Don’t confuse a concept like cricket’s Indian Premier League with what looks a series of exhibition games in non-rugby locales.
Wallabies players and coaches were playing catch-up on news they could be targeted to join a lucrative new global franchise competition.
A US-based fund has been approaching players about deals reportedly worth $1.3 million to join a rebel competition.
By the narrowest of margins,ex-Brumbies captain Brett Robinson has been voted in as the new chair of World Rugby;the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to hold the role.
Former Wallabies flanker Brett Robinson is vying to become the new chair of World Rugby at a vote on Friday,and the campaign has already seen the fracturing of age-old alliances.
South Africa reportedly raised formal questions about the Wallabies injuries that led to uncontested scrums in Perth last month.
Former Wallaby Brett Robinson is vying to become the most powerful man in World Rugby later this year.
Former Brumbies captain Brett Robinson is considering a run for the chairmanship of World Rugby later this year after colleagues urged him to stand.
Painfully modest as it sounds,a realistic aim for Australia would be to finish sixth in the world rankings,ahead of Scotland,Argentina and the increasingly solid Fiji.
Australia’s young stars were denied their shout at a place in the world championship finals when a game was cancelled due to a muddy pitch. Two games were later played on the same field.
If rugby bosses are going to accept vast sums to take the Nations Championship finals to Qatar,they must at least be honest about their motives.