A wave of Rugby Sevens stars preparing for a three-day tournament in Perth made the most of WA’s scorching hot weather by taking a dip at Scarborough Beach.
Caleb Runciman
It has been seven years since the Australian women’s rugby sevens team triumphed in the home leg of a World Rugby SVNS Series — and stars Charlotte Caslick and Faith Nathan are determined to end the drought.
Ben Smith
Australian-born Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu's hopes of returning to his homeland with the Lions are in doubt after injury ruled him out of the Six Nations.
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Perth will host the dawn of a new era in Australian men’s sevens rugby this weekend, and new coach Liam Barry’s impact is already being felt by his charges.
Returning Reds forward Lukhan Salakaia-Loto's cheeky Taniela Tupou sledge has spiced up and old Super Rugby rivalry.
Murray Wenzel
Robbie Deans' Wild Knights have beaten Steve Hansen's Tokyo Verblitz by 16 points in Japanese club rugby.
Injury has cast a cloud over Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu's availability ahead of the Six Nations rugby championship.
Anthony Brown
Maddison Levi is just 22, but the Sevens star is already well on he way to joining the pantheon of great Australian athletes; rich is her resume despite her tender years.
The Australian Sevens team has called up a former schoolboy prodigy, while veteran Maurice Longbottom returns from injury for the tournament in Perth.
Justin Chadwick
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii says he's not daunted by the expectations of reviving the Wallabies and leading them to victory over the British and Irish Lions.
George Clarke
The NSW Waratahs can't solely rely on Wallabies star Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii to fire them up the Super Rugby ladder, new coach Dan McKellar says.
All Blacks star Wallace Sititi will undergo surgery on a knee injury on Friday and may miss the entire Super Rugby season.
Sione Tuipulotu, Jack Dempsey, Mack Hansen, Finlay Bealham and Monty Ioane make up a powerful Australian brigade in the Six Nations rugby championship.
Ian Chadband
Western Force captain Jeremy Williams’ seismic rise over the past year is in the rearview mirror, and the second-rower is already focusing on the road ahead.
Eddie Jones thought Maro Itoje was too "inward-looking" to captain England but the Australian's successor as coach has made him skipper for the Six Nations.
Brumbies' Wallaby back-row forward Tom Hooper is heading for England, but hopes to come back to Australia "an older, more experienced player down the track".
Under-pressure Wales coach Warren Gatland has called up several experienced players for the Six Nations tournament as the Kiwi seeks to end a long losing run.
Waratahs triple premiership winner Layne Morgan has landed in the laps of the Queensland Reds as a prize Super Rugby Women's addition.
Former Wallaby Israel Folau scored a try but his Urayasu D-Rocks suffered a fourth straight defeat in Japanese rugby, losing to Brave Lupus Tokyo.
Back with the Western Force after a year at the University of Oxford, down-to-earth front-rower Tom Robertson has returned full of wisdom, and a renewed sense of energy.
Louis Lynagh's flourishing international career has been put on hold, the son of former Wallabies' great Michael Lynagh having to recover from knee surgery.
Injured utility back Kurtley Beale has returned to the Force with the hope of playing as an injury-replacement player in the latter stages of the 2025 season.
Wallabies veteran Kurtley Beale is back with Western Force — and refusing to give up on his dream of returning to rugby field despite a career-threatening injury.
Western Force have continued to make waves ahead of the 2025 Super Rugby Women’s season, with Wallaroos games record-holder Ashley Marsters committing to the club.
