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Why Super Rugby clubs are set to lose 60 Test stars in the middle of 2027 season

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 05:40:00 +0000

Next season’s Super Rugby Pacific draw has dropped, with extra Sunday games, a re-jigged finals system and an Origin-style... Read more...

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Tom Lynagh is Australian rugby’s biggest enigma. Can he be a saviour, too?

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:52:28 +0000

Brilliant but brittle, the young Queensland five-eighth started against the Lions last year but has barely played since.... Read more...

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

‘It’s not a rugby league tackle’: Judge casts doubt over ‘run-it’-style event

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000

The Run Nation Championship event scheduled for this weekend is under a cloud after a judge dismissed an attempt by its founder to liken it to rugby league.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Saint Mary’s College rugby star, 19, dies during training with teammates

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:02:22 +0000

Saint Mary’s College sophomore Dominic “Dom” Peterson died after becoming ill during a team training session in Moraga, prompting... Read more...

Source: New York Post

Why this Warringah Rat’s rise to the Shute Shield final is the rugby story of the year

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

A few weeks ago, Tom Gee was a humble fourth-grader minding his own business on the Northern Beaches. Today, he’s starting in club rugby’s biggest match.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Rugby pundits stunned by 'wild' flyover

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:29:25 +0000

Stan Sport's rugby pundits are stunned by the 'wild' flyover before the Springoks vs All Blacks Test.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Tahs send SOS to club rugby playmaker amid ugly contract stoush

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:50:39 +0000

One of the Waratahs’ five-eighth recruits will be sitting on his hands during the third-tier Super Rugby AUS competition this month.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Meet the Kiwi coach tasked with ending Australian rugby’s premiership hoodoo

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:49:28 +0000

What can rugby fans expect from a team coached by this New Zealand honcho? The man himself reveals as he arrives at his new club.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Planes fly less than 50ft above South Africa rugby stadium in dramatic stunt

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:24:12 +0000

Two Airlink planes performed a dramatic low flyover above Cape Town's DHL Stadium ahead of South Africa vs New Zealand... Read more...

Source: The Independent

Footage of two planes stunning a rugby stadium with one of the wildest flyovers ever goes viral

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:50:42 +0000

A pair of Embraer E-Jets from Airlink buzzed a Cape Town rugby stadium at jaw-dropping altitude before the All Blacks vs. Read more...

Source: FOXNews.com

Low-flying aircraft shock rugby fans

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:28:47 +0000

A flyover before the All Blacks’ Test against the Springboks has left fans shocked at how close the planes came to the stadium.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

NRL recruits face narrowing path to Rugby World Cup

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:22:00 +0000

Of the big NRL recruits, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has the best chance of doing something special at a home World Cup, but Zac... Read more...

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Teen girl has dissolvable heart implant fitted in UK first to chase rugby dream

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:01:00 +0000

Lillie Yale faced having a metal implant to fix the hole in her heart, which would have meant giving up her favourite sport.

Source: Evening Standard

Sir Billy Boston: The working-class rugby league hero who broke through racism, barriers and generations of defenders to become a British sporting legend

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:10:28 +0000

Sir Billy Boston was a rugby league giant who overcame racism to become one of Britain’s greatest sporting heroes, breaking records... Read more...

Source: «Mirror» (mirror.co.uk)

Billy Boston, rugby league superstar and trailblazer from the 1950s and '60s, dies at age 92

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:45:29 +0000

Billy Boston, the Welsh rugby league great who blazed a trail for Black sportspeople in Britain during the 1950s and ’60s... Read more...

Source: The Independent