Tom Decent is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
The Australian Rugby Union's crackdown on concussions has taken another productive step with a blue card trialled for the first time in Sydney at the Australian Schools Championship.
Daryl Gibson concedes the Waratahs will lose a member of their coaching staff next year because they simply do not have the cash to afford everyone they want.
The third and final British and Irish Lions Test will be broadcast on big screens at Allianz Stadium before the Waratahs play on Saturday in a bid to avoid a potentially dismal Super Rugby crowd.
Australian rugby has been kicked and punched more than anyone could have imagined this year, so why are things going so well in club land?
Waratahs hooker Tolu Latu has been sent back to club rugby after being told by Michael Cheika he arrived into Wallabies camp unfit.
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has backed Australian rugby to recover from a tumultuous year and thrown his support behind the idea of a Pacific Island Super Rugby team.
Nathan Grey will join the Wallabies on a full-time basis following Australia's worst defensive year on record, while Simon Cron says it will be a pleasure to work at the Waratahs after being confirmed as assistant coach next season.
Wallaroos captain Ash Hewson believes Australia can top their pool at the upcoming Rugby World Cup in what she says will be her last major tournament.
Australian sevens Olympic gold medallists Sharni Williams and Shannon Parry have been named in the Wallaroos' 28-woman squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in Ireland
Michael Cheika is adamant the Wallabies can beat the All Blacks and break a 15-year Bledisloe Cup drought. But if you happen to find yourself laughing at the Australian coach, he doesn't blame you.
Search pagination