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• Brumbies want Super Rugby revenge against Queensland Reds

  Good Friday was hardly that for the Brumbies this year. A painful 20-13 loss to an injury-ravaged Queensland Reds cut so deep that the Brumbies have been looking forward to the Canberra rematch on Saturday night, and making amends, ever since.

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• Matt Giteau has shot at Euro rugby silverware in London

  

  Spurned Wallaby Matt Giteau has the chance to cap his debut season for Toulon by lifting the European Challenge Cup in Friday’s all-French final against Biarritz in London.

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• Melbourne Rebels’ Nick Phipps back in Wallabies frame

  

  Melbourne Rebels halfback Nick Phipps is again back in the running for a Wallabies berth after starring in his side’s upset win over Super Rugby heavyweights the Crusaders.

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• Brumbies confirm Lealiifano out for season

  

  Bitter-sweet doesn’t begin to describe the emotions of Brumbies players after Lealiifano broke his ankle in the last minute of their 23-6 triumph over the NSW Waratahs on Saturday night in Canberra.

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• Australia score rugby sevens win over New Zealand

  

  Australia have thrashed trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand 35-19 in their one-off Sevens Rugby international at Allianz Stadium on Sunday.

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• Danny Cipriani’s Melbourne stint ends in tears

  

  Like many a relationship the one between Danny Cipriani and the Melbourne Rebels ended in tears. But not for the reasons everyone expected.

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• Melbourne Rebels hammered by Highlanders

  Melbourne coach Damien Hill praised the Rebels’ defence despite them conceding seven tries in a 43-12 Super Rugby beating by the Highlanders in Invercargill on Friday.

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• Winners are grinners for Brumbies, Rebels and Tahs

  

  The surprising Brumbies sit atop Super Rugby’s Australian conference while previous leaders Queensland ponder their grim injury toll after a demoralisingly one-sided loss to the Bulls.

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• Heartbreak for Aussie Super rugby sides

  Western Force finally won a close game as they passed the mantle of heartbreak kings onto Australia’s other four Super Rugby teams.

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• We won’t win Super Rugby wooden spoon: Western Force

  Western Force forwards coach Nick Stiles says punters will be foolish if they put their money on the Perth-based franchise to finish last this Super Rugby season.

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• Only way is up for hungry Queensland Reds

  Super Rugby champions Queensland have scoffed at NSW’s barbs the Reds are set for second-year syndrome and warned they’ll only get better defending their title.

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• Salary cap makes Super Rugby harder in Australia

  

  Rugby World Cup winning coach Jake White thinks he has discovered an Australian rugby leader of the future in new Brumbies captain Ben Mowen. But he’s also discovered why Australian teams struggle to win the Super Rugby tournament.

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• Melbourne Rebels excited by arrival of Wallaby big guns

  

  All the talk ahead of the Melbourne Rebels’ second Super Rugby season can be summed up in five words; James O’Connor and Kurtley Beale.

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• Quade Cooper banned from Australian pub

  

  Wallabies rugby union star Quade Cooper has been banned from a popular southeast Queensland pub after an alleged altercation with a female patron.

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• O’Connor the real deal at 10 against Wales

  

  Quade Cooper faces a battle to retain the Wallabies five eighth role ahead of friend James O’Connor next season.

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• Roff and ready for Heroes Rugby Challenge

  

  This weekend some of the greatest rugby players from around the world will line up at Twickenham Stadium for the “Heroes Rugby Challenge”.

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• The Wallabies are in good Nick

  

  With one game down and one to go for the Wallabies on their short UK tour, TIM MARTIN caught up with one of Australia’s emerging game-breakers, the man in Will Genia’s shadow, Nick Phipps.

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• British and Irish Lions tour schedule announced for Australia

  

  Australian Rugby Union today confirmed the nine-match schedule – including three Tests against the Wallabies – for the long-awaited return to Australia of the British and Irish Lions in 2013.

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• Wallabies trounce rugby’s Barbarians 60-11

  

  James O’Connor used flamboyant playmaker Quade Cooper’s game as the blueprint for his sterling maiden outing for the Wallabies at fly half.

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• Stirling Mortlock plotting Wallabies demise in London

  

  This weekend the Wallabies will take on the Barbarians at Twickenham Stadium. One of the players who will be donning the famous black and white strip is former Aussie skipper Stirling Mortlock. TIM MARTIN chatted to the Wallaby legend to see how preparations are going.

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