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Wallabies

Pay talks delayed as stars eye sabbatical deals overseas

A request that a handful of the game's top players be allowed to take up six-month contracts overseas was holding up rugby's emergency pay deal on Friday.

by Georgina Robinson

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Sevens

Fijian's murky past masks World Rugby's balance of power rumblings

by Georgina Robinson

Michael Hooper (centre) and Kurtley Beale in the Indigenous jerseys the Wallabies will wear against Uruguay.

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Australian rugby

Player pay deal could hold up Australia's $16m World Rugby loan

by Georgina Robinson

Sleight of hand: Sevu Reece throws a reverse pass against South Africa.

New Zealand rugby

New Zealand rugby stars' incomes slashed

by Daniel Gilhooly

Kurtley Beale and Michael Hooper will cop a huge pay cut as part of the players' deal with Rugby Australia.

Wallabies

Top Wallabies to take greatest pay cuts as World Rugby loan deal looms

by Georgina Robinson

Insight & Analysis

Rugby Australia, RUPA set to agree to pay deal

Sam Phillips

The game's national governing body and the players union have reached common ground after weeks of negotiations.

Never break the chain: How Fleetwood Mac can help rugby rebuild link to fans

Peter FitzSimons

Players they will come and they will go, but the connection with supporters is what rugby misses most - and one of the world's biggest bands has shown how to get it back.

'This is not about paying players more': Sports step up bid for survival package

Chris Barrett

Australia's seven major sports are combining to lobby for government help - and say it is about far more than propping up ailing professional leagues.