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Jul 23, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has included 11 NSW Waratahs in his 32-man squad for the upcoming 2014 Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship. Five NSW forwards and six Waratah backs will wear Wallaby gold in The Rugby Championship. Up front are seasoned...
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Jul 18, 14 •
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Photo: Amy Perrett in action – Karen Watson Photography. Amy Perrett will tomorrow become the first female NSW referee to take charge of a Premiership match. Perrett (24) will make history when she takes charge of the Magners Shute Shield Round 17 match...
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Jul 4, 14 •
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Australian Rugby Union and Rugby WA today announced Qantas Wallaby and Western Force winger Nick Cummins has been granted an early release from his contract to play Rugby in Japan at the end of the 2014 Asteron Life Super Rugby Season. The decision has been...
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Jul 2, 14 •
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The Sydney Convicts, Australia’s first gay rugby union team, will make history this Sunday when they become the world’s first gay rugby team to play as part of a professional sporting event. The convicts will play their Suburban Rugby rival Macquarie...
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Jul 2, 14 •
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The Western Force has received a boost in the lead-in to Saturday’s match against the Queensland Reds with flanker Angus Cottrell re-committing to the club for another two years through until 2016. The gritty back-rower started in all but one match for the...
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Jun 27, 14 •
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Former NSW Waratah Charlie Onus (62) has passed away in a crash on his farm in Coolac, between Canberra and Gundagai, earlier this week. Charlie was originally from Mungindi and represented Moree RFC, Central North, NSW Country and NSW in the early 1970s....
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Jun 19, 14 •
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Sydney University has named three Waratahs captains past and present in its starting XV for this Saturday’s Magners Shute Shield Round 13 clash with Northern Suburbs (1pm). Joining fellow Students Pat McCutcheon and Tom Carter – who both led the Tahs last...
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Jun 10, 14 •
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Australian Rugby Union today announced the appointment of Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician Dr Ryan Kohler to the position of Concussion Specialist. In this role, Dr Kohler is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring concussion...
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Jun 10, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies lock James Horwill will celebrate his milestone 50th game for Australia as part of a matchday squad boasting three potential debutants in Saturday night’s second Castrol EDGE France Tour clash at Etihad Stadium. The 50-game honour...
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Jun 9, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies openside flanker Michael Hooper will become Australia’s 82nd Test captain in Saturday night’s second Castrol EDGE France Tour clash at Etihad Stadium. At just 22 years of age Hooper becomes one of the youngest Qantas Wallabies captains...
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Jun 7, 14 •
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Australian Rugby Union is proud to announce six of the game’s most distinguished legends as the 2014 Classic Wallabies Statesmen. The Statesmen – Charles Wilson (1950s), Dick Marks (1960s), Stan Pilecki (1970s), Jeff Miller (1980s), Rod McCall (1990s)...
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Jun 6, 14 •
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Starting tomorrow, the June long weekend will mark the commencement of the annual Junior State Championships, with over 2,500 youngsters from across NSW taking part. For juniors aged 14 to 17, the three-day events is the first step on the representative...
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Jun 2, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie today announced that stalwart hooker Stephen Moore will lead Australia in Saturday night’s opening Castrol EDGE France Tour clash against the French at Suncorp Stadium. A veteran of 91 Tests and Australia’s all-time...
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Jun 1, 14 •
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NSW Waratahs tighthead prop Paddy Ryan will be elevated into the Qantas Wallabies 32-man Castrol EDGE France Tour squad with Ben Alexander being given an opportunity to rehabilitate an ongoing nerve compression injury. The decision to remove Alexander from...
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May 27, 14 •
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Chatswood Oval will tonight play host to an all-Aussie clash, with the Australian Barbarians taking on the Junior World Championship-bound Australian Under 20s side. The clash will be the young guns’ final preparation before they travel to New Zealand to...
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May 27, 14 •
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Australian Rugby Union today joined Federal Treasurer the Hon Joe Hockey MP and Senator the Hon Kate Lundy in launching the Parliamentary Friends of Rugby Union Group in Canberra. The bi-partisan group will provide a forum for Members of Parliament and...
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May 26, 14 •
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Australian Rugby Union today announced a $19.5 million surplus for 2013, in a year that saw the return of the British & Irish Lions to Australia; increased participation; a new Head Coach for the Qantas Wallabies; and a new strategy to grow the game. The...
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May 23, 14 •
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Former All Black scrumhalf Alby Mathewson has extended his stay with the Western Force, re-signing for an additional two years through until 2016. The 28-year-old joined the Western Force for the 2013 Super Rugby season as a marquee international signing...
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May 22, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has launched the 2014 Castrol EDGE France Tour with the announcement of a strong 32-man Australian squad. The group will assemble at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast on Sunday 1 June before competing against 2011...
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May 22, 14 •
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Uncapped Waratahs lock Will Skelton and 15 Test veteran Rob Horne are two of the 11 Tahs named in the today’s 32-man Wallaby squad. The 22-year-old, 135kg Skelton earned his selection against the Lions last Sunday, making his physicality felt by taking his...
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May 11, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies playmaker Christian Leali’ifano becomes the third ACT Brumbies representative to re-sign with the Australian Rugby Union in the past week, signing a new two-year deal. His signature follows the recent re-signings of provincial teammates...
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May 8, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies and ACT Brumbies scrumhalf Nic White has committed his future to Australian Rugby after signing a new two-year deal that will take him through until the end of 2016. He becomes the second player this week to finalise a new contract with the...
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May 7, 14 •
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The NSW Waratahs have signed exciting Wests Tigers winger Taqele Naiyaravoro for the rest of 2014 Asteron Life Super Rugby season and 2015. “I always knew I would come back to union and joining the Waratahs is very exciting,” said Naiyaravoro. “I’m...
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May 7, 14 •
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Qantas Wallabies playmaker Matt Toomua has signed a new three-year deal with the Australian Rugby Union and ACT Brumbies that will take him through until the end 2017. The signature of the 24-year-old Qantas Wallabies rising star ensures Toomua will remain in...
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May 1, 14 •
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Waratahs Rugby Limited has confirmed it contributed $1,083,278 to the community game for the year ending December 31, 2013. Chairman Roger Davis told Tuesday’s Annual General Meeting at Moore Park that after payment of the grassroots contribution of $1.1...
