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Under-fire Kiwi coach gets dreaded vote of confidence as NSW Rugby chief defends departure of star players in recent seasons.

Western Force came back from 13 points down to pile more misery on the hapless Waratahs, who crashed to a third straight defeat.

Marion County native Edmond Fordham navigated a world of racial segregation as he served in the U.S. Air Force and the public school system. Fordhams daughter, Krista, said her father always "commanded respect" in every role he filled, despite even the harshest discrimination. Fordham, now 93, was born in rural Fort McCoy, about 15 miles east of Ocala, and lived near the intersection of the main crossroad. His father drove a truck, and was a laborer and a farmer. His mother worked for the Co...

Herald Penney - who is in the second season of a three-year deal - is safe. “I certainly don’t think now is the time for finger-pointing,” Doorn said. “Now is the time for actually working very closely together. We are looking for improvement. But we have to come together. Now is not the time to be singling anyone out. “It’s a young squad, it’s a developing squad and you have to chalk [the loss to the Brumbies] up, unfortunately, when you look at the [differen...

“Now is the time for actually working very closely together. We are looking for improvement. But we have to come together. Now is not the time to be singling anyone out. “It’s a young squad, it’s a developing squad, and you have to chalk [the loss to the Brumbies] up, unfortunately, when you look at the [difference] in experience, we’re on the negative.” Penney’s job may be safe for the short term but Doorn concedes the NSWRU board will examine all potential steps to reverse th...

If the Waratahs thought last week’s heavy defeat to the Reds was bad, Saturday’s 61-10 defeat to the Brumbies was even more shambolic.

Brad Thorn reckons James O’Connor’s redemption story is nearing completion after the reformed rugby bad boy led the Queensland Reds to a record defeat of the NSW Waratahs in his first game as captain. Chosen to replace injured skipper Liam Wright, the five-eighth was dominant in a 41-7 win to open the Super Rugby AU […]

The Reds are missing four big names for Friday's Super Rugby AU opener against the Waratahs, who will be steered around Suncorp Stadium by Will Harrison.

The Wrap: Injuries and depth to determine Super Rugby AU A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size One of the benefits of playing Test rugby in December and starting Super Rugby in mid-February is that the ‘silly season’ is kept mercifully short. That didn’t prevent some eyebrow-raising moments surfacing over the break, including Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan using his casting vote to determine tha...

Rather, we’re talking about the literal goals on the field. You don’t have to look very far to find something in the game that needs fixing in Australian rugby, but goal-kicking has been an issue for a long time. While the Owen Farrells and the Johnny Sextons and the Dan Carters and whichever kicking machine is wearing the Springbok no.10 jersey at the time have regularly existed in the truly elite measure of 80 per cent or better, Australian kickers have only ever been temporary visitors. ...