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DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 05: Rob Leota of Australia is held up over the line by Samisoni TaukeiÃ¢â¬â¢aho of New Zealand during The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australia Wallabies at Forsyth Barr Stadium on August 05, 2023 in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Photo by Peter Meecham/Getty Images)

Wallabies poach dark arts guru in ongoing Kiwi raid

Rugby Australia has poached another of New Zealand’s most respected coaches to help resurrect the Wallabies in a major coup for the battling code.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 29: Max Jorgensen of the Waratahs runs with the ball during the round six Super Rugby Pacific match between NSW Waratahs and Melbourne Rebels at Allianz Stadium, on March 29, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Why Wallabies, not the Waratahs, will keep Jorgensen in rugby

Whatever rugby paid Max Jorgensen to stick with the struggling code, it is not nearly enough. And, JULIAN LINDEN writes, it’s certainly not the Waratahs keeping the young star in the code.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 16: Waiaria Ellis of the Waratahs is pictured during the round one Super Rugby Women's match between NSW Waratahs and ACT Brumbies at Allianz Stadium on March 16, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images)

Tiny schoolgirl speedster Waiaria Ellis equals footy history

She’s the daughter of an NRL gun who has also played the game but right now this teen footy sensation is trying her hand at rugby – and creating history as she goes.

Mini rugby players in action. Picture: Supplied

Let it rip! Rugby’s great mini revolution

It’s a ripping great game designed to attract more little girls and boys to rugby designed by a former star of both rugby and league. And it’s coming to a ground near you.

Southern Districts will be relying on a young group of players in the 2024 Jack Scott Cup. Photo by Ian Bond

Everything you need to know about the Jack Scott Cup

Stepping into coaching for the first time, Wallaroos legend Iliseva Batibasaga has noticed a huge difference between club rugby and Super W. Find out more inside.

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Townsville A Grade rugby union match between Teachers West and Western Suburbs at Warrina Park. Teachers Shamus Howlett and Suburbs Hamish Wood. Picture: Evan Morgan

Second Townsville rugby union team collapses in 12 months

Townsville and District Rugby Union has lost its second A Grade team in two seasons after 11th hour meetings to save the Western Suburbs Dragons failed. What that means for your clubs:

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Transfer centre: Every QLD Premier Rugby move revealed

Qld Premier Rugby’s 2024 gains and losses across all nine teams revealed here. See who landed ex-Wallabies flyers and top recruits from across the ditch. FULL LIST

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Australia's tighthead prop Taniela Tupou (R) runs with the ball during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Australia and Georgia at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on September 9, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Irish rugby chasing Wallabies star amid uncertain Rebels future

As Rugby Australia remains in a stalemate over the future of the Melbourne Rebels, rival codes and clubs are swooping in on their biggest names, writes JAMIE PANDARAM.

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Action from the Australian Club Championships at Crosby Park. Picture credit: Anthony Wingard/QRU.

Australian Club Championship: Brothers blitz, Fijian flyer bags three

Australian Club Championship: A Fijian flyer scored three tries in the first 20 minutes as the Wests Bulldogs bulldozed their way to victory before Brothers and Randwick battled it out in a mouth-watering clash at Crosby Park. See how it unfolded.

Casuarina Cougars won a thrilling under-17s boys Darwin Rugby grand final.

Casuarina claim two titles in thrilling junior rugby finals

The Casuarina Cougars stood tall winning two out of five junior rugby finals in a thrilling day of competition. Check out all the junior finals winners.

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Daily Telegraph. 01, November, 2023. Paul Alamoti, at the Penrith Panthers Academy, today. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Market Watch: Panthers extend young gun’s deal

The Panthers have future-proofed their backline and Canterbury has added to its forward stocks by snaring a back-rower from Parramatta. Latest signing NRL news

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Randwick supporters celebrate their team's 2023 Shute Shield grand final win at Leichhardt Oval. Photo by Karen Watson

How Australia’s greatest rugby club ended 20 years of failure

Once the country’s most successful club, producing Wallabies captains George Gregan, Rocky Elsom, Phil Kearns and Ben Mowen, Randwick endured 20 years of pain. JAMIE PANDARAM goes inside the fall and rise of the Wicks.

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Sydney RoostersÃ Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii warms up before the captainÃs run at Allegiant Stadium on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Photo by David Becker)

The disaster signing that could end Rugby Australia

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii was trumpeted as a Wallabies saviour. Instead – with disgruntled stars heading for the exits – it may well be the contract to end rugby, writes JAMIE PANDARAM.

