Rugby will be a winter sport forever - or will it?

Rugby will be a winter sport forever - or will it?

A few years ago I would have been hostile to even contemplate a switch to summer to align with the northern hemisphere. Now I am merely neutral,not to mention curious.

  • byPaul Cully

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Rugby Australia to help decide Coleman’s future at Waratahs

Rugby Australia to help decide Coleman’s future at Waratahs

Rugby Australia will play a key role in deciding the future of Waratahs coach Darren Coleman’s future as part of a broader review into the club’s performance.

  • byJonathan Drennan
Kiwi sides are unusually weak. The Waratahs are blowing their chance
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Kiwi sides are unusually weak. The Waratahs are blowing their chance

Perhaps the Waratahs haven’t had the results their Super Rugby performances deserved. But with New Zealand teams in a post-World Cup transition,Darren Coleman’s men are missing a great opportunity.

  • byPaul Cully
Context is everything:Revisiting Chris Lilley’s Jonah after Leniu-Mam saga

Context is everything:Revisiting Chris Lilley’s Jonah after Leniu-Mam saga

The racism case that has polarised the NRL has raised difficult questions about what’s offensive and who gets to judge it.

  • byEmma Kemp
Pity,fury and white line fever:The resuscitation of Melbourne Rebels

Pity,fury and white line fever:The resuscitation of Melbourne Rebels

As a rugby union who’s who gathered for lunch this week,the future of the embattled club was on everyone’s lips. How do you save a loss-making operation without leaving a sour taste in anyone’s mouth?

  • bySarah Danckert andCarla Jaeger
Jorgensen committed to the Wallabies,but post-World Cup NRL switch possible

Jorgensen committed to the Wallabies,but post-World Cup NRL switch possible

Max Jorgensen is excited to work under Joe Schmidt ahead of next year’s British and Irish Lions tour,but won’t write off a potential code switch after the 2027 World Cup.

  • byJonathan Drennan
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Hearts,minds and a ’16th player’:How the Drua broke through in Fiji

Hearts,minds and a ’16th player’:How the Drua broke through in Fiji

The Drua provided 18 members of the 2023 Fiji World Cup squad and have won back-to-back Super W titles,but their club is about far more than results on the field.

  • byJonathan Drennan
‘A player gets poleaxed and they laugh’:The former Swan changing the game for Fiji

‘A player gets poleaxed and they laugh’:The former Swan changing the game for Fiji

Mick Byrne made his name in the VFL,winning a premiership with Hawthorn before finishing with Sydney. Now he is transforming the Fijian Drua as their head coach.

  • byJonathan Drennan
World Rugby to consider tackle height change for professional game

World Rugby to consider tackle height change for professional game

A range of law tweaks and trials to enhance the spectacle of rugby,and improve player welfare,have been revealed in a new World Rugby plan.

  • byIain Payten
The seven conditions found in former footy players’ brains

The seven conditions found in former footy players’ brains

An Australia-first study tracked six former rugby players during life and after death. All had at least one degenerative brain condition.

  • byAngus Thomson andBillie Eder
Gone in 24 hours:Tickets for British and Irish Lions tour almost sold out
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Wallabies

Gone in 24 hours:Tickets for British and Irish Lions tour almost sold out

The woes of the 2023 Rugby World Cup have been quickly forgotten by Wallabies fans keen to secure seats during the 2025 Lions series.

  • byIain Payten andTom Decent