Welsh amateur rugby players get stiff doping bans
The Welsh Rugby Union has issued a warning to players about doping after two more players were suspended after testing positive for banned drugs. The suspensions mean that 30 out of 50 current bans...
View ArticleMatt Toomua to join Leicester Tigers for next season
Share this page Share this with Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34827137 Read more about sharing. Leicester Tigers have signed versatile Australia international Matt Toomua for...
View ArticleLewis Holland says Wallabies players need time if they want Olympic sevens...
Olympic Games hopeful Lewis Holland says any Wallabies hoping join the Australian sevens campaign in Rio need to invest a significant chunk of time in the game to get a grasp of the style needed to be...
View ArticleTendulkar, others praise retiring Johnson
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar was among several people who heaped praise on Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson, who retired from international cricket in Perth on...
View ArticleTom Cusack and Lewis Holland clinch Olympic Games spot with Australian sevens
From Canberra schoolboy rivals to the Olympic Games - duo Tom Cusack and Lewis Holland can finally start dreaming about the biggest sporting event in the world after the Australian sevens team booked...
View ArticleMichael Cheika rules out replacing Stuart Lancaster as England coach
Share this page Share this with Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34834783 Read more about sharing. Australia boss Michael Cheika has ruled himself out of the vacant England head...
View ArticleEddie Jones firms as next England rugby coach as Michael Cheika rules himself...
On the day that Michael Cheika, the Australia head coach, categorically ruled himself out of the running for the vacant England job, bookmakers slashed the odds on the former Wallaby and Japan coach...
View ArticleEddie Jones new front-runner for vacant England job
Eddie Jones, former Australia and Japan rugby coach, has emerged as a leading contender to take over the vacant England job, with bookmakers slashing his odds after Wallabies head coach Michael...
View ArticleDrug bans for Welsh rugby players Owen Morgan and Greg Roberts
Share this page Share this with Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34833244 Read more about sharing. Two Welsh rugby union players have been suspended from all sport after failing...
View ArticleFive examples that show Australians are bad sports
The Australian cricket team has copped criticism in the last 24 hours or so, for failing to shake the hand of New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor after his brilliant double century in Perth. Former...
View ArticleWillamson, Starc hit milestones in New Zealand chase
New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson and Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc yesterday joined elite company as bat continued to dominate ball on the third day of the second Test against Australia at...
View ArticleACT Brumbies and Wallabies star Matt Toomua signs three-year deal with Leicester
Departing ACT Brumbies star Matt Toomua has vowed to "show how much the club means to me" in his farewell season after signing a three-year deal with English club Leicester. Fairfax Media can reveal...
View ArticleBrumbies workhorse Jarrad Butler gets chance to shine in front of Michael Cheika
ACT Brumbies workhorse Jarrad Butler is one step closer to forcing his way into the Wallabies after Australian coach Michael Cheika called him into the Barbarians squad in London. The unexpected...
View ArticleRecipients of Sports Scholarships Treated to Address by Irish Rugby Player...
(Source: National University of Ireland, Galway) Pictured are the 30 new NUI Galway Sports Scholarship recipients with (middle row, centre) Robbie Henshaw, NUI Galway student and Ireland and Connacht...
View ArticleIRS Test goes live (West Coast Eagles Football Club)
(Source: West Coast Eagles Football Club) AFL FANS will be able to watch live coverage of Sunday morning's Virgin Australia International Rules Test. There had been some doubt about whether Channel...
View ArticleRugby: Toomua signs with Leicester
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika suffered a major loss with English club side Leicester announcing that utility back Matt Toomua would join them at the conclusion of the 2016 Super Rugby season. The...
View ArticleRugbyU: Australia's Cheika rules out England job
Australia coach Michael Cheika insisted on Monday he had no interest in taking over the vacant England position as he joined a growing list of high-profile figures in ruling himself out as a successor...
View ArticleIRS Test goes live (Western Bulldogs)
(Source: Western Bulldogs) AFL fans will be able to watch live coverage of Sunday morning's Virgin Australia International Rules Test, featuring Western Bulldogs players Robert Murphy, Jake Stringer...
View ArticleMitchell striving for improvement (Hawthorn Football Club)
(Source: Hawthorn Football Club) SAM Mitchell's grin remained a mile wide as he settled into his seat near the front of the team bus after the squad's practice match at the New York Jets' indoor...
View ArticleGaff prepares at Jets facilities (West Coast Eagles Football Club)
(Source: West Coast Eagles Football Club) THE SAME faces carrying furrowed brows on Friday wore grins on Saturdays as the Australians tore through an intra-squad practice match at the New York Jets...
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