Pro D2 was the Aussie playground this weekend, with Alex Newsome and Angus Staniforth running riot with ball in hand and Paulo Pelesasa crossing for a try. In the NPC, James Ramm scored in a narrow loss while Harvey Cordukes…
Kiss’s Core Crew: Bolters, Bans and Bledisloe Bother Les Kiss has named his 34-man Wallabies squad for the Bledisloe Cup series, and it looks like it was built with one eye on the selection table and the other on the…
Force Face Waratahs’ Young Guns in the Perth Decider Venue: Scotch College Playing Fields, Perth | Date/Time: 3 October, 4:30 PM AEST | Referee: TBC The Lowdown Déjà vu, with the roles swapped. Last year the Waratahs rocked up to…
Rennie’s Rebuilt Roster: Injuries, Inclusions and selection Intrigue Dave Rennie has named a 34-man All Blacks squad for the two-Test Bledisloe Cup series against the Wallabies, and it’s a squad shaped as much by the physio room as by the…
Fluorescent Cards, Frayed Nerves and a Frantic Finish Optus Stadium delivered a Test that went from procession to pandemonium. The Wallabies beat the Springboks 42-38 to claim the Mandela Challenge Plate and stretch Les Kiss’s unbeaten run to five Tests…
Howl of The Underdog: Rate Every Wallaby, Coach & Ref The Wallabies have just faced the world’s No. 1 side in their own backyard. Some will have earned their post-match tinnie. Some will have a lot to answer for. And…
