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The secret $4 million clause in Joseph Suaalii’s Rugby Australia contract

Given the highest-paid player in the NRL, believed to be Kalyn Ponga, is on a contract worth around $1.4 million a season, the news of Suaalii’s mammoth $2 mi

‘It puts us in the spotlight’: Aussie initiatives highlighted as sport gets serious on climate

Australians are renowned for punching above their weight on the sports field.Now there's further evidence that they are kicking goals off the pitch too, with fo

New Zealand hit by injury crisis with eight debutants in Pacific Championships squad

Stacey Jones has been forced to call up two fringe first-graders to his maiden New Zealand camp as the Kiwis coach named a heavily depleted squad for the Pacifi

Tonga, Fiji name strong 20-man squads — Pacific Championships Teams

Australia, New Zealand and Tonga have all named their squads for the 2024 Pacific Championships, which kicks off next Friday night at Suncorp Stadium when Austr

‘Didn’t even look at him as a 14’: Questions over Mal’s Ponga snub as ‘writing on the wall’ for Knights star

Questions have been asked over Kalyn Ponga’s omission from the Kangaroos squad — despite the star fullback creating a stir when he declared himself unavaila

British & Irish Lions: Landmark agreement made for players to share profits in tour of Australia

British & Irish Lions will get a share of profits during their tour of Australia in 2025 after a landmark agreement was struck

The big winner in James Tedesco’s Kangaroos demise | Sporting News Australia

James Tedesco has paid the ultimate price for Australia’s horror capitulation against New Zealand last year in the inaugural Paci

Channel 10 sacks chief sports presenter and Wallabies icon, as Australian broadcasting shake-up continues

Channel 10 has sacked it's chief sports presenterThe broadcaster had been with the company since 2013By Ed Carruthers Published: 08:28 BST, 7 Oct

Australia Kangaroos squad: Winners and losers from Pacific Championships selections | Sporting News Australia

Mal Meninga has named an inexperienced Australia squad for their upcoming Pacific Championships campaign after swinging the axe fol

‘It’s an evolution’: Meninga’s ‘difficult conversation’ with snubbed incumbent skipper

Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has revealed it was a “difficult conversation” to inform incumbent skipper James Tedesco he had been dropped from the Australian

Australian Dirt Kart Titles organisers say sport is growing as grassroots introduction for juniors

More than 300 racers turned up for the Australian Dirt Kart Titles over the weekend in what those involved in the sport say is a sign of its growing popularity

BREAKING: Origin skippers, Tedesco and Ponga snubbed in Kangaroos Pacific Championship squad

Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has dropped Origin skippers Jake Trbojevic and Daly Cherry-Evans, as well as James Tedesco, for his Australian Pacific Championships