Israel Folau moving closer to Wallaby cap
Israel Folau is a step closer to becoming a dual international after being included in a 30-man Wallabies camp to prepare for the blockbuster British and Irish Lions series. But Folau's NSW Waratah...
View ArticleRugby: Big Benn back to bolster Wallabies
Coach Ewen McKenzie believes the experience of tight-five stalwarts Benn Robinson and James Horwill will be invaluable on the underdog Wallabies' hostile two-match tour of South Africa and Argentina....
View ArticleBig Benn back to stabilise Wallabies
AAP Coach Ewen McKenzie believes the experience of tight-five stalwarts Benn Robinson and James Horwill will be invaluable on the underdog Wallabies' hostile two-match tour of South Africa and...
View ArticleCooper back for Australia's Lions training squad
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Controversial flyhalf Quade Cooper returned to the Australia squad on Tuesday, with coach Robbie Deans naming a large 49-man training group ahead of the test series against the...
View ArticleARU won’t back James O’Connor’s return to Australia
FORMER Wallabies utility back James O’Connor will not receive a top-up payment from the ARU if he returns to Australia to make a bid for selection for the 2015 World Cup in England. And ARU chief...
View ArticleARU boss Bill Pulver says no to sabbaticals
ARU boss Bill Pulver says allowing sabbaticals would dilute the quality of rugby played in Australia. Photo: Getty Images ARU chief Bill Pulver has all but ruled out introducing player sabbaticals, but...
View ArticleJames Horwill stripped of Wallabies captaincy for England Test
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View ArticleARU goes into huddle to help retain the gay World Cup
THE BREAKDOWN No Bledisloe, no Tom Richards, no Webb Ellis? No worries. Australia still has one piece of silverware in the cabinet, the Bingham Cup, awarded to the winners of the gay World Cup held...
View ArticleCooper in Oz training squad
>>>> Sydney - Controversial flyhalf Quade Cooper returned to the Australia squad on Tuesday, with coach Robbie Deans naming a large 49-man training group ahead of the test series against...
View ArticleRugby: Playmakers big part of McKenzie's squad
New Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has recalled controversial five-eighth Quade Cooper and revealed he is looking at incumbent pivot James O'Connor primarily as an outside back. Cooper returns to the...
View ArticleMcKenzie recalls Cooper to Wallabies squad
AAP New Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has recalled controversial five-eighth Quade Cooper and revealed he is looking at incumbent pivot James O'Connor primarily as an outside back. Cooper returns to...
View ArticleCummins selected to take on British & Irish Lions (Western Force - RugbyWA)
(Source: Western Force - RugbyWA) Emirates Western Force winger Nick Cummins has been named among the 25-man preliminary Wallabies squad today for next month's British & Irish Lions series. Cummins...
View ArticleWallabies select Kiwi-born lock Will Skelton
You could call him the big improver - Auckland-born lock Will Skelton is the latest Kiwi to officially pledge allegiance to the Wallabies. He has been named in the 32-man squad for next month's...
View ArticleWallabies select Kiwi-born Will Skelton
You could call him the big improver - Auckland-born lock Will Skelton is the latest Kiwi to officially pledge allegiance to the Wallabies. He has been named in the 32-man squad for next month's...
View ArticleQuade Cooper recalled to Wallabies squad
• Player back for first time since September 2012 ...
View ArticleWhite right fit for Wallabies
AAP Halfback Nic White has kicked his way into the Wallabies line-up for the rugby Test against South Africa and again booted Will Genia back to the bench. White will wear the No.9 jersey in their...
View ArticleJames Horwill stripped of Wallabies' captaincy
James Horwill has been dropped as Wallabies captain with instructions to regain his abrasive form in clash against England at Twickenham on Saturday. In another shock move, five-eighth Quade Cooper...
View ArticleHorwill stripped of Wallabies' captaincy
James Horwill has been dropped as Wallabies captain with instructions to regain his abrasive form in clash against England at Twickenham on Saturday. In another shock move, five-eighth Quade Cooper...
View ArticleARU relaxes contract rules in bid to keep elite players
Wanted man ... Israel Folau playing against the All Blacks. Photo: Getty Images The Australian Rugby Union will dangle a sizeable carrot to lure the country's top players to sevens in the lead up to...
View ArticleARU change contract rules in bid to keep elite players
Wanted man ... Israel Folau playing against the All Blacks. Photo: Getty Images The Australian Rugby Union will dangle a sizeable carrot to lure the country's top players to sevens in the lead up to...
View ArticleKurtley Beale likely to miss championship Tests
WALLABIES fullback Kurtley Beale is expected to miss The Rugby Championship for surgery to repair an injured shoulder. Beale has carried the injury since the Wallabies' tour of Europe last November. It...
View ArticleCaptain James Horwill injury blow for Wallabies
The Wallabies have suffered a major blow ahead of Saturday night's Rugby Championship clash against South Africa with skipper James Horwill ruled out due to a hamstring injury. Horwill suffered a...
