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News.com.au
17-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Reds, Waratahs, Brumbies and Force to feature in Super Rugby AUS competition
Rugby Australia has confirmed that a competition consisting of Australia's four Super Rugby clubs will start in September. The Super Rugby AUS competition will run over four weeks and involve the Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs, ACT Brumbies and Western Force. Each team will play each other once, with a final involving the top two sides taking place on October 5, 'We have worked closely with the Super Rugby clubs to identify a suitable window within our domestic competition calendar to play more meaningful, quality matches,' RA's high performance and competitions general manager Ben Whitaker said. 'This first iteration of Super Rugby AUS will address that need, support the ongoing growth and development of the players and high performance staff, and give rugby fans more opportunities to watch their favourite Super Rugby teams in action. 'The Super Rugby Pacific season is relatively short and sharp, and the contracted players who aren't involved with Wallabies can go a long time between games at that level, especially once club rugby finals commence in August. 'Super Rugby AUS will also be an opportunity to showcase the best emerging player and coaching talent out of club rugby, along with the national and Super Rugby pathway programs.' Dates are set! ðŸ�¨ âš'ï¸� We'll face @Panasonic_WK on October 25 at Ballymore for the Saitama Queensland Shield in a match presented by Quest Kelvin Grove. — Queensland Reds (@Reds_Rugby) June 17, 2025 Meanwhile, the Reds will host Japanese club Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights at Ballymore on October 25. 2025 Super Rugby AUS schedule Round 1 NSW Waratahs v Western Force – September 13 Queensland Reds v ACT Brumbies – September 14 Round 2 NSW Waratahs v Queensland Reds – September 20 Western Force v ACT Brumbies – September 21 Round 3 ACT Brumbies v NSW Waratahs – September 27 Western Force v Queensland Reds – September 28
Straits Times
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Australia launches domestic Super Rugby competition
SYDNEY - Rugby Australia have announced an annual domestic Super Rugby competition aimed at giving the country's senior players more game time to kick off in September and October this year. With teams playing only 14 regular season games in Super Rugby Pacific, there has been concern that players outside the Wallabies set-up do not play enough rugby compared to their peers in other countries. "The Super Rugby Pacific season is relatively short and sharp, and the contracted players who aren't involved with Wallabies can go a long time between games at that level," RA's Ben Whitaker said in a statement. "Super Rugby AUS will also be an opportunity to showcase the best emerging player and coaching talent out of club rugby, along with the national and Super Rugby pathway programmes." The New South Wales Waratahs, ACT Brumbies, Western Force and Queensland Reds will play each other once over three rounds with a final following on a fourth weekend. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Australia launches domestic Super Rugby competition
SYDNEY, June 17 (Reuters) - Rugby Australia have announced an annual domestic Super Rugby competition aimed at giving the country's senior players more game time to kick off in September and October this year. With teams playing only 14 regular season games in Super Rugby Pacific, there has been concern that players outside the Wallabies set-up do not play enough rugby compared to their peers in other countries. "The Super Rugby Pacific season is relatively short and sharp, and the contracted players who aren't involved with Wallabies can go a long time between games at that level," RA's Ben Whitaker said in a statement. "Super Rugby AUS will also be an opportunity to showcase the best emerging player and coaching talent out of club rugby, along with the national and Super Rugby pathway programmes." The New South Wales Waratahs, ACT Brumbies, Western Force and Queensland Reds will play each other once over three rounds with a final following on a fourth weekend.
Otago Daily Times
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Australia to hold domestic Super Rugby spin-off
David Feliuai of the Brumbies is tackled during the round fourteen Super Rugby Pacific match between Brumbies and Reds in Canberra. Rugby Australia have announced an annual domestic Super Rugby competition aimed at giving the country's senior players more game time to kick off in September and October this year. With teams playing only 14 regular season games in Super Rugby Pacific, there has been concern that players outside the Wallabies set-up do not play enough rugby compared to their peers in other countries. "The Super Rugby Pacific season is relatively short and sharp, and the contracted players who aren't involved with Wallabies can go a long time between games at that level," RA's Ben Whitaker said in a statement. "Super Rugby AUS will also be an opportunity to showcase the best emerging player and coaching talent out of club rugby, along with the national and Super Rugby pathway programmes." The New South Wales Waratahs, ACT Brumbies, Western Force and Queensland Reds will play each other once over three rounds with a final following on a fourth weekend.
The Guardian
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Letter: Alan Yentob obituary
Alan Yentob did another great service to the BBC and to British culture by giving the final imprimatur to the siting of Martin Jennings's statue of George Orwell, promoted by my late husband, Ben Whitaker, outside the BBC HQ, and by choosing the best quotation to be inscribed beside it: 'If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.'
