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Live Score and Match Thread: New Zealand vs Australia

  • Ben Casey
  • 10 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 235 Comments

Bruised Blacks, Bold Wallabies, Bledisloe Beckons Venue: Eden Park, Auckland | Date/Time: 10 October, 5:10pm AEDT (4:10pm AEST) | Referee: Andrew Brace The Lowdown The history says look away. The All Blacks have won 11 straight Tests against Australia and…

Australian Rugby Shield Day 2 graphic featuring the text "By Crow Flies Backwards" with a crow illustration on a red background alongside white title text on a blue background.

Australian Rugby Shield: Day 2 Results

  • TheCrowFliesBackwards
  • 9 October 2026
  • Rugby Union

Day 2 started with the NT Mozzies holding off the Junior Black Falcons 31-29. A late try to the Mozzies fullback saw the NT take the chocolates. Victoria Colts ran in 15 tries on their way to thump the Junior…

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Australian Rugby Shield

  • TheCrowFliesBackwards
  • 9 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 2 Comments

Day 1 Results The day started out strong for the Black Falcon Colts with the South Australian boys piling on 8 tries to shut out the Tassie boys 50-0. Hosts Victoria Colts held out a determined NT Mozzies to the…

Comic-style illustration of an All Blacks rugby player on the field under stadium lights, with bold text overlay reading "WHAT IN THE DAVE RENNIE IS GOING ON! BY AARON RUKA" alongside "The Underdog" logo. The player is depicted in a black New Zealand rugby jersey with sponsors, looking surprised, amidst sparks and dramatic lighting, used as a feature image for a Bledisloe Cup team selection critique.

What In The Dave Rennie Is Going On!

  • Ben Casey
  • 9 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 11 Comments

The All Blacks squad for the 1st Bledisloe Cup Test is in, and a lot of questions have been asked, especially on this side of the ditch. Is this the best available team the All Blacks can pick? The majority…

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All Blacks v Wallabies Preview: Can Australia End the Bledisloe Drought at Eden Park?

  • Ben Casey
  • 8 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 46 Comments

Bruised Blacks, Bold Wallabies, Bledisloe Beckons Venue: Eden Park, Auckland | Date/Time: 10 October, 5:10pm AEDT (4:10pm AEST) | Referee: Andrew Brace The Lowdown The history says look away. The All Blacks have won 11 straight Tests against Australia and…

Vector sports illustration thumbnail for The Underdog titled "Country Rugby: The Development Question (Part 5) - Where Have the Development Officers Gone? Redefining the Regional Role by Choice Driven." Features a NSW rugby development officer holding a clipboard and cone on a country field during evening training under floodlights.

Country Rugby: The Development Question (Part 5)

  • Choice Driven
  • 8 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 4 Comments

Part Five: Where Have the Development Officers Gone? Redefining the Regional Role Perhaps the answer is not asking development officers to do more. It is building a system around them that allows them to do their job. By Choice Driven…

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Aussies Afield: Tupou’s Perth-to-France Turnaround

  • Ben Casey
  • 7 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 1 Comment

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…

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NRL Grand Final Preview & Live Match Thread: Roosters vs Knights

  • Ben Casey
  • 4 October 2026
  • Rugby League
  • 16 Comments

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…

Live Match Thread: Super Rugby AUS Grand Final Western Force vs NSW Waratahs

  • Ben Casey
  • 3 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 61 Comments

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…

An editorial graphic for the website TheUnderdog.News featuring a young male rugby player holding a rugby ball on a rural Australian country road at golden hour. Text overlays include the article headline, "The Postcode Problem: How Do We Reduce the Cost of Chasing Opportunity?", which is Part Four of a series on country rugby player development.

Country Rugby: The Development Question (Part 4)

  • Ben Casey
  • 3 October 2026
  • Rugby Union
  • 1 Comment

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…

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  1. Antonio lover on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    How are you in this injury crisis not going to name the 6 million man? That's silly talk

  2. Wooliej on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    Great write up. Love your way with words. Our team seems very weak on test experience in key positions. LK…

  3. farcanal on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    I be driving from Geraldton to Ashburton Downs tomorrow a 13 odd hour drive back to remote camp so will…

  4. farcanal on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    In a fairytale dream world thats nice but at the tab it probly wont compute,, but on the day in…

  5. farcanal on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    Actually I've been banging on about it for years how can NSWRA be supporting only NSW so blatantly for donkeys…

  6. PeterK on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    sorry i forgot about his suspension

  7. jeznez on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    I want to know what’s going on at RANSW, they are meant to be working for the benefit of the…

  8. mirt on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    We’ll have it in the pools game next year, to ensure we get Safrica in the quarters and the blecks…

  9. Basos on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    The only chance we have is to play like Italy against England when the Azzurri did not contest the rucks.…

  10. no arms on Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Meredith Handed the Keys as Rennie Chases a Bledisloe Sweep in Sydney16 October 2026

    Correctly assessed- whereas All Blacks defensively gave less room as the game continued. Where is the Wallabies rush D? We…

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