The Wallabies have departed Australia for a tough assignment in South Africa and London and believe time away on the road will galvanise the squad and help them continue their winning momentum.
Former Canberra Raiders star John Lomax's son Tyrel Lomax will make his NRC debut against Canberra on Sunday.
Our second-tier competition, the National Rugby Championship, needs some serious tweaking. Why? Because we are playing a game that has no relevance to what we want to achieve on the international stage.
The Australian Rugby Union will shun a lucrative Twickenham Bledisloe Cup clash in favour of taking Wallabies Tests to Adelaide, Perth and potentially Melbourne during the redevelopment of ANZ Stadium.
What are we to make of Graham Henry's suggestion last weekend before The Rugby Championship Tests that Michael Cheika's Wallabies are the "worst ever" side to represent Australia?
Coaching in Super Rugby is a tough enough gig - but try doing it when everyone is telling you your team might not exist in two years.
The Wallabies will travel to the hostile South African high veld missing a host of big names, after Tatafu Polota-Nau and Will Skelton joined David Pocock and Matt Toomua on Australia's Rugby Championship casualty list.
Former Waratahs assistant coach Joe Barakat will return home from Europe to join the Western Force next season.
Having stuffed up expansion once, to such a horrible extent that both South Africa and Australia are currently actively considering cutting one of their sides from the 2018 season, you'd think that SANZAAR would have learnt its lesson. But no.
The ACT Brumbies are seeking an exemption from the SANZAAR travel protocols to pave the way for them to take advantage of flying directly from Canberra to New Zealand.
"We will win the grand final". That was Ricky Stuart's declaration at the Canberra Raiders' Mal Meninga Medal night on Monday and it's the feeling around Canberra.
Winger Chris Ashton's England career was hanging by a thread after he was handed a 13-week ban on Wednesday for biting an opponent.
NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson says there are some "real positives" in his side's Super Rugby draw next year.
The Brumbies will play against Sonny Bill Williams and George Smith in Canberra next year, but not the Waratahs.
SANZAAR says it will do everything to protect the integrity of the game but does not want to jump to conclusions until it receives a report from NSW Police in relation to the listening device found at an All Blacks team hotel in Sydney last month.
Wallabies halfback Will Genia has proved a number of critics wrong in recent weeks with his sparkling form and a man-of-the-match performance against Argentina but has revealed he took more delight impressing another vocal critic; his wife Vanessa.
Wallabies game breaker Israel Folau is in a genuine rut.
The Wallabies have been dealt a major blow ahead of their tour to South Africa and London with star back-rower David Pocock ruled out for the rest of the Rugby Championship with a broken hand.
Australia look to make it two in a row as they take on Argentina.
At times it is hard not to liken the All Blacks to a cruel cat that likes to toy with a bird with a busted wing.
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