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Darwin Dragons A-grade kicker slotting the penalty that would've won his side a semi-finals berth. Picture: NTRU.

Colossal referee mistake knocks side out in semi finals

A critical after the buzzer refereeing error has knocked a rugby side out of finals, despite the side kicking the winning points. Find out what happened.

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ODAWARA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 10: Kurtley Beale of Australia poses for a portrait during the Australia Rugby World Cup 2019 squad photo call on September 10, 2019 in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

Beale set for shock club rugby return

One month after being cleared of sexual assault allegations in court, former Wallabies star Kurtley Beale is set to make his return to the field – in club rugby.

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Bond University Rugby Union star Jordan Lenac is set to make his international debut for Croatia. Picture: Cavan Flynn

‘Bombs were going off’: How midnight escape led to Test debut

Bombs were routinely being dropped around Tony Lenac’s house when he was forced to flee Italy in the dead of the night at the age of 4 to escape World War II. Now his long awaited return has opened the door for his grandson to make his international rugby test debut. See the video.

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Japanâs new rugby head coach Eddie Jones takes part in a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

$21m flop: Inside Eddie’s World Cup budget blowout

Wallabies players are being assured they’ll be able to make complaints without “fear of retribution” following a review into the tenure of Eddie Jones.

Athletes v boardroom: Which women wield power in Aussie sport?

Athletes v boardroom: Which women wield power in Aussie sport?

They hold some of the most important positions in Australian sport – but who wields the most power? We reveal all in this year’s Power 100.

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What a shot! Photo gallery from the NSW Waratahs U18s v Queensland Reds battle.

Gallery: Rising rugby stars turning heads in Waratahs U18s v Reds battle

There were tries galore, send-offs and some head-turning moves from another as the next generation of rugby battled in the annual Waratahs U18s v Reds grudge match. PHOTO GALLERY

The Waratahs women are steaming towards the start of the Super W season.

Stats, results putting Waratahs rugby rivals on alert for Super W

They are the results and stats that should have the Waratahs opposition on high alert as the Super W season approaches. Gallery, result wrap from their latest outing.

Young rugby player Zion Poitaha. Picture: NSW Waratahs

Will Smith lookalike out to make ‘full noise’ for Waratahs U18s

This Waratahs U18s teen has more than a passing resemblance to a Hollywood megastar, a goal to hit 2.3m plus and a plan to go ‘full noise’ after a long lay-off with injury.

Vote now: Sports Gold Coast Peopleâs Choice finalists

Vote now: Sports Gold Coast People’s Choice finalists

The 55th Annual Gold Coast Sports Star of the Year Awards are just shy of three weeks away, and in the meantime, we’re giving you the chance to vote for the People’s Choice Award. See where you can purchase tickets, plus cast your vote before February 23:

NEWS LOCAL SPECIAL. NOT TO BE USED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT FIRST CLEARING WITH NEIL BENNETT / AMANDA LULHAM 23rd October 2022. News Local. Sport. Daceyville, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Pics by Julian Andrews. Toby Brial in the National U16 round three match between teenagers from the NSW Waratahs Gen Blue program and Melbourne Rebels at Daceyville. Pics: Julian Andrews

Athletic, fast, smart! What U18s coach wants to see in Next Gen Wallabies

The future of Australian rugby isn’t just big, athletic and skilled – it’s smart. What Australian selectors are looking for in our generation next players in the Waratahs v Reds U18 rematch.

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Brumbies' Noah Lolesio (R) is tackled by the Rebels' David Feliuai (L) during the Super Rugby match between the Melbourne Rebels and the ACT Brumbies in Melbourne on February 23, 2024. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Rugby Australia shines a light on Brumbies future

Rugby Australia has revealed what the future holds for ACT Brumbies, after questions were raised of the club’s role in the Super Rugby following Melbourne Rebels going into admissinstation.

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Waratahs' Luca Cleverley with the ball. Junior Rugby Union. Under 18s NSW Waratahs v Queensland Reds. Picture: John Appleyard

‘He gives everything’: U18s game changers in Waratahs v Reds arm wrestle

One player ‘gave everything’, another teen starred off the bench. The U18s rugby standouts from the first Waratahs and Reds clash for 2024. Stars, tryscorers and result wrap.

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