Stormers

Hindsight

Folau can only let his talent do the talking

Richard Hinds Should Israel Folau play for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions?

Tahs stay on track, but finals talk off the cards

Darren Walton The NSW Waratahs are refusing to talk finals football despite continuing on their impressive roll towards the Super Rugby play-offs with a gritty win over the stumbling Brumbies.

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Rugby

Wallabies or bust? ARU boss coy on plans to retain Folau

Georgina Robinson Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver has played down optimism at the prospect of retaining league convert Israel Folau next year.

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Rugby

Folau tipped to face Lions after star turns

Georgina Robinson Waratahs attack coach Daryl Gibson says the opinions of rival Super Rugby coaches who omitted code-swapper Israel Folau from their picks of the top Wallabies prospects are outdated.

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Izzy spells: Brumbies ready for sparks to fly

Chris Dutton The Brumbies are on a mission to stop a ''freakish'' Israel Folau and are using a last-round ''reality check'' to stabilise their Super Rugby finals aspirations in Sydney on Saturday night.

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Folau's Wallabies stocks up in leaps and bounds

Paul Cully Israel Folau has one arm in a Wallabies jersey.

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Rugby

Depleted Rebels to blood league convert

Rugby league convert Bryce Hegarty has been thrust into the Melbourne Rebels' hot seat with a run-on Super Rugby debut at five-eighth against the Stormers on Friday night.

Rugby

Brumbies plot to stop Foley menace

Georgina Robinson If the Brumbies have taken anything from the Stormers' narrow loss to the Waratahs last weekend it is how to neutralise NSW five-eighth Bernard Foley.

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Douglas wants to play through pain of loss

Georgina Robinson Grieving Waratahs second-rower Kane Douglas has told coach Michael Cheika he wants to play against the Brumbies.

Rugby

Tahs find skills to make good on adventure, says Larkham

Georgina Robinson The Waratahs are a different team to the one that fell startlingly short against the Brumbies in round four.

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Rugby Union

Injuries put Rebel on centre stage

Stathi Paxinos Of all the advice that Bryce Hegarty received in the lead-up to his debut for the Melbourne Rebels last Saturday, a rather run-of-the-mill warning from assistant coach Nathan Grey proved to be the...

Rugby

Pint-sized Rebels up for Super challenge

The Melbourne Rebels are confident their new pint-sized halves pairing Nic Stirzaker and Bryce Hegarty won't be out-muscled by the Stormers in their Super Rugby clash at AAMI Park on Friday night.

Live: Blues v Rebels

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Rugby

Paddy Ryan earns Waratahs start

Prop Paddy Ryan will make his fourth start this season as the NSW Waratahs try to keep their Super Rugby finals hopes flickering with victory over the Brumbies in Saturday night's Australian...

Rugby Union

Delve itching to make his mark again for Rebels

Stathi Paxinos Gareth Delve will be occupying one of the places he least wants when the Melbourne Rebels start their clash with the Stormers at AAMI Park on Friday night.

Rugby

Watson, Catrakilis star as Kings bounce back

Monthati Molosankwe Skipper Luke Watson and fly-half Demetri Catrakilis starred as Southern Kings put a three-week Super Rugby nightmare behind them by defeating the Highlanders 34-27 on Saturday.

Cooper hails length-of-field effort best he's seen

Jim Morton Many Super Rugby pundits are calling it the try of the year - a sweeping 100-metre effort that Quade Cooper believes is the best in his seven seasons with Queensland.

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Delve itching to make his mark again for Rebels

Stathi Paxinos Gareth Delve will be occupying one of the places he least wants when the Melbourne Rebels start their clash with the Stormers at AAMI Park on Friday night.