Brisbane Tens

Australian rugby’s secret comeback plan: be more like New Zealand

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Australian rugby teams have been mostly awful this year, but there’s a plan to turn things around, and it starts with a Super Rugby overhaul. Tim Murphy reports. Don’t feel sorry for Australian rugby. Don’t feel pity for its pitiful season.  Don’t give the buggers a break. Because they’re already plotting their comeback.  Root, branch and Aussie ruthlessness. Having … Read more

Is the Brisbane Global Tens the ideal Super Rugby preseason or a sweltering vision of rugby hell?

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Rugby is getting a new festival event next year to kick-off the season in style – in the scorching hot league paradise of Brisbane. But what’s it all about, and why do we need it? Tim Murphy spent 48 hours among the tatts, T-shirts and thongs to find out. They don’t do things by halves … Read more