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Slip or hit: how did Eddie really get black eye?
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones has led the media a merry dance as he gave two alternative explanations for sporting a cut and badly bruised eye.
Samoan bulldozer to set Tens alight
TWO former Wallabies will spearhead French giants Toulon at the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens but their 124kg teammate will be an even bigger handful.
Australia welcome back big guns for Sydney Sevens
AUSTRALIA will welcome back Olympic gold medallists Ellia Green and Evania Pelite for next week’s Sydney Rugby Sevens.
London Welsh kicked out of pro rugby
CASH-STRAPPED London Welsh were kicked out of professional rugby union on Tuesday and removed immediately from England’s second-tier Championship.
Green return gives Aussies huge Sydney boost
OLYMPIC star Ellia Green has made remarkable progress from post-Rio Olympics surgery and will play in the Sydney Sevens next week.
Tens has stars to cope with All Blacks exit
A RAFT of frontline All Blacks will be blocked from playing the Brisbane Global Tens but negotiations will guarantee the presence of legitimate Kiwi Test stars.
‘He looked 25 ... He’s a fantastic player’
INTERNATIONAL Reds recruit Scott Higginbotham has arrived this week from Japan with a massive reference for a second big-name signing set to make a Super Rugby impact.
Sevens out to conquer sporting landscape
NOT cricket. Not swimming. Not even netball. Australia’s women’s sevens team want to be the most recognisable female sport in Australia.
Jones: ‘Young people’ lack leadership
EDDIE Jones insists the shortage of contenders for the England captaincy is a symptom of the leadership deficit that exists in ‘young people’.
Aussie sevens to star on home soil
THE gold-medal winning women’s Aussie Sevens team start their campaign at lunchtime the Friday of the Sydney Sevens at the start of next month.
‘He looked 25 ... He’s a fantastic player’
INTERNATIONAL Reds recruit Scott Higginbotham has arrived this week from Japan with a massive reference for a second big-name signing set to make a Super Rugby impact.
How Broncos and Giants led Folau to wisdom
AHEAD of the inaugural Brisbane Global Tens, Israel Folau talks getting engaged, the Olympics and why he wasn’t happy at the Broncos.
Selfless Moore setting high standards
RETURNING hooker Stephen Moore intends to set the standard on and off the field at the Queensland Reds.
Huge boost for Brumbies, Wallabies
IN a huge boost for Australian rugby, Brumbies and Wallabies lock Rory Arnold has spurned overseas offers to ink a new three-year deal with club and country.
‘Worst signing ever’ responds to critics
QUEENSLAND Reds recruit Lachlan Maranta has brushed off criticism from former Wallaby Greg Martin over his move from the NRL.
Wallaby prop continues scrum education
TORRID encounters with two French packs has taught developing Wallabies prop Tom Robertson that scrummaging is the biggest part of his rugby education.
Sydney Sevens Rugby 2017 Guide
IT’S party time, well in February anyway, when the Sydney Sevens come to town. And this time our women are getting a piece of the action.
Huge boost for Brumbies, Wallabies
IN a huge boost for Australian rugby, Brumbies and Wallabies lock Rory Arnold has spurned overseas offers to ink a new three-year deal with club and country.
Wallabies turn Japanese in historic Test
THE Wallabies will play a historic Test against the Brave Blossoms in Japan next year — giving Australia a taste of what to expect at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Are the All Blacks the greatest team ever?
THE All Blacks seems light-years ahead of the rest of the rugby world. But where do they rate among the greatest national sides of all time?
Legend rips ‘rotten’ Springboks
WORLD Cup hero Joel Stransky says South African rugby is rotten from the bottom up and top down and needs radical reform if the current slump is to be reversed.
‘It’s just important to think about the footy’
PACK force Michael Hooper has warned the rookies at the Wallabies not to overdramatise the Eden Park hoodoo or be consumed by it.