Close Menu
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Shop
    • Jerseys
    • Training
    • Men
    • Women
    • Kids
    • Headwear
    • Gifts & Accessories
      • Babywear
      • Balls
      • Collectibles & Memorabilia
      • Home & Office
      • Keyrings
      • Pet Accessories
      • Scarves
      • Souvenirs
      • Toys & Games
    • Super Rugby
    • Clearance
  • Wallabies
  • Super Rugby
    • ACT Brumbies
    • Blues
    • Chiefs
    • Crusaders
    • Fijian Drua
    • Highlanders
    • Hurricanes
    • Moana Pasifika
    • NSW Waratahs
    • Queensland Reds
    • Western Force
  • Six Nations
  • Women’s
  • Sevens
  • Podcast

Subscribe to Updates

Get the latest creative news from FooBar about art, design and business.

What's Hot

Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season

June 5, 2025

Talking Teams Podcast Qualifying Finals

June 4, 2025

Yowie on the Loose: Super Finals and other news oddities

June 4, 2025
Facebook Instagram YouTube X (Twitter)
Latest News
  • Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season
  • Talking Teams Podcast Qualifying Finals
  • Yowie on the Loose: Super Finals and other news oddities
  • The North Remembers.
  • The Knocked Back Knock-On 155 – Not a Rant but a Whimper
  • Tuesday’s Rugby News – 3 June 2025
  • Mad Monday with Brisneyland Local #72: the final round of Super Rugby Pacific – blowouts, and the Tahs blowing chunks!
  • Friday’s Rugby News.
  • Thursday’s Rugby News – the last round
  • Talking Teams Pod Week 16
  • Yowie on the Loose: Rugby News wrapped-up like a beef wellington
  • Tuesday’s Rugby News
  • Mad Monday with Brisneyland Local #71: who saw that coming?
  • The Dropped Kick-Off 154 – Finals Perms
  • Friday’s Rugby News.
  • Thursday’s Rugby News – the pointy end
  • Hump Day News – in from the side
  • Tuesday’s Rugby News
  • Mad Monday with Brisneyland Local #70: Can Super Rugby get any better?
  • Friday’s Rugby News.
Green & Gold Rugby
0 Shopping Cart
Facebook Instagram YouTube X (Twitter)
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Shop
    • Jerseys
    • Training
    • Men
    • Women
    • Kids
    • Headwear
    • Gifts & Accessories
      • Babywear
      • Balls
      • Collectibles & Memorabilia
      • Home & Office
      • Keyrings
      • Pet Accessories
      • Scarves
      • Souvenirs
      • Toys & Games
    • Super Rugby
    • Clearance
  • Wallabies

    Tuesday’s Rugby News

    February 25, 2025

    G&GR readers hate Australians?

    February 23, 2025

    Schmidt extends Wallabies tenure through TRC as search for head coach successor begins

    February 6, 2025

    Tickets on sale for blockbuster Wallaroos and Wallabies home Tests

    February 5, 2025

    Tuesday’s Rugby News, 4 February 2025

    February 4, 2025
  • Super Rugby
    1. ACT Brumbies
    2. Blues
    3. Chiefs
    4. Crusaders
    5. Fijian Drua
    6. Highlanders
    7. Hurricanes
    8. Moana Pasifika
    9. NSW Waratahs
    10. Queensland Reds
    11. Western Force
    12. View All

    Brumbies lob first grenade.

    March 19, 2025

    Hoodoo Gurus: Brumbies beat Blues.

    March 8, 2025

    Super Rugby Women’s Team List: Trial Match v Queensland Reds

    February 5, 2025

    Brumbies and Raiders combine for ANZAC weekend fixtures

    February 4, 2025

    Sotutu Returns to Boost Blues for Highlanders Clash

    February 19, 2025

    MG Motor Joins Blues as Official Vehicle Partner

    February 13, 2025

    Tu’ungafasi Celebrates 150th Cap as Blues Unleash Star-Studded Line-Up at Eden Park Opener

    February 12, 2025

    Blues Team Up with Gerard Roofs for a Strong 2025 Season Partnership

    February 11, 2025

    Chiefs Prepare for Crusaders Clash: Brown’s Debut and Tupaea’s Milestone

    February 19, 2025

    Chiefs’ All Blacks Set for Pre-Season Action Against Moana Pasifika

    February 6, 2025

    Chiefs Unveil New Talent Ahead of Taranaki Pre-Season Clash

    January 30, 2025

    Chiefs’ Rising Star Wallace Sititi Sidelined After Knee Surgery

    January 25, 2025

    Crusaders Ready to Kick Off Pre-Season with Blues Battle in Kirwee

    January 30, 2025

    Crusaders Partner with Moa Brewing Company to Elevate Fan Experience

    January 23, 2025

    Jamie Hannah Commits to Crusaders Until 2028

    January 23, 2025

    Crusaders 2025 Tickets Now Available!

