Victoria Aims To Cash In On Super 12s After Cup Bonanza

The Victorian Rugby Union is confident it can ride the slipstream of the code's runaway World Cup success - and Melbourne's part in it - to realise its goals of fielding a Super 12 team by 2006 and a Wallaby captain by 2015.

Jonah Has Had A Bellyful Of Being Undervalued By Nz

AILING former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu has cut his ties with the New Zealand Rugby Union because it didn't appreciate his value.

Discipline Cost Nz, Says Carlos

ALL Blacks five-eighth Carlos Spencer has blamed a lack of hunger and discipline in Saturday's semifinal for his side's Rugby World Cup failure.

Australian Film Lags Nz : Miller

For influential director George Miller, the Australian film industry is like the Fijian and Samoan rugby teams some brilliant one-off talents, but not enough support and training to match the world's best.

Nz Referee Cops Suspension

NEW Zealand referee Steve Walsh is disappointed to have earned the notoriety of being the first official in the history of the Rugby World Cup to be suspended.