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Wallaby Matt Toomua calls for rethink of 'outdated' Super Rugby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 Dec 2, 2019
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 Nov 27, 2019
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 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 ...