Wallaby Matt Toomua calls for rethink of 'outdated' Super Rugby
Wallabies flyhalf Matt Toomua has joined calls for a rethink of the Super Rugby competition once the sport restarts after the coronavirus shutdown. The Melbourne Rebels back believes the competition, which features 15 teams across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Japan, needs to ...
Former Wallaby, Top League MVP Berrick Barnes announces retirement
Ricoh Black Rams back Berrick Barnes, a two-time Japan Rugby Top League MVP capped 51 times by Australia, announced his retirement from rugby on Friday, saying his body was no longer up to the task. The news, posted on the club's website, sees the 33-year-old ...
Wallabies assistant coach Nathan Grey will also serve as technical director to Super Rugby side Sunwolves next season to help Japan build on a successful World Cup, it was announced Monday. The highly-regarded 35-Test Wallaby was working as Australia's defence coach under the now-departed Michael ...
Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle apologizes to World Rugby: report
Rugby Australia chief Raelene Castle penned an apology to World Rugby over the behavior of some members of the Wallabies entourage, led by coach Michael Cheika, at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a report said Wednesday. The Sydney Morning Herald said she fired off the ...
Rugby Australia chairman Cameron Clyne to quit after difficult tenure
Rugby Australia chairman Cameron Clyne on Monday announced he will not stand for re-election in 2020, taking a parting swipe at the media after a difficult four years in charge. A former head of Australian banking giant NAB, Clyne said his term would end on ...
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 ...
