Pass the bad luck repellent:The Argentinian flown in to solve NSW’s prop crisis

Pass the bad luck repellent:The Argentinian flown in to solve NSW’s prop crisis

Argentinian Enrique Pieretto is the Waratahs’ newest starting prop after season-ending injuries to everyone else.

  • byIain Payten

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Engine gloom:Unprecedented injury carnage at Tahs demands answers

Engine gloom:Unprecedented injury carnage at Tahs demands answers

The Waratahs started the season with 10 front rowers in their squad. Five months on,they are all injured.

  • byIain Payten
World Rugby ushers in law changes to speed up game,but have they opened a new loophole?
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World Rugby

World Rugby ushers in law changes to speed up game,but have they opened a new loophole?

With the goal of reducing stoppages and making rugby more appealing to fans,new laws and law trials have been announced. But some people aren’t happy.

  • byIain Payten
She dusted off her boots to beat depression. Now this scrum mum is about to play for Australia

She dusted off her boots to beat depression. Now this scrum mum is about to play for Australia

Wallaroos debutant Sally Fuesaina,32,may need ice packs in bed instead of breakfast on Mother’s Day this Sunday.

  • byIain Payten
Waratahs lose playmaker to Japan as Rebels saga causes chaos

Waratahs lose playmaker to Japan as Rebels saga causes chaos

The prospect of the Rebels closing and Wallabies No.10 Carter Gordon moving to NSW was a factor in Will Harrison electing to move offshore.

  • byIain Payten andTom Decent
Wallabies prop sent to Waratahs in historic deal as Jorgensen suffers another serious injury

Wallabies prop sent to Waratahs in historic deal as Jorgensen suffers another serious injury

A World Cup player has flown from Melbourne to help the injury-plagued Waratahs,but there is more trouble for Max Jorgensen.

  • byIain Payten
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Cheik,please? Why Waratahs gig looms as Aussie rugby’s most pressing issue
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Super Rugby

Cheik,please? Why Waratahs gig looms as Aussie rugby’s most pressing issue

When the Waratahs sneeze,the rest of Australian rugby catches a cold. So is their former coach Michael Cheika the man to nurse the Tahs back to health?

  • byIain Payten
Can all fit hookers report to the Waratahs? NSW injury crisis reaches crazy levels

Can all fit hookers report to the Waratahs? NSW injury crisis reaches crazy levels

The Waratahs will hand their No.2 jersey to a part-time concreter from western Sydney this week,amid an unprecedented run of front-row injuries.

  • byIain Payten
Why the Wallabies must snub game’s hottest property and NRL target
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Wallabies

Why the Wallabies must snub game’s hottest property and NRL target

Max Jorgensen is a teenage phenomenon with a huge future. But decisions need to be made about how to best maximise his potential.

  • byIain Payten
‘There are a number of tens’:But Schmidt’s keen for Gordon to stay in rugby

‘There are a number of tens’:But Schmidt’s keen for Gordon to stay in rugby

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has responded to news Carter Gordon is interested in a move to rugby league.

  • byIain Payten
Another Wallabies star eyes code switch after NRL talks

Another Wallabies star eyes code switch after NRL talks

Carter Gordon is considering a move to rugby league as uncertainty swirls around the future of the Melbourne Rebels.

  • byIain Payten andMichael Chammas