    January 23, 2025

    Fijian Drua to Host Rugby FCLA in Historic Fiji Showdown

    January 20, 2025

    Highlanders Set for Home Opener Against Blues

    February 19, 2025

    Waratahs edge Highlanders in thrilling season opener

    February 16, 2025

    Highlanders Announce Squad for Season Opener Against Waratahs

    February 12, 2025

    Highlanders Gear Up for Waitangi Day Showdown Against Crusaders

    February 4, 2025

    Xavier Numia Commits to Hurricanes Through 2027

    January 29, 2025

    Hurricanes Brew Up Partnership with Flight Coffee for 2025 Season

    January 28, 2025

    Hurricanes Poua Swap Rugby Boots for Riding Boots at Hutt Valley RDA

    January 16, 2025

    Match Review: Qld Reds v Moana Pacifika — Rd2 2025

    February 21, 2025

    Ardie Savea Named Moana Pasifika Captain for 2025 Super Rugby Season

    February 3, 2025

    Ardie Savea Named Moana Pasifika Captain for 2025 Super Rugby Season

    February 2, 2025

    Moana Pasifika Set to Face Highlanders in Pre-Season Opener

    January 29, 2025

    More Tahs misery.

    March 29, 2025

    Tahs best Brumbies.

    March 22, 2025

    Isaac Kailea re-signs with RA.

    March 21, 2025

    U18s & U20s Tahs sides named.

    March 14, 2025

    Reds top of the pops.

    March 29, 2025

    Reds break drought.

    March 22, 2025

    Tom ‘The Laser’ Lynagh: Its the vibe.

    March 22, 2025

    Caslick to start in Reds #100th.

    March 19, 2025

    Force out-Brumby the Brumbies 45-42.

    February 22, 2025

    Jeremy Williams Re-Signs with Western Force for Two More Years

    February 6, 2025

    Club captain Jeremy Williams re-commits to Western Force with new deal

    February 6, 2025

    Western Force Unveils Star-Studded Squad for Brumbies Pre-Season Clash

    February 5, 2025

    Reds top of the pops.

    March 29, 2025

    More Tahs misery.

    March 29, 2025

    Super Rugby Round #7: Bye-bye-bye

    March 24, 2025

    Live: SRP ladder

    March 22, 2025
  • Six Nations

    Six Nations round 4

    March 8, 2025

    Tree Irish legends call time

    February 28, 2025

    Frogs flog Italy.

    February 24, 2025

    Welsh rugby: heartbeat found!

    February 23, 2025

    Poms pinch it.

    February 23, 2025
  • Women’s

    More in store for Qld women’s comp.

    March 21, 2025

    Happy’s Thursday’s Rugby News

    November 28, 2024

    Happy’s Thursday’s Rugby News – progress mixed in with some injustice

    November 21, 2024

    Yowie on the Loose: How long until test rugby restarts?

    October 15, 2024

    Mad Monday with Brisneyland Local #50: limited rugby, but plenty of news

    October 14, 2024
  • Sevens

    G&GR team’s podcast, Ireland and done

    December 2, 2024

    Happy’s Thursday’s Rugby News

    November 28, 2024

    Happy’s Thursday’s Rugby News – US edition marketing the game, Perry Baker, Super Rugby my new dawn.

    October 17, 2024

    Sevens Olympic Heaven!

    July 18, 2024

    Thursday’s Rugby News

    July 4, 2024
  • Podcast

    Talking Teams Podcast Qualifying Finals

    June 4, 2025

    The Knocked Back Knock-On 155 – Not a Rant but a Whimper

    June 3, 2025

    Talking Teams Pod Week 16

    May 28, 2025

    The Dropped Kick-Off 154 – Finals Perms

    May 23, 2025

    Collab Special – Talking Teams x The Dropped Kick-Off – discussing the Lions with The Eggchasers Rugby Podcast

    May 14, 2025
Green & Gold Rugby
Home»Rugby»Monday’s Rugby News
Rugby

Monday’s Rugby News

Andrew HandysideBy Andrew HandysideFebruary 4, 2019146 Comments
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr WhatsApp VKontakte Email
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

Monday’s rugby news sinks its teeth into Seven’s results, trial results, 6 Nations results and a bit of promotion-relegation action in the capital.


