• Tom Decent

Kurtley Beale is hoping to put into practice some of things he learned abroad during an eye-opening stint in the northern hemisphere when he laces the boots for his first proper hit-out with the Waratahs since 2016.

• Georgina Robinson

Wallabies attack coach Stephen Larkham bobbed up at Waratahs training ahead of the opening round of Super Rugby.

• ANALYSIS
• Phil Lutton

The first time, he was given the benefit of the doubt. After another drugs-related court appearance, Karmichael Hunt looks to be fast losing patrons at both the Reds and Rugby Australia.

• Phil Lutton

Hunt will face court on drug possession charges on Monday in Brisbane as reports emerge that he may be headed back to France at the end of year to try and continue his rugby career.

• Tom Decent

Rugby reporter Tom Decent dissects the four Australian Super Rugby teams ahead of the 2018 season.

• Georgina Robinson

A two-year study of junior competitions in Canberra and Sydney found weight alone was not enough to determine what age grade a player should be playing in.

• Tom Decent

Newly appointed Wallaroos coach Dwayne Nestor says it would be a "fairytale" to see Australia awarded hosting rights for the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup.

• Georgina Robinson

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says he is close to replacing revered scrum guru Mario Ledesma.

• Chris Dutton

Brumbies coach Dan McKellar needed two words to sum up plans for the season: more tries.

• Georgina Robinson

Israel Folau seems happy playing rugby but with his Wallabies eligibility secured for the long term it is the threat of Europe, not rugby league, that Australian coach Michael Cheika must ward off.

• OPINION
• Mark Reason

There is a crack in the shiny black hull of the All Blacks.

• Georgina Robinson

As tensions surface in the usually trouble-free waters of New Zealand rugby, the Wallabies are driving hard for closer engagement with the Australian Super Rugby sides.

• Phil Lutton

Brad Thorn heard some disturbing things after Queensland's disappointing Super Rugby season. It won't be repeated on his watch as the towering All Black brings a new world order to Ballymore.

• Chris Dutton

Rugby Australia will be watching Canberra crowds this year to see if the capital is keen for more rugby.

• Tom Decent

Quade Cooper and Karmichael Hunt might be banned from Ballymore for the time being, but two of Australian rugby's highest earners have been secretly training together for weeks at a boxing gym four kilometres away in Brisbane's inner city.

• Georgina Robinson

The Wallabies coach and Rugby Australia's boss have conceded the Quade Cooper situation is a bad look for the game.

• Georgina Robinson

David Pocock's sabbatical year has been one of the talking points of the season since the flanker returned to Australia only to have surgery to repair an ongoing knee issue. But Wallabies coach Michael Cheika had a few things to say to the critics.

• EXCLUSIVE
• Georgina Robinson

A big name new sponsor for the Wallabies could mean the clouds are lifting over rugby after one of the worst year's in the game's Australian history.

• Georgina Robinson

Veteran Australian five-eighth Quade Cooper is on a long and lucrative period of gardening leave with the full backing of the Reds and Rugby Australia. Can the game really afford it?

• Tom Decent

Kurtley Beale has questioned Brad Thorn's "silly" decision to leave Quade Cooper out of Queensland's plans this season, saying his former Wallabies teammate is a match-winner who at least deserves to be picked up by another Super Rugby franchise.

• Eamonn Tiernan

ACT Brumbies guide: Five Western Force players have been born-again in the capital following the Super Rugby axing saga.

• Tom Decent

Kurtley Beale is finally back in a familiar Waratahs jersey, with as much exuberance as the day he first trained with NSW as a high school student, and gearing up to play a truncated format of rugby – something he hasn't done for 15 years.

• Roy Ward

Melbourne Rebels play their first trial game against the ACT Brumbies in Queanbeyan on Saturday and he has praised his Wallabies stars as being in top condition despite being on leave for six weeks of preseason.

• Adrian Proszenko

At about the same time the Warriors lawyered up in their fight with New Zealand Rugby over one of footy's hottest prospects, rumours began to circulate that Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had defected to rugby.

• Eamonn Tiernan

The only way is up for Australian Super Rugby fans with plenty to look forward to this season following a horror 2017.

• Tom Decent

Charlotte Caslick says she can sympathise that sevens might not be the most spectator-friendly sport during long days of competition but is leaving decisions about tournament formats up to the powers that be after her controversial comments last week.

• Tom Decent

Australian men's sevens captain Lewis Holland has expressed relief at avoiding the "Big Three" of South Africa, Fiji and New Zealand in his team's pool at the Commonwealth Games.

• Georgina Robinson

Japan could play host to a Bledisloe Cup decider after the NZ Rugby Union announced they would take the third Test there this year.

• Tom Decent

Two of Australia's last three Wallabies coaches, Robbie Deans and Michael Cheika, will host a summit for coaches in the lead-up to the Brisbane Global Tens event.