The Super Rugby U19s competition has unveiled some bright talents for the future heading into an exciting period for Australian Rugby.

It took more than a decade but this year's Rugby Championship finally lived up to what it had long promised fans: being fast, fierce and wide open to the finish.

A rugby-mad 17-year-old has said women and girls still struggle to find rugby teams to play for at a junior level. Ella Russell, a second row player from Shrewsbury Rugby Club, was speaking a week after England won the Women's Rugby World Cup and said the women's game had a great sense of community.

Australia has suffered a double blow ahead of the Kangaroos tour with wingers Zac Lomax and Xavier Coates ruled out through injury.

Super Rugby AUS is done and dusted for its first season, culminating in a thrilling final that saw the NSW Waratahs defeat the hosts Western Force 33-26 on the bell at Wanneroo.

Gordon’s management has been in discussions with the Titans in recent weeks and are keen for Gordon to be released from the final year of his NRL contract.

Ilona Maher, the world’s most-followed rugby player on social media, has been granted her own signature Barbie doll.