Breakaway rugby competition would flop - even with Saudi billions

Breakaway rugby competition would flop - even with Saudi billions

Don’t confuse a concept like cricket’s Indian Premier League with what looks a series of exhibition games in non-rugby locales.

  • byPaul Cully

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Talk about a revolution? Wallabies weren’t even aware of LIV-style rugby breakaway league

Talk about a revolution? Wallabies weren’t even aware of LIV-style rugby breakaway league

Wallabies players and coaches were playing catch-up on news they could be targeted to join a lucrative new global franchise competition.

  • byIain Payten
‘These guys are big players’:World’s top rugby talent targeted for breakaway league

‘These guys are big players’:World’s top rugby talent targeted for breakaway league

A US-based fund has been approaching players about deals reportedly worth $1.3 million to join a rebel competition.

  • byCharles Richardson,Charlie Morgan andDaniel Schofield
‘Great privilege’:Former Wallaby wins race to become world rugby’s most powerful man

‘Great privilege’:Former Wallaby wins race to become world rugby’s most powerful man

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.

  • byIain Payten
The fiercest rugby battle this week will take place in a five-star Dublin hotel

The fiercest rugby battle this week will take place in a five-star Dublin hotel

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.

  • byIain Payten
‘We want to scrum’:Wallabies reject South African injury rort ploy

‘We want to scrum’:Wallabies reject South African injury rort ploy

South Africa reportedly raised formal questions about the Wallabies injuries that led to uncontested scrums in Perth last month.

  • byIain Payten
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Why Australian rugby’s issues went global … and how an Aussie plans to fix it

Why Australian rugby’s issues went global … and how an Aussie plans to fix it

Former Wallaby Brett Robinson is vying to become the most powerful man in World Rugby later this year.

  • byIain Payten
The unheralded ex-Wallaby who could soon become most powerful man in global rugby

The unheralded ex-Wallaby who could soon become most powerful man in global rugby

Former Brumbies captain Brett Robinson is considering a run for the chairmanship of World Rugby later this year after colleagues urged him to stand.

  • byIain Payten
Why success for Wallabies this year is finishing top of ‘second division’

Why success for Wallabies this year is finishing top of ‘second division’

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.

  • byPaul Cully
Junior Wallabies’ appeal dismissed after under 20s washout

Junior Wallabies’ appeal dismissed after under 20s washout

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.

  • byIain Payten
Rugby’s Qatar option would be a cynical,soulless money grab

Rugby’s Qatar option would be a cynical,soulless money grab

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.

  • byPaul Cully