Dean Mumm

Elbow grease ... the likes of Israel Dagg and Aaron Smith have been influential parts of an All Blacks team that has dominated the Rugby Championship and pretty much everything else this season.

Matt Burke

A dark year for green and golds but at least Wallabies avoided defeat in final Bledisloe

Matt Burke With the last domestic international of the year behind us it would seem only fit to give some thought to the best of the best this year.

Rugby

Waratahs add gun rookies to squad

Georgina Robinson The Waratahs have confirmed the signings of Shute Shield rookie of the year Jed Holloway and former Reds five-eighth Sam Lane in their line up for next season.

Repair man needs time to work magic with Waratahs

Georgina Robinson SPEND a little time talking to Michael Cheika, take a look at his eight years in Europe - at the successes, the failures and the legacies he left - and an outline begins to form of what the Waratahs...

Student graduates from Uni to Tahs

Georgina Robinson OLLIE ATKINS could be forgiven for thinking he drew the short straw as he sat clutching his cheek in the emergency room at Concord Hospital while his Sydney University teammates celebrated victory in...

Greg Mumm won't be back at Waratahs

Georgina Robinson Change is well and truly under way at the Waratahs, with head coach Michael Cheika acting fast to announce the departure of coaching co-ordinator Greg Mumm.

Unwanted Pretorius happy to wave goodbye to Waratahs

Georgina Robinson Sarel Pretorius is delighted to be rid of the Waratahs and he is not afraid to say it.

Rugby

Tahs are half a chance after switch

Georgina Robinson The Waratahs are hoping their selection gamble on Grayson Hart and Bernard Foley gives them the power of the unknown over the Brumbies in Sydney tomorrow night.

Waratahs v Brumbies

ANZ Stadium, Sydney 7.40pm (AEST)

Mystery men: Foley, Hart offer threat of the unknown

Georgina Robinson THE Waratahs are hoping their gamble on Grayson Hart and Bernard Foley gives them the power of the unknown over the Brumbies in Sydney tomorrow night.

Waratahs mix and match in search of winning formula

Georgina Robinson ADAM ASHLEY-COOPER captured it all in a few words after Waratahs training yesterday: ''We've got nothing to lose.''

Kepu ruled out of Brumbies clash

Georgina Robinson The Waratahs' hopes of a late-season revival have been dealt a body blow with news Sekope Kepu has been ruled out of the Brumbies clash in Sydney tomorrow night.

Blossoming Brumbies show up warring Tahs

Spiro Zavos IT wasn't meant to be this way for the woeful Waratahs this season. When SANZAR scheduled tonight's Waratahs-Brumbies match it was intended to be a warm-up for the local side before the climax of the...

Desperate times demand half-Harted measures

Greg Growden The Waratahs' halfback position has turned into such a problem area it could see their marquee signing Sarel Pretorius heading to another province next season.

Rugby

Palu out of Waratahs team for Reds clash

Georgina Robinson Hardman Wycliff Palu has been ruled out of the Waratahs final round clash against the Reds in Brisbane on Saturday.

Super Rugby

Reds boosted by lock's Super revival

Jim Morton Queensland's last-round quest to keep their Super Rugby defence alive has received a massive lift with Wallabies lock Rob Simmons set to be named for Saturday night's grudge match against NSW.

Reds v Waratahs

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Saturday 7.40pm (AEST)

Rugby union

Much more than pride on the line

Greg Growden Waratahs-Reds encounters - the longest rivalry in Australian rugby - revolve around personal pride.

Tahs rejig pack after hurt Palu ruled out

Georgina Robinson AN INJURY to Waratahs No.8 Wycliff Palu has forced a back-row reshuffle for the side's final-round clash with the Reds in Brisbane on Saturday.

Union

Reds' massive boost

Jim Morton, Adrian Warren Queensland's last-round quest to keep its Super Rugby defence alive has received a massive lift with Wallabies lock Rob Simmons set to be named for Saturday night's grudge match against NSW.