Christy Doran
Rugby editor at The Roar. Previous: Fox Sports, The Australian. Covered Tokyo Olympics, Rugby World Cup
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1 day ago |
theroar.com.au | Christy Doran
The Lions are finally Down Under and the nine-match tour, which culminates in three massive Tests, is set to begin on Saturday evening in Perth. Already some fireworks have begun. After the Lions were towelled up in Dublin by Los Pumas, CEO Ben Calveley did his best to make himself relevant by reading Joe Schmidt and Rugby Australia the rule book.
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2 days ago |
theroar.com.au | Christy Doran
On the eve of the British and Irish Lions series and two years out from the home World Cup, Taniela Tupou, arguably the biggest name in Australian rugby, is off to France. The Roar can reveal the 29-year-old is set to make a high-profile move to the French capital. It’s understood his destination is Racing 92 – the famed Parisian club, who recently parted ways with Owen Farrell and had Siya Kolisi spend a season with them after the 2023 World Cup.
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2 days ago |
theroar.com.au | Christy Doran
Wallabies playmaker Ben Donaldson will take on the British and Irish Lions on Saturday evening after being rushed back to Perth following an injury to Test veteran Kurtley Beale. Donaldson, 26, was in Sydney preparing for next week’s first Test of the year against the Flying Fijians in Newcastle, but a hamstring injury to Beale saw the Western Force reach out to the Wallabies to put in a request for their star playmaker to return home.
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3 days ago |
theroar.com.au | Christy Doran
Wallabies playmaker Ben Donaldson says if given the chance, he would have played against the Lions this weekend for the Western Force. Instead, the 26-year-old, who hasn’t played a professional game in more than a month, has been wrapped in cotton wool ahead of the Wallabies’ only Test ahead of the Lions against Fiji in Newcastle on July 6.
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3 days ago |
theroar.com.au | Christy Doran
As Kurtley Beale prepares to take on the Lions 12 years after playing a key role in the last epic series on Australian shores, the Wallabies veteran has highlighted Finn Russell as the touring party’s biggest threat. “Yeah, well, I think the number 10, Finn Russell,” Beale said of Russell, who has been on the periphery of the past two Lions campaigns in South Africa and New Zealand. “I played with him at [French glamour club] Racing, and he’s such a mercurial, unpredictable player.
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