Reds firm for title
Playing against the defending champions, who had lost just once in their last 14 outings, the Reds executed an aggressive game plan in attack and showed tremendous heart to hold out a fast-finishing...
View ArticleFuture looking good for Reds
After finishing second last in 2009, the Reds were expected to limp through another lacklustre campaign this time around, but under the leadership of Ewen McKenzie the Reds flipped the script,...
View ArticlePalu and Barnes to return for Waratahs
After an impressive start to the year the Tahs lost their way two weeks ago in a disappointing loss to the Crusaders in Nelson. A bye has given them an extra week to lick their wounds, and while NSW...
View ArticleRebels let down by inconsistency: Cannon
On Saturday night the Rebels face the Western Force, where Brendan Cannon was a foundation player. Picking the Force to bounce back from their 51-16 loss to South African front-runners, the Stormers,...
View ArticleReds grab nail-biting win over Crusaders
BREAKING AWAY: Reds player Greg Holmes (left) wrestles with Crusaders player Ben Franks (right) during the Super 15 clash in Brisbane, Sunday. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) The attendance at a sold-out...
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Danny Cipriani free to play for Rebels
Melbourne Rebels vice-captain Gareth Delve says the availability of troubled star Danny Cipriani will lift the side as they battle to avoid the Super Rugby wooden spoon. Danny Cipriani’s return to...
View ArticleReds welcome back three for Super semi
TWO Test backs – blockbusting winger Digby Ioane and tough centre Anthony Faingaa – plus rugged flanker Beau Robinson are all on track to return for the Suncorp Stadium showdown. Ioane,...
View ArticlePerfect script for Super Rugby’s decider
WILL it be the competition’s Cinderella story, the resurgent Queensland Reds, or the nomadic Crusaders, forced to play away from earthquake-ravaged Christchurch all season, who will cap a remarkable...
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Campo calls for McKenzie to replace Deans
TEST rugby great David Campese has called for Ewen McKenzie to replace Robbie Deans as Wallabies coach if Queensland cap their remarkable resurgence with a Super Rugby title. McKenzie has taken the...
View ArticleWinning Reds get keys to the city
HOT on the heels of the Maroons’ sixth straight State of Origin victory came another historic moment for Queensland sport on Saturday when the Reds, the team just about written off in Super Rugby a...
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Melbourne Rebels excited by arrival of Wallaby big guns
ALL the talk ahead of the Melbourne Rebels‘ second Super Rugby season can be summed up in five words; James O’Connor and Kurtley Beale. Two of the most exciting talents in the game, the prospects of...
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Salary cap makes Super Rugby harder in Australia
JAKE WHITE, former World Cup winning Springboks coach and current man in charge of the ACT Brumbies, has said that it is more difficult for Australian Super Rugby teams to win the title because of...
View ArticleOnly way is up for hungry Queensland Reds
SUPER RUGBY champions Queensland have scoffed at NSW’s barbs the Reds are set for second-year syndrome and warned they’ll only get better defending their title. Reds halfback Will Genia and flanker...
View ArticleWe won’t win Super Rugby wooden spoon: Western Force
WESTERN FORCE forwards coach Nick Stiles says punters will be foolish if they put their money on the Perth-based franchise to finish last this Super Rugby season. The Force have been installed...
View ArticleHeartbreak for Aussie Super rugby sides
WESTERN FORCE finally won a close game as they passed the mantle of heartbreak kings onto Australia’s other four Super Rugby teams. The Force’s 21-20 upset over NSW in Sydney on Saturday provided the...
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Winners are grinners for Brumbies, Rebels and Tahs
THE surprising Brumbies sit atop Super Rugby’s Australian conference while previous leaders Queensland ponder their grim injury toll after a demoralisingly one-sided loss to the Bulls. Unfancied in...
View ArticleMelbourne Rebels hammered by Highlanders
MELBOURNE coach Damien Hill praised the Rebels’ defence despite them conceding seven tries in a 43-12 Super Rugby beating by the Highlanders in Invercargill on Friday. It was a fourth loss in five...
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Danny Cipriani’s Melbourne stint ends in tears
LIKE many a relationship the one between Danny Cipriani and the Melbourne Rebels ended in tears. But not for the reasons everyone expected. The mercurial Englishman and the Rebels parted ways on...
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Brumbies confirm Lealiifano out for season
AUSTRALIAN rugby’s playmaking curse has cruelly hit the Brumbies with Jakes White’s surprise packets needing to defend their healthy Super Rugby conference lead without linchpin Christian Lealiifano....
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Melbourne Rebels’ Nick Phipps back in Wallabies frame
MELBOURNE REBELS halfback Nick Phipps is again back in the running for a Wallabies berth after starring in his side’s upset win over Super Rugby heavyweights the Crusaders. Phipps scored two of his...
View ArticleBrumbies want Super Rugby revenge against Queensland Reds
GOOD FRIDAY was hardly that for the Brumbies this year. A painful 20-13 loss to an injury-ravaged Queensland Reds cut so deep that the Brumbies have been looking forward to the Canberra rematch on...
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Queensland Reds hungry to repeat Super Rugby success
QUEENSLAND centre Anthony Faingaa has declared the Reds the hungriest team in Super Rugby and stressed they won’t be satisfied merely making the playoffs. The defending champions are locked in a...
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Brumbies to outlast Super Rugby rivals
DURING the four-week Super Rugby break in June, instead of freshening up, the Brumbies started another pre-season. But despite displaying some sluggish side-effects over the past two weeks, Captain...
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Force a Super franchise in the balance
THE date was 28 April, 2012, and life was good for the Western Force. Sure, they were struggling near the foot of the Super Rugby table. And sure, they had just copped a 17-3 hiding at the hands of...
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Waratahs set for Israel Folau signing
MELBOURNE REBELS coach Damien Hill says he can’t fathom how Super Rugby rivals NSW Waratahs can fit code-hopper Israel Folau under the newly introduced salary cap. The 23-year-old is set to announce...
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Brumbies coach hypes up Clyde’s return
JAKE White has deliberately revealed early that Clyde Rathbone will make a fairytale Brumbies return on Saturday night to trigger a 20,000-plus crowd attendance at Canberra Stadium. Coach White on...
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Convert Israel Folau prepares for Sat’s Super Rugby debut
Photo: SNPA / Malcolm Pullman THE Queensland Reds expect former Suncorp Stadium favourite Israel Folau to enjoy a Digby Ioane-like roaming role when he turns into a sky blue villain on Saturday night....
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Wing harder than No.15 for Folau: Cheika
FIRST TOUCH: Warratahs fullback Israel Folau (right) with his first touch of the ball in Super Rugby on Saturday. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) WARATAHS coach Michael Cheika has slammed suggestions cross-code...
View ArticleReds axe Ioane for bad behaviour
PAST misdemeanours have come back to haunt Digby Ioane as the Queensland Reds on Monday sought to improve a flagging team culture by axing the Wallabies winger for one match. Despite being the Reds’...
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ACT Brumbies aim to climb best Super Rugby team list
THE Brumbies recorded one of their greatest ever wins on Saturday when they toppled the Bulls 26-23 at the seemingly impregnable Loftus Versfeld with a last-ditch try. Want to see the Brumbies in...
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