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Rebels coach ‘sick’ with worry for colleagues after job losses rock club

Coach Kevin Foote says the Rebels are focusing on the season ahead but the bleak long-term picture for the club is becoming clear.

by Iain Payten

Waratahs captain Jake Gordon, Brumbies captain Allan Alaalatoa, Rebels captain Rob Leota, Force captain Michael Wells and Reds captain Tate McDermott at the Super Rugby Pacific season launch.

Super Rugby

Seven hours of driving for a 30-minute meeting: Schmidt starts Wallabies healing process

by Tom Decent

Melbourne Rebels captain Rob Leota cools down.

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Super Rugby

Rebels’ survival hopes fading as CEO and staff lose jobs, coaches given four-month contracts

by Iain Payten and Carla Jaeger

Dylan Pietsch poses during a Wallabies photo session last year.

Rugby World Cup

Dylan got his dream World Cup call-up. Then Eddie Jones changed his mind

by Tom Decent

Scotland’s George Turner leaves the field for an HIA during the Six Nations match against France on Sunday (AEDT).

International rugby

‘Smart mouthguards’ in spotlight after Scottish player forced from Six Nations game

by Ben Coles

Insight & Analysis

Why Manu won’t be the last league player signed by French rugby

Told yers! The expected signing of Roosters star Joey Manu to a French rugby club will be the first of many.

Peter FitzSimons

Columnist and author

Project Hooper: Inside the plans (and problems) of turning a Wallaby into an Olympian

Careful planning to rebuild Michael Hooper as a sevens player in time for the Paris Games in July has already been re-drafted due to the competitive fire burning inside the former Wallabies skipper.

Iain Payten

Senior Sports Reporter

Feeding a coaching addiction: The game that reveals the secret of Joe Schmidt’s success

Joe Schmidt won’t save Australia, he will teach good running lines and discipline and the clarity of that mission is a blessing amid so much other uncertainty.

Paul Cully

Rugby columnist

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Jonah Lomu on the rampage in the last day-time Bledisloe Cup in Sydney in 1995.

Wallabies

Bledisloe in the sun: RA eyes afternoon slot for Wallabies-All Blacks in Sydney

The famous trans-Tasman Test hasn’t been played during the day in Sydney since 1995, but Phil Waugh wants to bring back the afternoon kick-off. This is why.

by Iain Payten

NSW coach Darren Coleman praised Jake Gordon’s tough love approach in Saturday’s clutch win over the Highlanders

Super Rugby

Why the Waratahs are happy to be written off after two heavy trial losses

NSW were thumped by the Reds in a trial at Roma on Saturday night, a week after being thumped by the Rebels. Nerves will be jangling in Tah-town with the season opener just a fortnight away.