Fox Sports is this morning reporting that Michael O’Connor will be appointed to the newly-created independent selector role for Rugby Australia.
Fox Sports is this morning reporting that Michael O’Connor will be appointed to the newly-created independent selector role for Rugby Australia.
He’s back! Greg Growden’s ‘Ruck and Maul’ column appeared in Friday’s Sydney Morning Herald for the first time in years.
Will Skelton isn’t even a first-choice lock for his English club side, but that shouldn’t matter to the Wallabies.
It’s funny how music can teleport you back to another place in time.
Australian rugby’s recent focus has been firmly fixed on Michael Cheika and his tenuous job security, but there’s another coach facing an even tougher assignment.
I had my first taste of boarding school when I was 11 years old. At the time, I used to whistle Bob Dylan’s song Blowin’ in the Wind out of habit. I liked the lyrics and the melody, and it appealed to my feeling for a new life that I neither knew nor understood.
The Wallabies play the old foe England at Twickenham on Sunday morning as they desperately search for a positive end to a horrible 2018.
Rugby Australia chief Raelene Castle has been making calls. Ringing around. Trying to find someone to be sole selector of the Wallabies.
If watching the Wallabies labour through another Test loss is difficult, what’s harder is knowing that the World Cup seems to gift impunity to those steering the sinking ship.
There’s one burning question from the rugby faithful which I keep answering: “Who is Rugby AU chairman Cameron Clyne?”
There’s one burning question from the rugby faithful which I keep answering: “Who is Rugby AU chairman Cameron Clyne?”
There’s one burning question from the rugby faithful which I keep answering: “Who is Rugby AU chairman Cameron Clyne?”
In one of the great displays of post-match remorse, Wallabies Captain Michael Hooper sat dressed in the ‘number ones’ next to Michael Cheika after the 9-6 loss to Wales in Cardiff, and gave a straight-faced answer to the question that was always coming.
In one of the great displays of post-match remorse, Wallabies Captain Michael Hooper sat dressed in the ‘number ones’ next to Michael Cheika after the 9-6 loss to Wales in Cardiff, and gave a straight-faced answer to the question that was always coming.
In one of the great displays of post-match remorse, Wallabies Captain Michael Hooper sat dressed in the ‘number ones’ next to Michael Cheika after the 9-6 loss to Wales in Cardiff, and gave a straight-faced answer to the question that was always coming.
This is a cautionary tale, relevant to all mortal rugby players – even backs.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, Wallabies fans.
A week is a long time in rugby. For New Zealand and Australian fans the exhilaration of last week’s stunning comeback Test victories gave way to the more unobtrusive, subtle delights of the Mitre 10 Cup and NRC.
The Wallabies have gone down the wrong track and do indeed need to turn back. Spring is for Spring cleaning!
With their backs to the wall and their coach’s future being questioned the Wallabies have it all ahead of them when they take on the All Black-defeating Springboks at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth this weekend.
Michael Cheika won’t be bullied into change as he attempts to revive the spluttering Wallabies before next year’s World Cup.
A 30-man squad has been announced for the Wallabies’ upcoming Tests away from home against the Springboks and Los Pumas in the Rugby Championship.
I’ve been annoyed, frustrated and have lost it more often than not with the Wallabies, but never have I been on the verge of giving up all hope.
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper and Team USA Ryder Cup skipper Jim Furyk have a proven record to demand they never lead again.
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper and Team USA Ryder Cup skipper Jim Furyk have a proven record to demand they never lead again.
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper and Team USA Ryder Cup skipper Jim Furyk have a proven record to demand they never lead again.
Fox Sports is this morning reporting that Michael O’Connor will be appointed to the newly-created independent selector role for Rugby Australia.
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