Rugby World Cup
The Iceman returneth? Foley backed for World Cup role as Tahs step up pursuit
Veteran playmaker Bernard Foley is considering a return to the Waratahs next year after finishing up a dominant six years in Japan.
- Iain Payten
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Former Wallabies star faces court over threats to kill
The rugby international represented himself against allegations he repeatedly threatened to kill a man over a land deal in Samoa.
- Cloe Read
Injury-plagued Wallabies star’s telling update on uncertain future
Wallabies star Tom Lynagh has endured a horror 2026, but revealed an announcement surrounding his uncertain future will soon be made.
- Nick Wright
$2000 for a seat at the footy? Rugby World Cup tickets hit new heights
The priciest seats at the final of the 2027 World Cup at Accor Stadium are the most expensive ever sold. But there’s a reason, say organisers.
- Iain Payten
- Analysis
- Analysis
RA is set for a World Cup windfall. It must splash the cash on junior development
The annual results of Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby are set to highlight a vast disparity in one key area. And it’s showing on the field.
- Paul Cully
Wallabies veterans eyeing Super swansong in World Cup year
A pair of highly experienced Test playmakers are finishing up with their overseas clubs and considering a return to Australia.
- Iain Payten and Tom Decent
- Opinion
- Australian rugby
This $10 million prop is as Irish as a suntan, but they almost poached him
World Rugby’s grandparent eligibility rule has become a tool for northern hemisphere nations to raid the south for players they had no part in developing.
- Paul Cully
With another batch of NRL recruits, can the lessons of 2003 help bring World Cup success in 2027?
The poaching of high-profile league stars for the last Rugby World Cup in Australia created competition and agonising selection calls for the Wallabies.
- Iain Payten
- Opinion
- NRL 2026
Why wouldn’t Zac Lomax want to play a truly world game?
The best of times continued on Monday when Rugby Australia signed Zac Lomax, prompting hilarious carry-on by the denizens of league. They were most incensed by just three words Lomax threw out.
- Peter FitzSimons
Rugby World Cup defends slow ticket system as fans fume over Taylor Swift-style wait
In scenes reminiscent of Taylor Swift’s recent tour, fans trying to buy Rugby World Cup tickets were stuck in the dreaded waiting room for five hours or more.
- Iain Payten