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Rebels looking beyond borders

The Melbourne Rising are set to play games in Adelaide and Hobart in the coming NRC seasons, as part of a new partnership with the southern states. The Melbourne Rebels announced a new arrangement forged with the Tasmanian Rugby Union and South Australian Rugby Union to help grow their community bases, with the NRC a […]

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Chiefs name All Blacks for Sunshine Coast trial

The Chiefs have named a host of All Blacks in their team to play the Brumbies on Wednesday night. Damian McKenzie, Nepo Laulala, Brodie Retallick, Sam Cane and Anton Lienert-Brown are among those to feature in their trial team, in their first outings of 2018. McKenzie will be at flyhalf, after the departure of Aaron […]

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Pocock returns, Lealiifano at 10 for Brumbies

Brumbies coach Dan McKellar has made good on his promise to reshuffle his struggling team, as they face the Lions. Injured backrowers David Pocock and Isi Naisarani return to the lineup, with Christian Lealiifano stepping into the primary playmaking role, starting at 10. Naisarani was injured in the Brumbies’ round 11 loss to the Crusaders, […]

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Uelese absence complicates World Cup hooker equation

The Wallabies’ World Cup hooking dilemma has been compounded with news that Rebels hooker Jordan Uelese won’t be back in Super Rugby for at least another month. Uelese suffered an ACL injury in June last year, just a day before the Wallabies went into their June Series camp, sidelining him for the rest of 2018. […]

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Pollard ruled out of Brumbies clash

Flyhalf Handre Pollard, who played a key role in a rare away success for the Bulls in Australia last week, is returning home after injuring his calf and will miss the next three Super Rugby matches. Team captain Pollard picked up the calf strain in training this week ahead of Friday’s clash against the ACT […]

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Club hub: Comeback king Frampton stars for Queensland's Easts

Comeback king Jack Frampton has showed why he’s on the radar of national Sevens coach Tim Walsh with an outstanding effort in Easts’ 26-19 Queensland Premier Rugby win over Sunnybank. Frampton has had a wretched run with injury, injuring his ankle in an Aussie Sevens trial game in the pre-season before breaking his arm in […]

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Philip expecting fired-up Waratahs at SCG

Rebels lock Matt Philip is bracing for a “hissing”  Waratahs outfit in their pivotal conference clash on Saturday night. The Rebels sit on top of the Australian conference, seven points clear of NSW, but a loss to the Waratahs could make that gap as narrow as three points after round 10. Philip said he expected […]

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Queensland captain Kerevi hints future may not be at Reds

Samu Kerevi has given the strongest indication yet that he could consider a future overseas after the World Cup. Kerevi will run out as fulltime Reds captain for the first time at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, with Queensland attempting to halt the Crusaders’ record-breaking 17-match winning streak. It will be a special occasion for the […]

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'My blood is about to boil!' – Neville slams Man Utd's recent performances

The former England international believes the Old Trafford side need a revamp ahead of next season after poor showings recently Gary Neville believes Manchester United’s squad needs a revamp and insists the players are not as good as previous results under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suggest. When Solskjaer took over from Jose Mourinho as the interim manager […]

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The GOAT? Ronaldo creates history as first player to win all three major leagues

Having previously won the Premier League and La Liga, the Portuguese has now added the Serie A title to his collection with new club Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo has done it again! Different country, same result: a domestic title for the Portuguese superstar. With Juventus having clinched the Scudetto with a 2-1 win over Fiorentina on […]

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