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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

Members of the Australian media in the US feared for their lives after two separate incidents, including a late-night knife encounter at Las Angeles. There are hundreds of Australians in the States with four NRL teams, officials and media crews to cover the preparations for… Read More »NRL News: ‘I thought I was going to die’ – Aussie journos in scary US knife incident, PNG gets green light to host games