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Super Rugby Pacific permutations: How your team can qualify for the finals
With just two weeks left of the regular season the top six remains wide open following several big results over the weekend. What does your team need to do to earn playoff qualification?
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ROUND 15
'Disappointing' Waratahs left to rue what could have been as season of frustration washes away
Like the Sydney rain, the Waratahs' season was swept away with crucial errors putting an end to yet another campaign of what could have been.
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Courtroom battle: Melbourne Rebels, Rugby Australia & 'Winning Rugby' explained
WALLABIES
Aussie Super mediocrity a Wallabies concern?
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The Wallabies' Super Rugby conundrum: Competitive tension or collective mediocrity?
Why two separate poaching raids paint a worrying picture for Rugby Australia
RISING STAR
RUGBY
Teen rugby star Pritchard ignites cross-code battle
Rugby Australia is staring down a fight to keep arguably its brightest young talent, with star 19-year-old Treyvon Pritchard a top target of expansion NRL franchise PNG Chiefs.
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Top Headlines
- Super Rugby R15: Tate back for Reds; JAS out
- Tahs refuse to risk Suaalii in must-win clash
- Rebels merger plan no big secret, RA says
- Lynagh set to re-sign amid frustrating injury run
- South African-born Van Rensburg in England squad
- Scotland rugby great Hastings dies aged 61
- Force hand coach Cron new deal
- Rennie impressed by Fainga'anuku's back-row play
- Eddie handed six-week ban for verbal ref abuse
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Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw: everything you need to know
An expanded 2027 Rugby World Cup means more teams and more excitement, but how does it all work?
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Rugby's rebel league explained: Everything you need to know about R360
R360's start date has officially been kicked down the road to 2028. Perhaps now we will start to see some of the detail it currently lacks. So what exactly do, and don't we know about, it?
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Australia vs. British and Irish Lions: Who makes ESPN's Team of the Series?
And just like that, the British and Irish Lions have left Australia with a 2-1 series win safely in their pocket. With the action all run and won, who makes our Team of the Series?
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Listen: ESPN Scrum Reset
Check out our new fortnightly rugby podcast, covering all the big talking points in the southern hemisphere.
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Rugby World Cup 2027 FAQs: Format, pools, tickets
World Rugby has set course for the 2027 World Cup in Australia, unveiling its logo and wider branding for the tournament. Here are some of the key things to know about the event as it stands right now.