[one_half last=”no”]

SYDNEY SEVENS

Really, the consistent performers have been the USA
Really, the consistent performers have been the USA

For the fourth time in as many rounds, the USA have secured second spot in the HSBC 7’s.

The perennial Garfunkel/Oates/Messina/Lisa of the Olympic version of our sport have done it again, this time coming up against a red-hot Kiwi outfit in the final, going down 21-5 at Spotless Stadium.

The win for our neighbours and the silver for our, err, allies? Leaves them tied on 76 points with Fiji slipping to third on 72 points.  Australia slipped farther adrift from the coveted top 4.

Across the other matches, England took bronze ahead of Fiji, Zoot Africa blitzed Australia for 5th, while Argentina “won” 9th place in the challenge final.

While not quite as impressive as four out of four, the Black Ferns are approaching the standard set by the USA by replicating their result in all three rounds of the women’s sevens so far.

(Mind, you could argue that by virtue of last week’s Fast Four result is sort of is four out of four)

(Mind again, you could argue that by virtue of WINNING all these tournaments that the Black Ferns are absolutely on fire at the moment)

With a 34-10 victory at the expense of the hosts, the Ferns’ unbeaten run now stretches to 48 matches.

USA held out Ireland for 3rd place, Canada just edged France for 5th and Russia got the nod over Spain for 7th.

The Aussies remain in the hunt for direct Olympic qualification, they sit inside the top 4 at the half-way point of the season.

Speaking of Sevens, this instalment marked the last round in Sydney under the current agreement.

While an official announcement is still some time away, (read: months) the good word is that Sydney will continue to welcome the show to town for the next four years.

Raelene Castle is quoted as saying, “World Rugby will make that announcement over the next couple of weeks. I can’t give away too much but we are having good discussions.”

To go with not giving away too much on the future of the fixture, the location was similarly hinted at without being outright confirmed, the keen mind may just figure out that the sevens are heading west while Allianz is a construction site.

Castle again-

“But obviously the new western Sydney stadium is exciting because it will be bright and shiny and new and it’s a rectangle and all those things.”

I’m not sure what the criteria is but it sounds promising.

[/one_half]

[one_half last=”yes”]

SUPER TRIALS

the Reds vs Rebs in the 'Rat
The Reds vs Rebs in the ‘Rat

Brad Thorn has left an indelible mark on things at Ballymore already.

Unless the team starts to turn heads this year with their tough, no-nonsense approach and some long-awaited WINS, the thing he’ll be remembered most for will probably be his recruitment/retention policies.

Former Wallabies James Slipper, Karmichael Hunt and Quade Cooper are some of the biggest names to have been shown the door and none of them played any Super Rugby last year.  Over the summer break, all three penned deals with new clubs and with the second “round” of trials done and dusted they’ve each had game time with their 2019 family.

Hunt, already on the outer with Queensland for his defection from league (and subsequently, the Maroons) to AFL, added further to the misery by not only being booted from the Reds’ but then signing with much-maligned Waratahs.  The boys in blue travelled to Alexandra to take on Otago’s Highlanders and had a strong lead in the second chukka* before falling away 59-38.

While not the result he was after, Hunt’s new coach Daryl Gibson did praise his new recruit.

“Karmichael was excellent.  He carried the ball strongly, was very strong on defence.  It was his first game for a while so it was good for him to get those minutes and rugby into his legs.”

Where Hunt will slot into the Waratah’s Wallaby-rich backline wasn’t clear though, Gibson again- “We were looking for our combinations, particularly in the backline, to try to work those out.”

Meanwhile, in country Victoria, The Rebels, replete with former Red Quade Cooper, welcomed the men from XXXXLand for a friendly hit-out.

After a season of premier rugby and NRC, Cooper looks like he’ll finally get back to top-flight games this year with the southerners.

He spoke to rugby.com.au after the match,

“It felt great, it was a great opportunity to put the jumper on and play some football,

“For me it was just about getting out there and getting to know my teammates and trying to put some of the things we’ve been working on in training into practice.”

The fine print: The Rebels won the match 29-26, sorry Reds fans.

 [/one_half]

[one_half last=”no”]

SIX NATIONS

England flexed their muscle against the Irish.
England flexed their muscle against the Irish.

Coming into the most important year of international rugby since ’15 and off the back of Ireland’s recent run of form the Six Nations is drawing even closer attention.

It kicked off intelligently with round 1 this weekend and the results didn’t quite go to plan.

Friday night saw France lay out the welcome mat for the Welsh and things were looking peachy for the home side as they got away to a 16-point lead when the teams headed for oranges.

Up 16-0, but having sprayed their kicks at goal almost everywhere but through the posts, Les Bleus would live to rue their missed chances as Wales, led by 2 tries to George North, came storming home to win 24-19.

