Ireland put the boot into Australia’s Rugby World Cup hopes with a 15-6 victory as a spate of penalties put the Wallabies to the sword in their Pool C game…
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Wallaby Ioane out with fractured thumb
Scans today in Auckland have confirmed that Wallabies winger Digby Ioane has sustained a fracture to his right thumb. Ioane suffered the injury during yesterday’s 32-6 win over Italy in…
The Playmaker – Quade Cooper
Pop quiz. Identify the player Robbie Deans is describing: “He’s an outside-half who reacts. He has an enormous amount of talent and an instinct for the game, which we encourage…
Australia side unchanged against Italy in first Pool C match
The group that recently hooked Australia’s first Tri Nations title in a decade have been rewarded for that performance by being retained as a unit for Sunday’s Rugby World Cup…
Three stars named for Baa-Baas v Australia
Victor Matfield, Danny Cipriani and Jamie Roberts are among the first batch of star-studded names to accept invitations to play for the Barbarians against newly-crowned Tri-Nations’ champions Australia at Twickenham…
Wales to play Australia in December
Wales will face Australia at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 3 December, 2011 (kick-off 2.30pm) the Welsh Rugby Union confirmed today. The now customary post-Rugby World Cup fixture will come…
James O’Connor handed one match ban and fine
Australian Rugby Union has today suspended James O’Connor until Sunday 28 August after the Wallabies winger failed to appear at two official team functions on Thursday 18 August. O’Connor did…
Matt Giteau retires from Test rugby
Matt Giteau was left out of Australia’s World Cup squad and immediately retired from international rugby aged just 29 and with an incredible 92 caps and 684 Test points to his…
Australia v New Zealand – statistical preview
The Tri-Nations kicks into second gear this weekend with Australia taking on New Zealand after South Africa were effectively eliminated from the competition last weekend. Here’s the low down… New…
Rugby World Cup 2011: Australia’s Young Guns
Australia were distraught after their ignominious World Cup exit in 2007. Can this skilful bunch make amends? Australia's 2007 World Cup experience was akin to inflating a beautiful balloon. Initial…