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This was perhaps the most anticipated match of Buildcorp NRC rugby round 3 – Melbourne Rising top...

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They might have gone down in the hunt for a record-breaking seventh Shute Shield title, but Sydney...

The NSW Waratahs managed to make the finals of Super Rugby again, but with the form they showed in their first two and last two games of the regular season, 2011 will go down as another season of lost opportunity. Let’s not forget they gave the 2011 Super Rugby Champions an almighty...

All five Aussie franchises played in the Super Rugby tournament on the weekend and just one of...

Round 3 of the 2011 Super Rugby season was a tough one for Australian Rugby fans. OK, fine, the Reds won. But it was at the expense of the Brumbies and the game was hardly one to showcase all that is great about rugby. Meanwhile… the Tahs? Smashed. Rebels? Smashed. Force? Smashed....

Round Two of Super Rugby, 2011-style, saw two more local derbies for the Aussie teams. The first was an emotional last-minute win by the Rebels over the Brumbies, while the second was a clinical takedown of the Reds by the increasingly impressive Waratahs. So, on to the whos, whats and whys of...

The Melbourne Rabble, sorry Rebels, have started their season in the worst way possible – a 43-0...

As we say adieu to the Wallaby season following our massive win over France, we can start...

For the second year in a row the Wallabies have ended their season with an absolute ball-tearer....

I wish I was rating the Pommies. I’d find it a hell of a lot easier. A couple of 9s on the wing, another at scrumhalf and a few in the pack. Throw in some 8’s in the midfield and at the back, as well as on the side of the scrum...

Robbie Deans has steered clear of any dramatic changes to his Wallaby side to take on the All Blacks in yet another Bledisloe dead rubber this weekend. There are two solitary changes to the team that were run down by the All Blacks in their last encounter.  Drew Mitchell, who missed the Sydney test...

With the Tri-Nations over, and the domestic competitions finished, Australian Rugby is left with a notable gap...

Good defence relies on a number of aspects, not the least of which is maintaining a good...

What a game! Absolute dominance by the Wallabies in the majority of the first half and then...

Over the last month I have watched both the Wallabies and our politicians with dismay. It seems...

Whilst the Wallabies played by far their best game of 2010 against the Springboks on Saturday, there...

The big talking point in the Wallaby team named to play the All Blacks this weekend is the move by Matt Giteau back to five eighth. Robbie Deans decided to use him as the playmaker instead of leaving him at inside centre. Giteau replaces the suspended Quade Cooper – whose suspension is...

Over the last few weeks in the build up to the Wallabies first Tri Nations game we’ve looked at various aspects of the Wallabies performances so far in 2010.  Today it’s time to look at defence. Over the first four games of the season the Wallabies have attempted 534 tackles and missed...

Luke Burgess’s passing against Ireland left a lot to be desired. He threw an average pass 47%...