Rugby Australia chief, outgoing coach Michael Cheika in public row during World Cup: report
Outgoing coach Michael Cheika and the head of Rugby Australia reportedly engaged in an undiplomatic row at the country's embassy in Tokyo during the Wallabies' ill-fated Rugby World Cup campaign. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Wednesday that Raelene Castle and Cheika clashed in front ...
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika quit Sunday after their humiliating World Cup quarterfinal exit against England, reports said. Cheika, whose contract expires at the end of the year, had previously indicated he would not reapply for his job if they failed to win the tournament. After refusing ...
England pummels Australia in RWC quarterfinal
England stormed into the Rugby World Cup final four with a convincing 40-16 win over Australia in the quarterfinals before a crowd of 36,954 at Oita Stadium on Saturday. The Europeans, who experienced the humiliation of being eliminated in the pool phase at the tourney's ...
Eddie Jones drops George Ford to bench for England's Rugby World Cup showdown with Australia
England coach Eddie Jones insisted flyhalf George Ford has a "significant role to play" on Thursday after he dropped him to the bench for Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal against Australia. Ford has been one of England's leading players in Japan but Jones moved captain Owen ...
Wallabies finish Rugby World Cup pool play with victory over Georgia
Australia fine-tuned preparations for a likely Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against England with a hard-fought, error-strewn 27-8 Pool D victory over Georgia on Friday. Wales' 27-19 win over Fiji on Wednesday had guaranteed the Wallabies a place in the last eight, with the Welsh playing ...
Former Wallabies star Israel Folau offered a public apology over his anti-gay social media posts and agreed to allow Rugby Australia to review future posts before uploading them, court documents show. The devoutly Christian fullback was fired in May for posting on Instagram that "hell ...
Nineteen-year-old sensation Jordan Petaia is set to become Australia's youngest Rugby World Cup player after he got the nod on Wednesday for this weekend's game against Uruguay. Petaia was named on the left wing for his first cap on Saturday, after injuries wrecked his Super ...
Wales holds off Australia comeback attempt to take control of Pool D in Rugby World Cup
Wales withstood a furious second-half fightback from Australia to seize control of Pool D at the Rugby World Cup with a 29-25 victory on Sunday. Tries from Wales' Hadleigh Parkes and Australia's Adam Ashley-Cooper kept the first half close at Tokyo Stadium, until a late ...
Banned Wallabies wing Reece Hodge says he wasn't trained on tackle protocol at RWC
Australia wing Reece Hodge revealed he hadn't been trained on World Rugby's new protocol for policing high tackles as he was suspended at the Rugby World Cup, an official report of his disciplinary hearing revealed on Thursday. Hodge, banned for three games for a hit ...
Australia staves off upset bid by Fiji
Hooker Tolu Latu scored two tries in the second half to help Australia escape a historic upset by Fiji and win 39-21 on Saturday in the teams' Rugby World Cup Pool D opener. The Wallabies, who have never lost to Fiji since 1954 in any ...
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper would embrace chance to revive partnership with David Pocock
Australia captain Michael Hooper has said he would welcome the chance to revive his back row partnership with David Pocock at the Rugby World Cup, having been impressed with his fellow openside flanker's return to test rugby against Samoa. Coach Michael Cheika had Hooper and ...
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika upbeat for RWC despite heavy defeat to All Blacks
Australia's confidence looking ahead to the Rugby World Cup was not dented after a 36-0 thrashing at the hands of the All Blacks on Saturday, according to coach Michael Cheika, because there was still plenty of improvement left on the side. The Wallabies had entered ...
