Nathan Sharpe

Nathan Sharpe available for Rugby Championship

Greg Growden Wallabies forward Nathan Sharpe has agreed to extend his career for another two months, enabling the 104-Test veteran to compete in the inaugural Rugby Championship which features former Tri Nations...

Super Rugby

Nathan Sharpe: the rock on which the Force was built

Simon White Nathan Sharpe: last home stand for Force's rock.

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Rugby

Nathan Sharpe to retire at end of 2012 season

Most-capped Wallabies second-rower Nathan Sharpe is to retire from all competitive rugby at the end of the 2012 Super Rugby season.

Rugby

Deans in for pleasant viewing as Tahs take on Brumbies

Paul Cully Wallabies coach Robbie Deans will be sitting reasonably comfortably when he settles in to watch the Waratahs v Brumbies game on Saturday evening.

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Tight Five

Emotions run hot in the debate over five-eighth

Paul Cully In the third instalment of the Herald's look at the race for Wallabies jerseys, we look at five more positions. We start with five-eighth.

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Sharpe to join Wallabies coaching staff

Australia's most capped forward Nathan Sharpe will lend his weight to the Wallabies coaching set up for the British and Irish Lions June-July tour.

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Rugby

Gatland opts for slabs of red meat

Paul Cully There will be no real surprise in the Wallabies camp to this 37-man British and Irish Lions squad. Not even in the selection of Sean Maitland, the New Zealand winger given his debut at the Crusaders...

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Rugby Union

Experience 'gives Smith edge for Test'

Georgina Robinson Former Wallabies captain Nathan Sharpe backs George Smith to play against Lions.

Rugby

Sharpe backs Smith for Wallabies spot

Georgina Robinson George Smith must be Australia's starting open-side flanker against the British and Irish Lions in June, says former Wallabies captain Nathan Sharpe.

Rugby

Force sign Morahan from Reds

Queensland Reds back Luke Morahan says a few conversations with past and present Western Force players convinced him to sign on with the Perth-based franchise on a two-year deal.

Rugby

Capital gains being made with Brumbies' fine form

Paul Cully Influence in Australian rugby is shifting from Brisbane to Canberra.

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Rugby

Hodgson confirms his future is with the Force

Justin Chadwick Matt Hodgson says he had tentative offers to continue his career in Japan, but was keen to stay in Perth after re-signing with the Western Force.

Hooper on Tahs defence

Georgina Robinson Test breakaway Michael Hooper says he is happy with his performances for the Waratahs despite the side's mixed results.

John Eales

Kicking off is the easy bit

John Eales Years ago, as I scratched for some advice after a friend's break-up, I said: "Mate, it's not the one you start with that counts, it's the one you end up with that matters.

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