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Rugby AU sets 'below-the-sternum' tackle trial for '24
Rugby Australia has taken another step in its bid to make the game safer, enacting a two-year "below-the-sternum" tackle trial for community that is in line with other international unions around the world.
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Answering the key questions after McLennan's exit from Rugby Australia
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Should Rugby Australia back out of Joseph Suaali'i deal?
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Waratahs first club to adopt RA's centralisation plan
NSW Rugby Union have become the first state body to officially adopt Rugby Australia's [RA] centralization plan, with the Waratahs set to be turned over to head office from Jan. 1 2024.
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2024 Super Rugby Pacific squads: Who's in; who's out?
The Rugby World Cup may have only just finished, but already attention is shifting to the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season. Check out the squad lists here!
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End of an All Blacks era leaves Scott Robertson with a clean slate
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Rugby Australia pursuing alignment, yet it tied itself in knots in 2023
For an organisation that is determined to achieve "alignment" through centralization, Rugby Australia has been tying itself in knots all year.
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Can Hamish McLennan survive 2023 disaster?
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Eddie Jones betrayed Australia's rugby public -- he's no martyr in Wallabies exit
Treble of one-point wins make Springboks the masters of fine RWC margins
One of the most tense Rugby World Cup finals on record was won by the barest of margins, by the team who knows how to navigate its way through the tightest of battles. This Springboks team is now immortalised in history.
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South Africa stars react to 'special' fourth Rugby World Cup win
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- Bell puts hand up to captain wounded Wallabies
- RWC final TMO steps away due to abuse
- Barrett signs on for another World Cup cycle
- Levi sisters power Aussies to Dubai 7s triumph
- Farrell to miss Six Nations to prioritise health
- Cane: ABs should consider overseas eligibility
- Rugby AU hit by loss of Super Rugby sponsor
- McLennan: 'Cheap shot' campaign to smear me
- Larkham would consider coaching Wallabies
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Eddie Jones betrayed Australia's rugby public -- he's no martyr in Wallabies exit
Eddie Jones asked the Australian rugby community to get onboard his Wallabies rebuild, but he was never committed to the process himself. He has betrayed that same sporting public, who have every right to be filthy after a 10-month catastrophe.
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Clean slate for Robertson as All Blacks era ends
Farewell, Fozzy. Welcome, Razor. Just like that, one All Blacks era is over -- and another is already underway behind the scenes. So what exactly will Scott Robertson have on his agenda in 2024?
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'Gone but not forgotten': Where to now for Tier 2 nations after RWC 2023?
Portugal's "Total rugby" wowed at Rugby World Cup 2023, while Fiji are off to the quarters for the first time since 2007. But what exactly do the next four years hold for Tier 2 nations?
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