In this Dec. 9, 2011, photo, former rugby league player Tommy Raudonikis with Alan Langer, left, arrives at Artie Beetson's funeral at the Redcliffe Leagues Club, north of Brisbane, Australia.

One of rugby league’s great characters, Raudonikis was plagued with bad health for the best part of three decades, battling through cancer in his testicles, neck and throat, a quadruple bypass and ...

Rugby union player Quade Cooper says Australia has repeatedly denied him citizenship – despite representing the country 70 times as a member of the national team. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Cooper ...

SYDNEY (AP) German-born Stan Pilecki, who played 18 test matches for the Wallabies over a seven-year international career, has died. He was 70. Rugby Australia said Wednesday that Pilecki, who became ...