Tag Archives: Townsville

The Wallabies might have won three straight for the first time since 2017, but Dave Rennie has demanded more. Rugby Australia will be thrilled by the turnaround in fortunes of their prized national team,

Australian coach Dave Rennie still sees plenty to work on after the side secured its first three-match winning streak since 2017.

It's tipped $4 million will be pumped into Townsville's economy thanks to the Rugby Championships. The double-header featuring South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina is a near sell-out. Mayor Jenny Hill is expecting 100 million people worldwide will see our city light up on their screens.

Dan McKellar had to grow up pretty quickly around the Burdekin. Because when you go straight from the school's first XV into the Burdekin Canetoads' first grade side in the tough as teak Townsville and Districts Rugby Union competition,

It was only three weeks ago the Wallabies were being walloped by the All Blacks and they can’t afford to get cocky after so back-to-back wins. The expectation that comes with two wins over the world champions is real.

While major events across the country fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic, the north Queensland city of Townsville has emerged as a sporting powerhouse and unlikely saviour of Australia's events calendar.

Supercars’ Top 10 Shootout rules have been changed after a Shane van Gisbergen hot lap in Townsville was adversely affected by the preceding driver’s crash. Under the new regulations, there is now a prescribed procedure around deployment of the red flag during Shootouts,

Crime Stoppers are in Townsville as part of their regional road trip around Queensland to raise awareness of the dangers of unregistered firearms. A permanent national firearms amnesty to keep Australians safe while ensuring those with a legitimate need to access firearms can do so was launched in July this …

The Townsville region has a new market leader in the radio ratings. Southern Cross Austereo’s (SCA) Hit103.1 took out the #1 position in today’s results, with 20.4% of people saying they listen to the station the most.

Samu Kerevi going beast-mode for the Wallabies is the biggest threat facing Argentina in Townsville, according to wary coach Mario Ledesma.