Between the Commonwealth Games and Super Rugby, we're just scratching the surface of what's been going on around the country.
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World Rugby to add extra Women's World Series leg
World Rugby is set to unveil an additional Women's Sevens World Series leg for future seasons, responding to the rise of Women's rugby around the world.
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont and head of competitions Mark Egan spent Sunday at the Sevens finals on the Gold Coast and spoke in detail about plans to expand Women's involvement on the World Series.
"It reflects the contribution that women make to our game and always have made to our game," Beaumont said.
"I want to use the (Commonwealth Games) and the Olympics as the catalyst to drive more participation by girls and by women.
"You come here to watch a game of rugby - you don't come here to watch women playing rugby - because the standard is absolutely excellent."
Egan pointed to New Zealand as one nation which is particularly eager to add a Women's leg to its plate.
"With five World Series tournaments, plus the Commonwealth Games, plus the Rugby World Cup Sevens this year in San Francisco, in July, the Women have seven tournaments this year," Egan said.
"We're going to expand the World Series to six tournaments and we will make an announcement shortly about a new addition and ideally, we'd like to go to eight.
"New Zealand are very interested in hosting a combined Men's and Women's event, as are other tournaments.
"The more that are combined the better as it gives a better profile to the Women's side but we have to also look at it operationally, as we don't want to diminish what we currently provide for the men and the women by combining the two together."
Wallabies to take camps regional ahead of World Cup
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says his side will look to regional areas for camps this year and leading into the World Cup.
Cheika has taken the Wallabies on camps to the Sunshine Coast and the Hunter Valley in recent years, and speaking at the TAS Carnival in Armidale on Sunday, said it was something the Wallabies valued.
"Usually in that little block before the Bledisloe matches, the first two," he said.
"That's a really important time for us and I think being out in the country areas is really enjoyable.
"That little block we did in that area was great at Cessnock and we'll see where we end up not just this year, but next year, leading into the World Cup.
"I think that understanding and being part of the fabric of Australian rugby - which, a big part of it's country rugby -I think spending a bit of time in these regions will be good for the team."
Cheika was on hand to present the trophies at the carnival, the biggest U12 carnival in the country, bringing together teams from all over Australia, showing the value of community rugby.
"We probably don't get the maximum out of it (regional talent) because of the logistics," he said.
"A target for us could be, 'Let's try and develop some iconic players from every regional area'.
"Then every one of these areas has a player that their kids can look to and say there's a kid from our town playing with the Reds or Waratahs or even the Wallabies.
"That's how it was when I was a kid, your heroes were the ones playing at the top level. That's a really simple goal for us to try and set ourselves going forward."
Folau finding support
Wallabies and Waratahs back Curts Rona voiced his support of Israel Folau late last week, and it appears he would be the first of a handful of players to throw their backing behind the superstar, over a controversial Instagram comment.
Former Wallabies Wycliff Palu and Radike Samo both posted the same image Rona had, of Israel Folau, with the text '#WESTANDWITHISRAELFOLAU.
Another former Wallaby, Digby Ioane, had a different view on events, with a Facebook post earlier this week, that appeared to be a response to Folau's stance.
"I don't care what people say, the God I grew up with loves everyone, no matter who you are," he wrote.
"He made you the way you are with one mission only: LOVE. Don't let anyone tell you you are not worth it, believe me, you are worth to God.
Rebels embracing grassroots
It was community round for the Rebels this week and they worked hard to make it a significant one.
Players wore their local club jerseys to training through the week and on Saturday players wore their club socks against the Jaguares.
A nice nod to the local rugby community.
Waratahs' surprise family reunion
When students from the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Blind attended tWaratahs training this week, there was a surprise connecton among them.
Toma Naivalu, 8, is the cousin of Waratahs winger Taqele Naiyaravoro and prop Kalivate Tawake, all from the Fijian village Nacalu.
Read more about the visit here.
Reds get into the nostalgic spirit
Queensland and New South Wales met at the SCG on Saturday night, for the first time since 1983, and the Reds were embracing the change of scenery in the lead-up.
Flyhalf Jono Lance posted this pic to Instagram after the team's captain's run, captioned, 'Reds first XI'.
Souths to celebrate SLSC
Sydney's Southern districts rugby club is set to celebrate the connection between rugby and Australia's surf life savers, in their inaugural harry Gibbons Cup.
They will mark the occasion against Shute Shield side, Easts, as part of their Surf Club Fest.
Gibbons was an influential figure in the local community, the founder of the Wanda Surf club and the Port Hacking Rugby club.
