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Apr 20, 15 •
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Comments Off on Fans and Rugby Community to Provide Input for Australian Rugby’s Next Five Year Strategy
The Australian Rugby Union today announced it will seek feedback from Rugby fans and stakeholders to drive its next five year strategy and future investment at all levels of the game. The plan to determine the game’s future strategy from 2016 was outlined...
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Apr 16, 15 •
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Comments Off on FOLEY INKS ARU AND WARATAH EXTENSION
Waratahs Super Rugby-winning flyhalf Bernard Foley has signed a three-year contract extension with the Australian Rugby Union. The new agreement locks away the 25-year-old incumbent Wallaby flyhalf until at least the end of 2018 and ensures he will be...
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Apr 1, 15 •
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Comments Off on ARU SIGNS BMW AS OFFICIAL PARTNER
The Australian Rugby Union today announced BMW Australia as the Official Vehicle partner of the Qantas Wallabies, effective 1 April 2015. The two-year deal, which runs until the end of 2016, will see the BMW brand mark on the Gilbert test match Rugby balls in...
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Mar 27, 15 •
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Comments Off on Intrust Super Shute Shield Round 2 Preview
The second round of the Intrust Super Shute Shield will see Randwick taking on West Harbour at Coogee Oval as the televised Match of the Round on 7TWO. Both teams will be looking to register their first wins of the season; with West Harbour losing to Northern...
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Mar 26, 15 •
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Comments Off on WA SIDES NAMED TO CONTEST JUNIOR GOLD CUP FINALS
The Western Australia Under 15 and Under 17 squads have named their line-ups to contest Sunday’s national Junior Gold Cup grand finals at UWA Sports Park’s McGillivray Oval. The Under 15 final against the ACT will kick off at 2.30pm while the Under...
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Mar 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on WA U15 & U17 HOST NATIONAL JUNIOR GOLD CUP FINAL
Western Australia will host the national Junior Gold Cup (JGC) grand finals this Sunday (29 March) at UWA Sports Park’s McGillivray Oval after the state’s Under 15 and Under 17 sides both qualified for their respective competition deciders. The Under 15...
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Mar 22, 15 •
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Comments Off on QUEENSLAND AND NSW CLAIM VICTORIES AT AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNDER 20S CHAMPIONSHIPS
In a double header of clashes at the Australian National Under 20s Championship Queensland has defeated the Australian Barbarians Under 20s side 36-29 with NSW defeating Tonga 64-17. The result means that Queensland leads the Championship on five points with...
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Mar 19, 15 •
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Comments Off on NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN UNDER 20s KICKS OFF IN CANBERRA TODAY
The 2015 National Under 20’s Championship kicks off in Canberra today with the best young Rugby talent in Australia coming together to compete for the title of National Champions. The tournament, hosted by the Australian Rugby Union includes a combined...
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Mar 10, 15 •
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Comments Off on AUSTRALIAN RUGBY RE-SIGN SAM CARTER AND SCOTT FARDY
The Australian Rugby Union has announced the re-signing of key Qantas Wallabies and ACT Brumbies forwards Sam Carter and Scott Fardy for a further two years. The new two-year contraction extensions will ensure the talented duo remain in Australia through...
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Mar 9, 15 •
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Comments Off on CLEAN SWEEP FOR NSW AT NATIONAL SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIPS
New South Wales has defeated Queensland in both the Men’s and Women’s Cup Finals at the National Sevens Championships to make it a clean sweep of titles across the seniors and youth events over the past two weekends. At the Australian home of...
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Mar 8, 15 •
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Comments Off on NSW TOP SEEDS IN BOTH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S DRAW AHEAD OF CUP QUARTERS AT NATIONAL SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIPS
New South Wales Men’s and Women’s teams have topped the standings in their respective competitions after the pool stages of the National Senior Rugby Sevens Championships at the Sydney Academy of Sport in Sydney today. Australian national player...
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Mar 4, 15 •
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Comments Off on NATIONAL SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL SET FOR LIFT OFF IN SYDNEY
After the success of the Youth event last weekend, all eyes turn to the Men’s and Women’s National Sevens Championships this Saturday and Sunday at the Sydney Academy of Sport in Narrabeen (7-8 March 2015). For the Men this will be the inaugural...
