7:35pm AEDT, HIF Health Insurance Oval, Joondalup The Force host their first Super Rugby match in Joondalup, with Darcy Swain returning to the starting side. His inclusion shifts captain Jeremy Williams to blindside flanker, while Nick Champion de Crespigny misses…
7:35pm AEDT, Allianz Stadium, Sydney The Waratahs have named an unchanged starting XV after last week’s win, with Matt Philip again captaining from lock. The only change to the 23 sees Ioane Moananu named as replacement hooker and in line…
5:05pm AEDT, Sky Stadium, Wellington The Hurricanes begin their season with Jordie Barrett captaining from inside centre, while Japan skipper Warner Dearns makes his starting Hurricanes debut in the second row. Loose forward Arese Poliko and utility forward Matolu Petaia…
Three rounds. That’s all you get. It’s left us wanting more. Queensland are one win from closing it out. The Waratahs need a bonus point and a favour. The Force get a home swing at the ladder-leaders. The Brumbies are…
Round 2 of Super Rugby Pacific brings milestone caps, major debuts and a historic first for the Western Force, who take Super Rugby to Joondalup for the first time. James Slipper reaches 200 Super Rugby appearances in Christchurch, the Hurricanes…
Australian influence was spread across France and Japan again this weekend even with less club games due to 6 Nations action. Heavy involvement from locks in the Top 14 and a high-scoring round in League One producing one of the…
Round 2 saw some closer battles. In Perth, the Western Force broke a tight game open in the final ten minutes to beat the ACT Brumbies 32–19. In Brisbane, the Queensland Reds held their nerve in wet conditions to edge…
Sent in by reader and contributor PeterK Alongside our performance-based Team of the Week, we’ll also publish a Fantasy XV. The fantasy model is objective and consistent. It rewards metres, tackles, involvements and positive outcomes, while docking points for errors…
Round one rarely delivers precision. What the opening weekend of Super Rugby Pacific offered was not polish or complete cohesion, but early evidence of which sides could close, which could control their discipline, and which are still assembling combinations under…
Week one wrapped up with winners and losers, but even in heavy defeat a player can stand out. Here’s our Super AU Barbarians Round 1 XV. Who cracks your Platypus side? 1. James Slipper (Brumbies) The Brumbies’ scrum set the…