View ArticleRugby: Horwill injury rocks Wallabies
The Wallabies have suffered a major blow ahead of Saturday night's Rugby Championship clash against South Africa with skipper James Horwill ruled out due to a hamstring injury. Horwill suffered a...
View ArticleHorwill injury rocks Wallabies
AAP The Wallabies have suffered a major blow ahead of Saturday night's Rugby Championship clash against South Africa with skipper James Horwill ruled out due to a hamstring injury. Horwill suffered a...
View ArticleWallabies skipper James Horwill to miss South Africa Test
• Lock will also miss Argentina match ...
View ArticleMcCalman called into Wallabies squad for Lions (Western Force - RugbyWA)
(Source: Western Force - RugbyWA) Emirates Western Force back-rower Ben McCalman has been called into the Wallabies squad for the series against the British & Irish Lions, after injuries forced...
View ArticleWallabies' Captain Genia dropped for Argentina clash
Published September 10, 2013AFP Australian Wallabies halfback Will Genia (R) after their loss to the British and Irish Lions on July 6, 2013. Genia has been driopped for Australia's Rugby Championship...
View ArticleWill Genia dropped, Ben Mowen to captain Wallabies
Will Genia has been dropped from the Wallabies starting side. Photo: Getty Images The Wallabies have a new captain with Ben Mowen to lead the team into action against Argentina on Saturday night after...
View ArticleWallabies stars to be given sabbatical clauses
The risk of losing star Wallabies like Israel Folau after the 2015 World Cup has prompted the Australian Rugby Union to change its rules to allow overseas sabbaticals. The ARU board has approved the...
View ArticleWallabies stars given sabbatical clauses
The risk of losing star Wallabies like Israel Folau after the 2015 World Cup has prompted the Australian Rugby Union to change its rules to allow overseas sabbaticals. The ARU board has approved the...
View ArticleAustralian Rugby Union changes contract rules in bid to keep elite players
Wanted man ... Israel Folau plays against the All Blacks. Photo: Getty Images The Australian Rugby Union has armed itself with what it hopes will be a powerful tool to keep its top players in Australia...
View ArticleARU open door for Wallaby sabbaticals
The risk of losing star Wallabies like Israel Folau after the 2015 World Cup has prompted the Australian Rugby Union to change its rules to allow overseas sabbaticals. The ARU board has approved the...
View ArticleFlexibility to avoid star loss: ARU
The Wallabies might not have lost the likes of Kane Douglas, Sitaleki Timani or Nick Cummins if they'd allowed overseas sabbaticals sooner, Australian Rugby Union (ARU) boss Bill Pulver admits. But the...
View ArticleARU to allow some overseas play by Wallabies
SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian Rugby Union has changed its rules to allow overseas sabbaticals by contracted players in an attempt to...
View ArticleAustralian Rugby Union confident of retaining Israel Folau 'longer-term'
Union man: Israel Folau at training on Tuesday. Photo: James Brickwood Sydney Roosters could be in market for Folau The Australian Rugby Union is confident it can fend off a raid from the NRL and lock...
View ArticleJapanese jaunt no silver bullet for Australian rugby union player drain
A single winter in Japan could net your garden variety, handful-of-Tests Wallaby a minimum of $250,000. For the more generously decorated international - a James Slipper, perhaps, or a Will Genia -...
View ArticleARU eligibility rules makes Wallabies more attractive to rich European clubs
PARIS: Cross-code superstar Israel Folau tops the French rugby wish-list of Wallabies players as rich clubs prepare to swoop after the World Cup. But the ARU's eligibility rules are inadvertently...
View ArticleMichael Cheika wants to make Wallabies irresistible
Fun and games: new Wallabies coach Michael Cheika aims to make the Wallabies an irresistible place to play. Photo: Getty Images Michael Cheika's plan to keep top talent in Australian rugby involves...
View ArticleWallabies coach unfazed by overseas exodus
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika. Photo: Reuters Wallabies coach Michael Cheika remains unfazed about the prospect of a mass exodus of stars after next year's Rugby World Cup despite two more stalwarts...
View ArticleCheika: Players must choose Wallabies over cash
Michael Cheika won't be pushing for a rule change to make overseas-based players eligible for Wallabies selection, vowing to stick by players who value playing for their country over money. The player...
View ArticleIsrael Folau to be free of ARU demand
THE Australian Rugby Union almost certainly will not make it a condition of Israel Folau's Wallabies selection against the British and Irish Lions that he first commits to remaining in rugby next...
View ArticleWaratahs coach says it's war against Reds
AAP His team is out of finals reckoning, but NSW coach Michael Cheika is nevertheless ordering the Waratahs to treat Saturday night's Super Rugby derby with Queensland like trench warfare. Apart from...
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