SPIRO: Are the Reds setting up James Slipper for Wallabies captaincy?
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auA week or so ago Queensland Rugby Union put out a media statement headed: James Slipper Named St. George Queensland Reds Captain. On top of the statement was a headshot of an unsmiling Slipper, flanked...
Captain Karmichael: Hunt named Slipper’s deputy at Reds
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auHe may not have played a game yet, but that has not stopped code hopper Karmichael Hunt being named as one of new Queensland Reds captain James Slipper’s deputies. Just four months after arriving...
Friday Round-Up
1 decade agoReds turn to Slipper: Australian Super Rugby franchise the Queensland Reds have today confirmed that loose head prop forward James Slipper will be the club captain for the forthcoming domestic season....
Slipper to captain Reds in 2015, Karmichael Hunt to vice captain
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auThe Queensland Reds have named prop James Slipper as captain for the 2015 Super Rugby season, with the 25-year-old to be supported by two new vice-captains in Reds and Wallabies lock Rob Simmons and recent...
Simmons to reach 50-cap milestone
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: RugbyLock Rob Simmons will win his 50th Australia cap in Saturday's autumn Test clash with England at Twickenham.
Simmons expects Wales backlash
1 decade ago by Sky Sports RugbyAustralia lock Rob Simmons admits Wales will not lack motivation in Saturday’s autumn Test opener in Cardiff.
Pumas set sights on rare win
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby03 October 2014Wallaby playmaker Kurtley Beale has been omitted from the matchday 23 for the clash in Mendoza following an argument with Di Patston, a member of the management team, on...
Preview: Argentina v Australia
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Argentina are chasing their first win since joining the Rugby Championship and probably haven't had a better chance of victory than they get Saturday against a wounded and weary Australian squad. The...
Preview: Argentina v Australia
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyThe term 'dead rubber' was whispered in Johannesburg before being quashed. Of course the same has happened before Argentina versus Australia. Despite sitting on three and ten points and being way...
Australia drop Beale over 'row'
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsKurtley Beale is under investigation by the Australian Rugby Union over an alleged altercation with a female team official and has been left out of the team to play Argentina this weekend. Beale...