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An announcement over the future of European rugby is expected in the next couple of days, according to reports on the BBC. The six unions that play in the Heineken Cup met in Dublin on Tuesday to thrash out the finer details of a new re-jigged tournament ahead of next season, a compromise that...

Melbourne Rebels/VRU press release: Melbourne Rising to compete in inaugural NRC The RaboDirect Rebels are pleased to announce that they will have a presence in the inaugural National Rugby Championship (NRC), announced today by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). The Melbourne Rising will...

National Rugby Championship announcement It is the most anticipated development in Australian rugby since the introduction of two new Super Rugby teams, but details around the upcoming Australian Rugby Championships have finally been released. From the ARU’s announcement in December 2013 that...

NRC in final stages of completion Australia's National Rugby Championship (NRC) is in the final stages of completion and is set to kick off in August involving nine teams, including a sensational merger between Eastern Suburbs, Randwick and NSW Country. The sides have come together to form a...

Earlier this week the International Rugby Board announced the schedule for the 2014/15 HSBC Sevens World Series and also unprecedented interest by Unions to host an event from the 2015/16 Series or Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018. Total Rugby Radio caught up with Avan Lee, the IRB's General...

Rebels open Super season with big win By Melissa Woods, 1 Mar 2014 Tagged: Melbourne Rebels, Rugby Union, Super Rugby The Melbourne Rebels delivered on a pre-season of promise as they opened their Super Rugby season with a stunning 35-14 win over the Cheetahs. The Rebels had never...

Varsity Cup Announces Schedule The Varsity Cup brings together the best university programs in the country for a single elimination, post-season national championship. Last year’s inaugural campaign featured eight seeded teams, competing over three weeks, culminating in a matchup between...

The Southern Hemisphere's rugby controlling body, SANZAR, will consider a radical proposal to run Super Rugby along the lines of America's NFL, splitting the competition into four conferences with less travel for most of the teams. The proposal was presented to the South African board's...

Super RugbyFixturesWallabiesLions TourRugby Championship6 NationsRugby RSSSevens No.1 priority for ARU in 2016 ARU boss Bill Pulver says winning an Olympic gold medal is an even greater priority for 2016 than Test match rugby and he will support Wallabies stars being made available to play...

McGahan’s Rebels looking for fresh start When new coach Tony McGahan arrived at the Melbourne Rebels the first thing he did was put a broom through the Super Rugby club in all senses. While a swag of players followed troublesome twosome James O’Connor and Kurtley Beale out the door...

Injury replacement signs to train alongside locals, including Joe Kamana (pictured) Merriman, a former Australian U20s representative and Australia A Schoolboys captain, has been a member of the Australian Rugby Union's National Academy for the last two seasons. "I am very excited to be...

Super Rugby 2014 : Rebels Super RugbyFixturesWallabiesLions TourRugby Championship6 NationsRugby RSSRebels risk losing Melbourne fans By Ben Horne, 13 Feb 2014 Tagged: Rebels, Rugby Union, Super Rugby, Tony McGahan 11 Have your say Email .Related coverage Rugby Union news Super Rugby...

The financial malaise plaguing Aussie rugby Roar Guru By Yousef Teclab, 13 Feb 2014 Yousef Teclab is a Roar Guru Tagged: Australian Rugby Union, Bill Pulver, National Rugby Championship, Rugby Union, Super Rugby 100 Have your say Email . In just a few days the 2014 Super Rugby season...

If SAANAR are serious about growing their brand in North America then they should be more pro active in getting players from those countries into Super Rugby hence removing the issue of avaliability. Anyways PRL have a point, we have written agreements for a reason.

The draw has been made for the HSBC Sevens World Series core team qualifier to be played at the Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2014, with the hosts facing sides from Europe, Africa and Oceania. From the 2013/14 season a two-stage promotion and relegation process comes into effect for...

In the build-up to the opening round of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Australia this weekend, the International Rugby Board has announced details of the new promotion / relegation structure for the Series, as the sport continues to build towards its Olympic Games debut in 2016. From the...

Rebels U17 JUNIOR GOLD CUP TEAM TRAINING STRONGLY Victorian team working hard The Victorian Junior Gold Cup U17 team was selected in October, and are now just four and a half weeks away from beginning their campaign. The brand new national competition, which sees the Rebels in a pool...

Super RugbyFixturesWallabiesLions TourRugby Championship6 NationsRugby RSSRebels surge to beat Tahs in rugby trial The Melbourne Rebels reaped the rewards of a tough pre-season as they surged home to overcome the NSW Waratahs 33-28 on Saturday in their Super Rugby trial. With the...

Without centrally contracted players the PI teams are dead in the water. With th salary cap increases and higher player payments in the EU the Unions should be looking at increasing existing player payments not expanding the player base. Apart from Japan and ArgentinaI can't see a...

Harumichi Tatekawa is confident he can overcome the language barrier after becoming the first Japanese player to join the Brumbies, who are looking to play him immediately at fly-half or inside centre in their first Super Rugby pre-season trial against the Highlanders in Queenstown on January...