Rugby Nov 8, 2020
Dave Rennie realistic but 'excited' after Wallabies stun All Blacks
Tri Nations Series host Australia got its first win of the competition with an impressive performance in Brisbane on Saturday.
Rugby Oct 23, 2020
Wallabies and Panasonic star David Pocock hangs up boots
by Rich Freeman
The two-time World Player of the Year nominee earned 83 caps for Australia.
Rugby Oct 13, 2020
New Zealand expecting 47,000-strong crowd for second Bledisloe test
New Zealand Rugby is expecting a "near-capacity" crowd of some 47,000 to pack into Auckland's Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup international against Australia on Sunday. Pictures of 31,000 fans without masks cheering on the three-time world champions in the first test in Wellington ...
Rugby Apr 26, 2020
Wallaby Matt Toomua calls for rethink of 'outdated' Super Rugby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 ...
Rugby Apr 24, 2020
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 ...
Rugby Oct 20, 2019
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 ...
Rugby Oct 19, 2019
England pummels Australia in RWC quarterfinal
by Kaz Nagatsuka
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 ...
Rugby Sep 29, 2019
Wales holds off Australia comeback attempt to take control of Pool D in Rugby World Cup
by Andrew McKirdy
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 ...
Rugby Sep 21, 2019
Australia staves off upset bid by Fiji
by Hiroshi Ikezawa
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 ...
Rugby Sep 14, 2019
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 ...
Rugby Aug 17, 2019
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 ...
Rugby Aug 16, 2019
For Wallabies, a win could end venue hoodoo, losing run and All Blacks' No. 1 ranking
Australia could not only regain the Bledisloe Cup and end an Eden Park hoodoo with a win over the All Blacks on Saturday but also end New Zealand's decade-long reign at the top of the world rankings. The Wallabies put one hand on the symbol ...