Hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau will continue to bring his unique style to the HSBC Waratahs and the Wallabies after signing on for a further two seasons.
Polota-Nau is the latest international to re-sign with the Tahs following the signatures of Drew Mitchell and Berrick Barnes last month.
With negotiations not complete at the start of the Super Rugby [...]

THE Waratahs will stage a three-man goal-kicking battle in the next fortnight to address their poor returns from penalties and conversions this season.

Coach Chris Hickey revealed that Berrick Barnes, Kurtley Beale and Daniel Halangahu would fight it out for goal-kicking duties for their next Super Rugby match against South Africa’s Cheetahs in two weeks.

NSW have [...]

THE Waratahs are eyeing off Melbourne Rebels halfback Nick Phipps as a replacement for France-bound Wallabies No 9 Luke Burgess.

With Burgess set to join French club Toulouse, the Waratahs are looking at their halfback options for next year.

A member of the Australian silver medal-winning sevens team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Phipps was the first [...]

DETERMINED skipper Phil Waugh will ignore the discomfort of a ruptured biceps and continue to lead the Waratahs for the rest of the Super Rugby competition.

The warhorse backrower produced one of the gutsiest performances, by even his own lofty standards, as he got through 60 minutes of Friday night’s loss to the Crusaders in Nelson [...]

NSW Waratah Kurtley Beale has snatched the victory from the jaws of defeat the Wallabies clearly tried so hard to obtain. Beale slotted a penalty goal from near halfway on fulltime to beat the Springboks 41-39 in Bloemfontein to end the Wallabies 47-year drout at high altitude grounds.

It was an extraordinary finish to [...]

The extended Wallabies squad was announced today, with no less than 15 injures to potential Wallabies, the squad is made up of young talent. In fact the average age of the Wallabies squad is 24.

Of the 40 players named today, just 11 boasted Test experience with the Wallabies prior to the [...]

Waratahs head coach Chris Hickey has won the Australian Super 14 Coach of the Year Award for the second year running.

Hickey guided the Tahs to a 9-4 win-loss record for the second straight season, however an improved attacking game helped the team to third place on the Super 14 ladder and [...]

People are surprisingly patriotic sometimes.

As some of you may know, I was one of the Waratahs supporters who went up to QLD earlier this year to cheer on my Waratahs as they played the Reds.  It was a true festival of hate and I left there with many comments regarding my team, my state and [...]

The Tahs have named an unchanged team for this weekend’s semi-final clash against the Stormers.

Kick off is 3:10am AEST, Saturday 22 May 2010.

1. Dan Palmer (Southern Districts)
2. Tatafu Polota-Nau (Parramatta)
3. Al Baxter (Northern Suburbs)
4. Dean Mumm (Sydney University)
5. Kane Douglas (Southern Districts)
6. Patrick McCutcheon (Sydney University)
7. Phil Waugh [c] (Sydney University)
8. Ben Mowen (Randwick)
9. Luke Burgess [...]

Who: Waratahs @ Stormers
Where: Newlands, Cape Town
When: 3:00am, Sunday, 23rd May (AEST)

Well the semi finals are upon us.  Our Waratahs have fought hard over the final rounds to make it this far.

The squad has been announced and is listed below. The absense of Benn Robinson and Wycliff Palu are going to hurt the Tahs, particularly against South [...]