Continuity of phases was a cornerstone of the last great era of Australian rugby, and with the help of new rule interpretations at the breakdown it can be again.

It’s hard to argue that Robbie Deans is not the master of change. Seven Super rugby titles is evidence enough. Dean’s first two seasons at the Wallabies have not been as successful as we all might have hoped, but he has developed a wealth of talent that will hopefully be paying dividends come 2011 RWC.

Queensland rugby going broke. Melbourne struggling to find players. The ARU hemming and hawing over requests for the Force to bring in replacements for their staggering injury toll. The Waratahs losing ugly.

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans still has some worries about Australia’s depth, but expects his huge investment in youth to pay-off in a defining period heading into next year’s Rugby World Cup.

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans says referees have got the interpretation of rugby’s contentious breakdown area “very close to perfection” in the early rounds of the Super 14 tournament and hoped the northern hemisphere nations would follow their lead.

After reading numerous articles regarding the Olympic Inclusion of Sevens, and recently watching parts of the NZI Sevens series, I began to wonder whether it would be possible to implement a “Sevens Rugby” style into the fifteen man game.

Every Rugby World Cup winning rugby team has a world-class general playing at 10. In the past, the Wallabies have been blessed with Michael Lynagh and, of course, Stephen Larkham.

A simple, and deserved, acknowledgement from Robbie Deans has Adam Ashley-Cooper ready to finally drop his Mr Fix-It tag.

Robbie Deans has been confirmed as Wallabies coach until the 2011 World Cup, with Australian Rugby Union boss John O’Neill boldly declaring the struggling code had turned the corner after confronting its demons.

If Australian rugby was a patient on the couch of a psychiatrist, and their past decade was under review, the undeniable prognosis would be, “Sir, you are the idiot savant of Australian sport.”

61,551 fans saw the All Blacks get beaten by the Barbarians (with 7 South Africans and four Australians giving the side some flair and toughness) by 25 – 18. For all the complaints about ‘what’s wrong with rugby’ this festival match drew a crowd four times bigger than the London rugby league Test between England [...] Read article

Reading a recent article on how Jonah Lomu helped light the “fuse” for the All Blacks, I reflected on who lights the Wallabies fuse.

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has hailed the emergence of a young group of “genuine Test players” he believes promise an exciting future for Australian rugby.

Robbie Deans, you are a genius. I find it quite amazing how negative the Australian media can be when it wants to. To even suggest that Robbie Deans’ job was ever on the line after the grand slam tour was bad journalism.

It was great to finish the tour on that note. We set the tempo early and brought intensity at the carry, tackle and breakdown. And possibly one of the most pleasing aspects was our defence: keeping them try-less at Millennium Stadium was a great effort.

Thrillseeker Robbie Deans will head home to New Zealand for some jetboating and a family catch-up after winding up his second rollercoaster season as coach of the Wallabies.

Robbie Deans is giving the Wallabies and Australian Rugby every chance to return to former glories and possibly win the next Rugby World Cup.

The Wallabies have ended their spring tour in spectacular fashion with a commanding 33-12 victory over Wales in Cardiff.

Robbie Deans will continue tapping into Australia’s rugby sevens talent pool in the hope of unearthing more potential Wallabies following the emergence of young guns Richard Kingi and Luke Morahan on the spring tour of Japan and the British Isles.

There was no grand slam, just a mixed bag of results including a humiliating loss to Scotland, but Rocky Elsom couldn’t fault his side’s commitment on his first tour as Wallabies skipper.