The first of Saturday’s matches had Italy travelling to Murrayfield.  The locals lived up to the pre-match odds, dispatching the visitors 33-20, snagging a bonus point in the process.

Our resident Italian sprinkled some parmesan on the match and cooked up this report for you.

Over to Aviva stadium, the All Black-conquering Irish met the “almost-All Black-conquering” English.  Taking less than 90 seconds to score, the Poms took the early advantage into the half, with a 17 point to 10 advantage.

Things got even better for the all whites in the second half.  They piled both on the points leading 32-13 with minutes to go before a late try to the Irish closed the gap to 32-20 but it was too little, too late.

Round 2 sees Scotland host Ireland, Italy welcome Wales, and England are at home to France.

[/one_half]

[one_half last=”yes”]

Brumbies Captain Announced

 

Christian Lealiifano will captain the Brumbies this year.
Christian Lealiifano will captain the Brumbies this year.

The Brumbies have announced Christian Lealiifano (or Leali’ifano, if you will) as their sole captain for the 2019 season.

After a tumultuous few years for Lealiifano his presence around the club didn’t go unnoticed by coach Dan McKeller,

“Christian is our natural leader and has been for a number of years now,” he said.

“He has been a part of this club for a long time and leads through his actions … it was an easy choice for me for 2019”.

The newly-appointed skipper shared his thoughts on the year ahead saying, “This season promises to be an entertaining one with the side committed to playing a fast, attacking brand of rugby.

“We have an excellent squad with some exciting youngsters ready to shine alongside the more experienced players.”

The announcement is tempered somewhat by the news former international Sam Carter is leaving the ACT to join Ulster come the end of the year.

Carter joins an ever-growing list of fringe international players who are packing up and shipping out with Nick Phipps and Curtis Rona the latest to confirm their departures.

[/one_half]

 

We are a fan run website, we appreciate your support.

💬 Have you got a news article suggestion? Submit a story and have your say
👀 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X.com
🎵 Listen to our Podcasts on Spotify and iTunes
🎥 Watch our Podcasts on YouTube


News Rugby
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr WhatsApp Email
Previous ArticleScotland beats Italy in 6 Nation’s opener
Next Article Tuesday’s Rugby News
Andrew Handyside

Turned to writing for GAGR before my over the top rants about rugby landed me in hot water. Hoping this will keep me a little more measured.

Related Posts

Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season

June 5, 2025

Talking Teams Podcast Qualifying Finals

June 4, 2025

Yowie on the Loose: Super Finals and other news oddities

June 4, 2025

The Knocked Back Knock-On 155 – Not a Rant but a Whimper

June 3, 2025

We are a fan run website, we appreciate your support.

We are determined to keep G&GR a free site for all rugby fans. A place for all to engage with rugby stories, opinions, articles, podcasts, discussions and more.

Show your support to G&GR


Latest

Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season

June 5, 2025

Talking Teams Podcast Qualifying Finals

June 4, 2025

Yowie on the Loose: Super Finals and other news oddities

June 4, 2025

The North Remembers.

June 3, 2025
1 2 3 … 2,601 Next
Latest Super Rugby

Reds top of the pops.

March 29, 2025

More Tahs misery.

March 29, 2025

Super Rugby Round #7: Bye-bye-bye

March 24, 2025

Live: SRP ladder

March 22, 2025
1 2 3 … 790 Next
Latest Six Nations

Six Nations round 4

March 8, 2025

Tree Irish legends call time

February 28, 2025

Frogs flog Italy.

February 24, 2025

Welsh rugby: heartbeat found!

February 23, 2025
1 2 3 … 25 Next
GAGR Podcast
Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
About Us
About Us

greenandgoldrugby.com is your one stop shop for all things Rugby Union - news, podcasts, opinions, fixtures, events & everything in between.

greenandgoldrugby.com - created by fans of rugby, for fans of rugby.

About
Submit a Story
Authors
Contact
Privacy

Our Picks

Rising rally to overrun Queensland Country

September 4, 2016

Waratahs young leaders to shine

January 18, 2017

Eight ANGRY Observations from tonight’s game

June 18, 2016
New Comments
  • Eloise Pasteur on Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season
  • KwAussie Rugby Lover on Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season
  • KwAussie Rugby Lover on Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season
  • KwAussie Rugby Lover on Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season
  • KwAussie Rugby Lover on Thursday’s Rugby News – finals, the new season
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Super Rugby
  • Wallabies
  • Podcast
  • Privacy Policy (2023)
© 2025 Ponderosa Publishing Pty Ltd | ABN 76 668 430 386.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.