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Feb 24, 15 •
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Comments Off on TETERA FAULKNER SIGNS NEW TWO YEAR DEAL WITH AUSTRALIAN RUGBY AND WESTERN FORCE
The Australian Rugby Union has re-signed promising Western Force prop Tetera Faulkner on a new two-year contract extension through until the end of 2017. The talented 26-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough 2014 campaign where he made his Test debut against Wales...
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Feb 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on NATIONAL SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIPS TO KICK OFF WITH BOYS AND GIRLS YOUTH EVENTS
The headquarters of the Australian Rugby Sevens program will become home to some of the best emerging talent the country has to offer when the National Sevens Championships begin this weekend in Narrabeen, Sydney. Taking place at the Sydney Academy of Sport...
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Feb 20, 15 •
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Comments Off on Reds vice captain Karmichael Hunt charged with supplying cocaine – ARU and Reds Statement
JOINT AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION AND QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION STATEMENT The Australian Rugby Union and Queensland Rugby Union are aware of reports regarding Karmichael Hunt. The ARU’s Integrity team and the Queensland Rugby Union are making enquiries into the...
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Feb 20, 15 •
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Comments Off on RUGBYWA & FORCE EMBARK ON ZERO2HERO PARTNERSHIP
RugbyWA and the Western Force have embarked on a two-year charity partnership with zero2hero, a WA-based not-for-profit organisation addressing mental health issues openly with young people. Through open communication, zero2hero aims to assist in the...
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Jan 30, 15 •
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Comments Off on PERTH SPIRIT NAMED TO TACKLE FORCE ‘A’
The Perth Spirit squad has been named to take on Force ‘A’ this Saturday (31 January) at McGillivray Oval. The game (3.40pm kick-off) will act as the curtain-raiser for the Western Force’s second Asteron Life Super Rugby pre-season match against the...
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Jan 16, 15 •
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Comments Off on Wales Under 20 Six Nations squad announced
The WRU international pathway staff have selected a 32 man squad for the forthcoming Under 20 Six Nations, which will be led by Ospreys lock Rory Thornton. Nine players are already capped at this level – Thornton, along with fellow forwards Luke Garrett,...
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Jan 9, 15 •
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Comments Off on KURTLEY BEALE RE-SIGNS WITH AUSTRALIAN RUGBY
Qantas Wallabies and NSW Waratahs playmaker Kurtley Beale has signed a one-year contract extension with Australian Rugby that will take him through until after the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The 26-year-old talent has played 49 Tests for Australia and featured in...
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Dec 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Adam Ashley-Cooper signs two year deal with Bordeaux
Photo: Werner Nysschen Phoyography NSW Waratah veteran Adam Ashley-Cooper has signed a two-year contract with leading French club Bordeaux Begles. Ashley-Cooper, who has earned 46-caps for the NSW Waratahs and 104 test caps for the Wallabies in an already...
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Dec 1, 14 •
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Comments Off on David Pocock warned by ARU
David Pocock, former Wallabies captain, was charged over Maules Creek coal mine protest. He was amongst a group of seven people who locked themselves to digging equipment. AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION STATEMENT REGARDING DAVID POCOCK: The Australian Rugby Union has...
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Nov 2, 14 •
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Comments Off on ARU CONGRATULATES BRISBANE CITY FOR BUILDCORP NRC WIN
The Australian Rugby Union extended its congratulations to McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City for their 37-26 win over Property Club Perth Spirit at Ballymore Stadium yesterday, taking out the inaugural Buildcorp National Rugby Championship. Brisbane City...
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Nov 1, 14 •
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Comments Off on SPIRIT FALLS TO BRISBANE CITY IN BUILDCORP NRC FINAL
The Perth Spirit has suffered a heartbreaking 37-26 loss to Brisbane City in the inaugural Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC) grand final this evening at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane. In a tight match, the opening half saw both sides score three...
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Oct 31, 14 •
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Comments Off on SPIRIT COMPLETES BIG YEAR FOR WA RUGBY
The Perth Spirit’s contesting of Saturday’s inaugural Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC) against Brisbane City at Ballymore caps off a big year for Western Australian representative teams. The fourth-placed Spirit qualified for the...
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Oct 31, 14 •
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Comments Off on ARU INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION FINDS KURTLEY BEALE GUILTY OF BREACHING WALLABY TEAM PROTOCOLS AND IMPOSES $3,000 FINE
The Australian Rugby Union today announced Qantas Wallaby Kurtley Beale has been found guilty of breaching team protocols and fined $3,000, following an ARU Integrity investigation into a verbal altercation with members of the Wallaby management team on a...
