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Sydney Morning Herald

Prop out to prove Murphy's law wrong
Sydney Morning Herald
The ARU will ask the IRB to review its decision in the hope Murphy will be able to play for the Wallabies if he has a sparkling debut Super Rugby season. The 24-year-old prop said his preference was to represent the Wallabies, not Ireland.

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Prop out to prove Murphy's law wrong
The Canberra Times
The ARU will ask the IRB to review its decision in the hope Murphy will be able to play for the Wallabies if he has a sparkling debut Super Rugby season. The 24-year-old prop said his preference was to represent the Wallabies, not Ireland.


ESPNScrum.com

Agulla hopeful over extending Tigers stay
ESPNScrum.com
With the inaugural Rugby Championship coming into play this summer, Argentinean players plying their trade in the Aviva Premiership will miss a large portion of the season due to the tournament finishing in October. That, coupled with the November ...

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Horacio Agulla's hopes of staying at Leicester Tigers are not over
This is Leicestershire
But in-form Agulla is hoping that a planned meeting between the Argentine Rugby Union (ARU) and the Rugby Union (RFU) may alter Leicester's position. "Maybe the ARU might release us from the November Tests (to play for Leicester)," said the 27-year-old ...

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Rugby Development Officers
Green and Gold Rugby
For interest the job description for an ARU development officer in Northern Sydney is: They will be responsible for delivering education activities for community coaches, referees and administration to ensure the Rugby environment is safe, ...


Back to school for Brumbies
Adelaide Now
The $1million deal fell over on Christmas Eve when the Chinese company missed out on contracts for the NBN, and saw the ARU poised to step in and rescue the Brumbies. But the new partnership with the University of Canberra has seen the Brumbies secure ...

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Cumberland Courier Newspapers

Norwest Bulls looking for players
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
THE Norwest Bulls Junior Rugby Union Club has a special offer for the first 40 people to register to play this year. The offer includes one new football, two new water bottles, one ARU Try Rugby cap and $20 off registration fees.


Green and Gold Rugby

EXCLUSIVE: Wallaby Captaincy Psychometric Test
Green and Gold Rugby
Today Green and Gold Rugby can also EXCLUSIVELY reveal an excerpt from that Wallabies psychoanalytic testing below. Unfortunately we cannot confirm whose test it was. One thing's for sure, those boffins at the ARU leave nothing to chance.

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South Africa pushes Southern Kings' bis into Super Rugby
The Australian
"The conference model does provide flexibility, which could involve North American, South American or Asian teams in Super Rugby," ARU chief executive John O'Neill said. "We can examine options to see what can be done. You could have a Super Rugby team ...

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Qantas deal big boost for rugby sevens ahead of Rio Olympics
The Daily Telegraph
FORMER dual international Michael O'Connor has hailed a lucrative sponsorship deal with Qantas as a big step toward the Australian sevens outfit competing with Super Rugby and NRL sides in the marketplace for elite young footballers.
Qantas sponsors Australian sevens teamVoxy
Qantas title sponsors Australia's rugby sevens teamsSportsPro Media

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Qantas sponsors Australian sevens team
Voxy
ARU Managing Director and CEO, John O'Neill AO, welcomed the decision by Qantas to extend their support of Australian Rugby to include the rapidly growing Sevens brand. "For the past eight years Qantas have been the proud naming rights partner of the ...

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McColl set to tour America
Moree Champion
He is a former student from North Star Public School and his passion for rugby started with the Goondiwindi junior Emus at just seven. McColl has already accumulated an impressive range of achievements in his burgeoning rugby career.


Stuff.co.nz

Rebels enter race to sign Cronk
Stuff.co.nz
It is understood ARU officials are admirers of Cronk, who grew up playing rugby and played alongside former Wallabies five-eighth Matt Giteau. It is also understood the ARU will not stand in the way of a play for another NRL star, given Cronk's history ...
Rebels deny chasing Storm halfback Cooper CronkThe Australian

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Force living Craig Wing prayer
Fox Sports
The Force would have to recruit Wing as a foreigner, but he does not fulfill the requirements of the ARU's import policy. Australia's Super Rugby teams can recruit two foreign players, although Melbourne Rebels were permitted to sign 10 imports to ...

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Why rugby is making even more of a difference
The Roar
These empathic values underpin the culture of Rugby and help to define the Rugby male. The recent inclusion of Rugby Sevens in the Olympics is a watershed for the game. Admirably, the ARU is now taking Rugby Sevens to the schools, placing an emphasis ...


Sydney Morning Herald

Rebels crank up battle for union son Cronk
Sydney Morning Herald
It is understood ARU officials are admirers of Cronk, who grew up playing rugby and played alongside former Wallabies five-eighth Matt Giteau. It is also understood the ARU will not stand in the way of a play for another NRL star, given Cronk's history ...
Rebels deny chasing Storm halfback Cooper CronkThe Australian

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Australian Craig Wing does not fit the criteria as an import
The Australian
The Force would have to recruit Wing as a foreigner, but he does not fulfill the requirements of the ARU's import policy. Australia's Super Rugby teams can recruit two foreign players, although the Melbourne Rebels, were s permitted to sign 10 imports ...

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The Age

Cronk the prize in battle of the codes
The Age
ARU officials are admirers of Cronk, who grew up playing rugby and played alongside former Wallabies five-eighth Matt Giteau. It is also believed the ARU will not stand in the way of a play for another NRL star in light of Cronk's history in rugby, ...
Rebels deny chasing Storm halfback Cooper CronkThe Australian

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Australia honours former Wallabies
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Australian Rugby Union today congratulated former Qantas Wallabies Stirling Mortlock and George Smith on being appointed Members of the Order of Australia (AM). The former Australian team-mates, who both made their international debuts in 2000, ...

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Who's hot... and who's not!
Planet Rugby
... position isn't up for grabs - yet - but McKenzie was given a mighty big compliment by ARU chief executive John O'Neill, after revealing the Reds mentor would be a "fantastic candidate" to be the next Australia boss. The Super Rugby-winning coach, ...