Michael Cheika's coaching stint with English rugby giants Leicester has ended in a Twickenham final defeat - and some controversy.
Ian Chadband
The Brumbies have fallen short in their quest to win their first Super Rugby title since 2004 with the ACT side again bowing out at the semi-final stage.
Melissa Woods
Michael Cheika will not be forgotten at one of English rugby's great clubs as he prepares for his farewell match as Leicester coach in the Premiership final.
Jim van Wijk
The Crusaders have bounced back from an early deficit to beat the Blues, a Will Jordan double taking them into the Super Rugby final as they hunt a 13th title.
Nick Mulvenney
Wallabies great Joe Roff, who won two Super titles with the Brumbies, believes the current side is primed to perform in their semi-final against the Chiefs.
Ex-Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is preparing to depart English club Leicester this weekend. He could so as a premiership winner.
Fiji have named a formidable squad for a Test against the Wallabies next month in Newcastle.
Taniela Tupou's teammates are tipping the powerhouse prop to hit top gear during the Wallabies' three-Test series against the touring British and Irish Lions.
Darren Walton
Former Wallabies captain Will Genia is weighing up his future after finishing up a six-year stint in Japanese rugby and is open to offers.
Coach Andy Farrell reckons Canberra's Finlay Bealham will be an invaluable member of his British & Irish Lions squad in Australia.
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Western Force speedster Max Burey has been lauded by coach Simon Cron for his versatility after he signed on with the club for next Super Rugby season.
Jackson Barrett
Coach Stephen Larkham says the Brumbies will rely more on hard-won confidence than emotion in their Super Rugby Pacific semi-final against the Chiefs.
Code-hopping superstar Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii is promising to be back to full fitness for the Wallabies' Lions series after recovering from a broken jaw.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt says Jake Gordon's supreme kicking and passing game has made the halfback an influential member of the Test leadership group.
With the core of their team in their fourth Super Rugby Pacific semi-final, Tom Hooper says the Brumbies have been building towards an elusive trophy.
In an extraordinary twist, there are now more Australian-born players in the British & Irish Lions squad than Welshmen.
Noah Lolesio says he's taken huge strides as a playmaker and thanks his coach as the Brumbies look to make Super Rugby history.
Inspirational NSW Waratahs skipper Jake Gordon appears on track for a major Wallabies promotion ahead of the showpiece British and Irish Lions series.
Executing set pieces will go a long way to breaking the ACT Brumbies' curse of losing Super Rugby semi-finals in New Zealand, says coach Stephen Larkham.
Jacob Shteyman
The Brumbies must make history against the Chiefs to win a Super Rugby Pacific final berth after a Billy Pollard double swept aside the Hurricanes in Canberra.
It took a converted try after the fulltime hooter but the defending champion Blues remain alive in the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs after pipping the Chiefs.
The despondent Queensland Reds are licking their wounds after crashing out of the Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals for a fourth straight season.
Brumbies fullback Tom Wright says while there's no Kini Naholo, the Hurricanes will still bring sizeable strike power into their Super Rugby Pacific final.
History suggests the Queensland Reds don't stand a chance in Christchurch, but coach Les Kiss has seen evidence to suggest they can upset the Crusaders.
Murray Wenzel
