Rugby Union

Australia

Axed players won't be spurned: Cheika

In the clear: Dane Haylett-Petty skips clear to score a try.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says the ARU will make sure all but a handful of players from the yet-to-be-named axed team will be found a new home in Super Rugby.

Force and Rebels made to wait as ARU backs down

Making the hard decisions: Australian Rugby Union chairman Cameron Clyne and CEO Bill Pulver.

The continued uncertainty of Super Rugby looks set to drag on after Western Force chief executive Mark Sinderberry was told there was no exact time frame yet on when his franchise will be given a chance to present its case to the Australian Rugby Union as to why it should not be cut next year.