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Apr 5, 22 •
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Rugby Australia is pleased to confirm the international fixtures for both the Buildcorp Wallaroos inbound Tests against Fijiana and Japan in May and the Wallabies 2022 eToro England Series in July. The Road to New Zealand tri series in May will see the...
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Mar 1, 22 •
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Rugby Australia and the Western Force are delighted to announce Izack Rodda has re-signed until the end of 2024. At just 25-years-old, the Wallabies lock has already represented his country on 34 occasions and was a member of Australia’s 2019 Rugby World...
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Feb 16, 22 •
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Rugby Australia, New Zealand Rugby and SANZAAR have today confirmed the law variations approved by World Rugby that will be applied for the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific season. Super Rugby Pacific 2022 will see two Law Variations included for the season:...
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Feb 8, 22 •
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Rugby Australia are pleased to announce Wallabies centurion James Slipper has re-committed to Australian Rugby and the Brumbies until the end of 2023. The most-capped Test prop in Wallaby gold, Slipper captained the side in their last test of 2021 against...
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Dec 14, 21 •
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Rugby Australia and the Queensland Rugby Union are pleased to announce the re-signing of centre Hunter Paisami until the end of 2023. 23-year-old Paisami made his Wallabies debut under Dave Rennie last year and has gone on to feature in 15 of 20 Tests over...
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Dec 10, 21 •
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Rugby Australia has today announced the appointment of Tim Walsh as Australian Women’s Sevens coach and John Manenti as Australian Men’s Sevens coach until 2024. Rugby Australia CEO Andy Marinos said: “We’re pleased to announce Tim Walsh and John...
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Oct 5, 21 •
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It has been an incredible year for SANZAAR and its partners as the pandemic continued to cause huge disruptions across the sporting world. Despite this, rugby in the southern hemisphere continued to deliver high-quality action for fans amidst the continual...
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Sep 21, 21 •
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After a breakout 2021 season, Brumbies and Wallabies centre Len Ikitau has recommitted to his Super Rugby club and Rugby Australia until the end of 2023. Ikitau made his International debut against France earlier this year, starting in the deciding Test and...
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Sep 17, 21 •
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Rugby Australia is pleased to confirm that the Wallabies will face Japan in Oita on Saturday 23 October, as announced by Japan Rugby Union. Dave Rennie’s side will square off against the Brave Blossoms in Japan’s south before departing for the United...
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Sep 14, 21 •
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Rugby Australia is pleased to confirm that Jay Tregonning has been appointed head coach of the Buildcorp Wallaroos to the end of the 2022 season. Commencing on 1 October, Tregonning will oversee the Buildcorp Wallaroos program through to the Women’s Rugby...
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May 18, 21 •
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World Rugby, New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia partner in trial to advance concussion identification NeuroFlex® eye-tracking technology added to existing HIA process for Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman All Sky Super Rugby players base-line tested ahead of...
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May 7, 21 •
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Rugby Australia has today confirmed the 2021 eToro France Series with the first three Tests of the Wallabies’ 2021 match schedule. Rugby Australia continues to work with State and Federal Governments, as well as the Fédération Française de Rugby and...
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Nov 20, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has today confirmed that Saturday’s eToro Tri Nations Test between Argentina and the Wallabies is officially a sell-out with the venue at its maximum saleable capacity. Tickets for the final two Test matches of the historic 2020 eToro Tri...
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Oct 28, 20 •
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Rugby Australia referee and long-time servant of the game, George Ayoub, has decided to call time on his long career as a Match Official. One of the great characters in the game, Ayoub has refereed four Test matches, 20 Super Rugby games as well as in...
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Oct 8, 20 •
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SANZAAR and tournament hosts, Rugby Australia, have today announced a revised draw for the 2020 Rugby Championship. The 12-match tournament will now be played across seven weeks with Australia’s clash against New Zealand moved from Saturday 12 December to...
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Aug 26, 20 •
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Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Rugby Union have today confirmed that Michael Hooper will take up an overseas playing opportunity for the first six months of 2021. The provision of a six-month release was a feature of the interim player pay deal...
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Jun 5, 20 •
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Rugby Australia and the Australian Super Rugby teams have today given notice to premier clubs in their respective States that all contracted squad members preparing for the proposed Vodafone Super Rugby AU competition will be ineligible for club selection and...
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May 27, 20 •
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The Western Force has agreed to an offer from Rugby Australia to play in a proposed one-off, domestic-based competition this year. Accepting the invitation, Force owner Dr Andrew Forrest AO reiterated his desire to see rugby return to a position of sporting...
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May 15, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has secured $14.2m AUD in funding from the game’s global governing body, World Rugby as part of its COVID-19 rugby relief strategy. The emergency relief fund of approximately $160m AUD from World Rugby is being allocated to unions on an...
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May 15, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has today announced the appointment of Hamish McLennan as a Director and Chairman-elect, to be welcomed officially on to the Board at its June 15 meeting. McLennan’s appointment is a part of Rugby Australia’s ongoing Board renewal and...
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May 13, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has commenced a consultation process to review High Performance Women’s Rugby programs in Australia for 2020 and 2021. The review has been prompted by the rescheduling of the Tokyo Olympic Games, which is now set to be held in July 2021,...
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Apr 24, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has today thanked Raelene Castle for her service to Rugby after more than two years in the role of Chief Executive Officer, following her resignation last night. Rugby Australia Chairman, Paul McLean said: “On behalf of the Board I have...
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Apr 21, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has today received a letter signed by 11 Wallabies Captains raising their concerns over how the game has been administered in recent years. Rugby Australia respects and values the opinions of these former Wallabies leaders and statesmen and...
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Mar 31, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has today made the toughest decision in the game’s history which will see 75% of its workforce stood down from April 1 through June 30, while remaining staff have been offered significant salary reductions or reduced hours as a result of the...
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Mar 12, 20 •
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Veteran prop James Slipper has signed a new two-year extension with Rugby Australia and the Plus500 Brumbies, to remain in the nation’s capital until at least the end of 2022. The 96-Test star moved to Canberra at the end of 2018 and has since featured in...
