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Darren Coleman won’t blame the Waratahs’ wretched early season draw if the NSW board opts against renewing the under-the-gun coach’s contract beyond the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific championship. Despite his side starting their campaign with an away trip to Queensland and three games in Australia… Read More »‘If I get this team winning, I keep a job’: DC’s incredibly classy response to questions over his precarious future

Australian clubs have commended SANZAAR’s “smart decision” to tweak the Instrumented Mouthguard process after the opening round of Super Rugby Pacific was marred by a series of technical teething issues. Players will continue to wear the iMGs during this weekend’s Super Round in Melbourne but… Read More »Foot in mouth: Super Rugby tweaks new HIA protocol after embarrassing ‘technical issues’

Former Wallabies captain Phil Kearns has delivered Australian rugby a brutal reality check, saying the cash-strapped code simply doesn’t have enough quality players to field five competitive Super Rugby franchises. “We have too many teams in Australia, there’s no doubt,” Kearns told The Australian. “Our… Read More »‘Our talent is spread too thin’: Ex-Wallabies captain urges Rugby Australia to cut Super teams

This piece is by Melbourne Rebels board member Lyndsey Cattermole* in response to an article that appeared on The Roar last week about the machinations around the culling of the Western Force from Super Rugby in 2017. Last week I read a story on The… Read More »COMMENT: Twiggy’s version is completely wrong – this is the real reason why the Force were cut in 2017