Exclusive: Herbert claims ‘steady progress’ in rebuilding trust as RA seeks to avert more board bloodshed at AGM

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Rugby Australia Chairman Dan Herbert claims the code’s governing body is making “steady progress” in rebuilding the trust of the Australian rugby community and to “maximise the wonderful opportunities we have in front of us” as the state unions and Super Rugby franchises consider whether to seek more boardroom scalps at the 29 April RA […]

Beale’s back! Wallabies star joins Western Force after injury opens the door for veteran’s return

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Fresh from making his return to club footy, veteran Wallabies star Kurtley Beale will join the Western Force. An injury to versatile back Harry Potter opened the door for Beale to return to Super Rugby after his comeback last year was cut short before it even began. Indeed, the 95-Test Wallaby missed the entire 2023 […]

‘I was bloody nervous’: Hooper stars on Aussie sevens debut, women on track in HK despite red card

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Michael Hooper has produced a trademark play as Australia beat Fiji in the former Wallabies captain’s rugby sevens debut. But the 125-Test flanker also learned the pitfalls of the seven-a-side game at the marquee World Series event in Hong Kong on Friday as he later came off the bench again only to taste his first defeat against […]

NRL Round 5 judiciary: Roosters duo facing bans for high shot and hip-drop after controversial send-offs

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Trent Robinson has accused the NRL’s bunker of grossly over-reacting by sending off Dom Young and sin-binning Victor Radley in the Sydney Roosters’ dramatic loss to Canterbury. The Roosters went within a whisker of pulling off the equal-biggest comeback in NRL history on Friday night, despite finishing the 30-26 loss with just 11 men on […]

Not the retiring type: Bennett still defying the odds but unsigned or 2025 – his eight most likely and unlikely options

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The Dolphins are off to a surprisingly good start for the second year in a row in what will possibly be Wayne Bennett’s last season as an NRL coach.  They entered the big league last year with a succession plan in place for Kristian Woolf to take over the reins in 2025 after Bennett guides […]