Club rugby
The Cauliflower
Australian rugby
Will the Randwick council wet weather line stop Eddie from training at Coogee?
Eddie Jones has tasked a well-known former NRL coach with the duties of getting England the tick of approval to train at his second home, Coogee Oval.
- by Tom Decent and Iain Payten
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‘Do you mind if I play?’: How Matt Lodge ended up in Brisbane club rugby
Just days after abruptly exiting the Warriors, former NRL prop Matt Lodge laced up his boots for Norths’ second-grade team in the pouring rain.
- by Iain Payten
‘Like winning lottery’: What it meant to Two Blues to finally beat Sydney Uni
The Two Blues, a club with 143 years of tradition based in Sydney’s west, survived from the brink of extinction and lived to tell the tale.
- by Tom Decent
The Cauliflower
Australian rugby
Could Sydney stage the first indoor Rugby World Cup final in 2027?
States and venues are already jockeying for games in the 2027 Rugby World Cup and the NSW government is being urged to make a major investment to secure the final.
- by Iain Payten and Georgina Robinson
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Shute Shield season abandoned, Penrith booted out of 2022 competition
The 2021 Shute Shield will finish without a winner for the first time in over 100 years. And the season cancellation means one club has played its last game in the competition.
- by Sam Phillips
Historic Shute Shield facing first cancelled season since WW1
The Shute Shield could finish the year without a winner for the first time since 1918 as the Sydney Rugby Union face a deadline to decide if the season can go ahead.
- by Sam Phillips
NSW Rugby investigates allegation of racist slurs against Indigenous teen
An Indigenous boy was left distraught after playing in the under-14s NSW Junior Rugby Union State Championship on June 14.
- by Tom Decent
‘Smacks of jealousy and elitism’: mayor’s extraordinary Shute Shield spray
Cumberland City Council mayor Steve Christou has slammed the eastern bloc pushing ahead with plans to force a merger between three western Sydney Shute Shield clubs.
- by Sam Phillips
‘Committed to fighting’: West Harbour, Two Blues slam Shute Shield merger talk
The three western Sydney clubs have been urged to merge to stay in next year’s Shute Shield. They have other ideas.
- by Sam Phillips
Eastern teams unwavering on Shute Shield reform, call for western clubs to merge
A letter from the president of Eastern Suburbs has called for Parramatta, Penrith and West Harbour to become a single club. But one of the trio wants to go it alone.
- by Sam Phillips
Polota-Nau warns of rugby player drain in western Sydney
Former Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau says a move to shake up the Shute Shield could devastate rugby’s presence out west, leaving other codes to have their pick of young talent.
- by Tom Decent