Springbok coaches need to take the long view
As the warm-ups for the Rugby World Cup get underway, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is, once again, executing the right approach by naming five debutantes to his B team, against the Pumas.
As the warm-ups for the Rugby World Cup get underway, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is, once again, executing the right approach by naming five debutantes to his B team, against the Pumas.
Tom Banks will make his first run-on start for the Wallabies in the no.15 jersey in this weekend’s Rugby Championship opener after Michael Cheika confirmed his match-day 23 to play South Africa.
Electric winger Sevu Reece will start for the All Blacks in their Rugby Championship clash with Argentina while four more uncapped players are lined up on the bench.
We wouldn’t blame you if you’re still reeling from what as an outrageous weekend of sport just gone by, but there’s been plenty happening since then.
They say that it is the young who should sit at the foot of the elderly, and learn from the wisdom accumulated over the span of a lifetime. In Australian rugby right now, it may just be the other way around.
Soon enough, maybe even as soon as this week, we’ll find out what kind of poker player Wallabies coach Michael Cheika really is.
The good news about the Wallabies’ challenge for the 2019 Rugby World Cup is that the selectors have given Michael Cheika a squad that represents the best rugby talent available to play for Australia right now.
A popular dance, the Rumba is sometimes referred to as the Latin Waltz because of its slow rhythm and sensual movements.
Australia’s Wallaroos have launched their international season with a 34-5 win over Japan thanks to a dominant second-half display in Newcastle.
It was just over two months until the start of the cricket World Cup when Australia faced India in a series-deciding clash at a typically raucous Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi.
You could look at the latest Australia squad assembled by Michael Cheika and see real progress.
Following the success of the Jaguares in reaching the Super Rugby final in just their fourth season, speculation is rife about a second Argentinian team entering the competition.
Today and tomorrow all across Australia, the parks, grounds, fields, reserves and ovals will turn into a colosseum for local gladiators to engage in non-mortal combat.
With over 100 unions affiliated to World Rugby, and a further 17 holding associate membership, it is perhaps easier to count up the number of countries which don’t play rugby these days.
Wallabies prop Taniela Tupou speaks about the moment his phone was taken from him outside the team’s hotel.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika admits his team has a long way to go to get back to the top of World Rugby but says the Rugby Championship is the perfect way to build momentum before Japan.
George Gregan has spoken ahead of the Wallabies’ Rugby Championship campaign which starts on July 20th against the Springboks in Johannesburg.
The Junior Wallabies have arrived in Sydney after going down 24-23 to France in the World Rugby U20s Championship Final in Rosario, Argentina.
The Wallabies unveiled their World Cup jersey, with players preaching the positive impacts of the new kit both mentally and physically.
All Blacks champion Ma’a Nonu couldn’t escape the wrath of Augustine Pulu and his Blues teammates for casually rocking up to training in his expensive Tesla.
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans want World Cup success, and teams that play competitive, attractive rugby in the years in between.
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans want World Cup success, and teams that play competitive, attractive rugby in the years in between.
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We wouldn’t blame you if you’re still reeling from what as an outrageous weekend of sport just gone by, but there’s been plenty happening since then.