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The Wallabies squad for the Test features a 20-16 split in favour of the forwards. Photo: @wallabies/X (Twitter) France-based lock Will Skelton is back in the Wallabies after coach Joe Schmidt named a 36-player squad to meet Fiji on July 6. The one-off match in Newcastle will serve as a warm-up for players before the…
Super Rugby’s digital popularity is increasing across the three participating countries. File photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Faster games, more viewers, greater jeopardy — Super Rugby Pacific is surging in popularity and engagement across three countries. The organisers recently revealed positive trends in metrics released by data provider Opta for this year’s competition. A feature of the…
A Fiji Airways Boeing 737 which is being used on the Cairns-Nadi service. Photo: Jeffery.S/Pexels A new Cairns-Nadi air service is expected to help add 52,000 extra visitors and help inject $160 million into the Far North Queensland economy. The Fiji Airways service will link Cairns via Nadi to its US ports of call: Los…
Highlanders forward Sean Withy has been banned for three weeks for kneeing a WA Force player in the head. Photo: Super Rugby Pacific More than a minute of ‘dead’ play is gone every game as Super Rugby Pacific matches are driving the code’s viewership, engagement and attendance upwards Down Under. According to organisers, law tweaks…
Photo: stock In round six of Super Rugby Pacific, NSW and Queensland snapped long-standing losing streaks against their opposition. It proved a rewarding weekend for Australian teams with all four now in the top six on the points table. In Sydney, the NSW Waratahs snapped a 13-match losing streak to ACT with a 25-23 win…
Lloyd J. Austin (right) and Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles in Darwin on Sunday. Picture: US Department of Defence The American and Fijian military are expected to strengthen ties as outgoing US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin shores up ties in the Indo-Pacific region. The US and Fiji are expected to open talks on signing a…
Lloyd Austin with Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong during her visit to Annapolis, Maryland, in August. Photo: Samuel Phelps/DFAT OUTGOING US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin is to visit Australia this week as part of a regional tour to shore up regional alliances. Pentagon spokesman Major-General Pat Ryder says Austin will visit Australia, the Philippines,…
The Queensland Reds scrum down against the Dunedin-based Highlanders at Suncorp Stadium this season. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The draw for Super Rugby Pacific 2025 has been unveiled with a culture round, an ANZAC Day round and a new finals format. The finals format has had to be rejigged after the Melbourne Rebels were axed this…
The Queensland Reds take on the Highlanders from NZ earlier this year at Suncorp. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The demise of the Melbourne Rebels has prompted a rescheduling of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific competition which has just been announced. The new format will feature a “lucky loser” finals series with the competition reduced to 11…