Australia coach Robbie Deans omitted flyhalf Quade Cooper but named Israel Folau and two other uncapped players in his preliminary squad of 25 on Sunday for the three-test series against the British and Irish Lions.
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Australia coach Robbie Deans omitted flyhalf Quade Cooper but named Israel Folau and two other uncapped players in his preliminary squad of 25 on Sunday for the three-test series against the British and Irish Lions.
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Wallabies coach Robbie Deans appears set to overlook Quade Cooper for the upcoming British and Irish Lions series with James O’Connor favoured to play five-eighth.
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Boks sweating over star wing Seasoned Springbok wing JP Pietersen has a mild groin strain and is doubtful for South Africa’s final tour match, against England at Twickenham on Saturday. Bok team doctor Craig Roberts said the 2007 World Cup winner and 2012 SA Players’ Player of the Year will be “medically managed” this...
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Springbok centre Frans Steyn went for x-rays on his injured right ankle on Monday evening and he has responded well to treatment.
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Under pressure … the respective coaches, Robbie Deans and Heyneke Meyer, enter this encounter with critics banging at the door. Date September 7, 2012 Paul Cully Photo: John Selkirk Those old enough to have grey hairs will have allowed themselves a wry grin at some of the commentary emerging from South Africa this week....
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SPRINGBOKS supporters still wince when reminded of it, but South African coaching staff will not be using the horrid memories of last year’s World Cup exit to motivate their team against the Wallabies. Date September 6, 2012 Greg Growden Chief Rugby Correspondent View more articles from Greg Growden Not a favourite person among Springboks fans...
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SPRINGBOKS World Cup-winning coach Jake White has called on the Wallabies forwards to dramatically lift their standards against South Africa tomorrow night, otherwise they will suffer their third straight humiliating Test loss. “The real issue is the Wallabies forwards are not gaining any ascendancy at the gain line so the backs have no platform...
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WALKING WOUNDED: The Wallabies are missing several key players through injury. Skipper James Horwill won’t play again in 2012 after suffering a serious hamstring injury playing for the Reds. James O’Connor is also sidelined with a hamstring injury and will miss at least the first two Rugby Championship fixtures against New Zealand. Inside-centre Pat...
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The All Blacks team to play Australia in the opening Investec Rugby Championship match at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, on Saturday 18 August has been named.
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I thought I’d give this ‘team of the week’ thing a go, not so much to tell you who I thought stood out on the weekend, but to actually try and figure out how many will agree with me!
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Loose-head prop Benn Robinson will play his first Test in 18 months after being one of eight new faces included in the Wallabies starting side for Saturday night’s clash with Wales. June 7, 2012 – 10:59AM Benn Robinson will lead an all-Waratahs front row. Photo: Getty Images Loose-head prop Benn Robinson will play his first...
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With the domestic Tests upon us, I thought it would be pertinent to ask, does rugby need a universal playing schedule? Matthew Burke June 3, 2012 Victors … Wales won the Six Nations but how much will they have in the tank?Photo: Getty Images After the Test against Scotland on Tuesday night, Six Nations...
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QUADE COOPER was fast-tracked into the Wallabies’ train-on squad last night because of concerns that Kurtley Beale, the first choice Test five-eighth, might not be able to play against Scotland in Newcastle in June 5. May 28, 2012 Returning to the Wallabies squad after injuring his knee in last year’s World Cup … Cooper. Photo:...
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Captain James Horwill returns to Australia’s starting line-up for the one-off test against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday as the teams meet in a rematch of their entertaining Rugby World Cup third-place playoff in October.
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AS MOST of their New Zealand counterparts’ attention turns to barbecues and the beach, the Wallabies are gearing up for their match against the UK Barbarians at Twickenham. PREVIEW: BARBARIANS V AUSTRALIA Thu 24 Nov 2011 The two-game trek to Blighty might have been organised to recoup some of the Australian Rugby Union’s financial...
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And then there were eight. Yes, the preliminaries are over and the Rugby World Cup 2011 quarter-finalists have been decided. But critics who reckon pool play is a waste of time because it’s obvious which eight teams will progress might have a rethink in future years.
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Australia veteran Nathan Sharpe has committed his future to the ARU and the Western Force.
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Here is a list of the test matches to be played on Saturday.
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Some of our older readers of this site might remember a brilliant piece by a certain Canadian friend of RuggaWorld a while back where he re-lived his experience of Loftus as a foreigner to all of us. Well ‘Minnow Man’ as he likes to be called is back again giving us some very interesting...
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New Zealand and Australia have both dismissed the notion that their final Tri-Nations match, in Sydney on Saturday, is a dead rubber.
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Former Springbok Braam van Straaten is set to become the Wallabies’ full-time kicking coach.
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The Wallabies and the Springboks have a choice of trophies this weekend – the Mandela Plate or the Wooden Spoon.
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Wallaby No 8 Ben McCalman is not at all intimidated about the prospect of facing Pierre Spies in Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test in Bloemfontein.
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The Springboks’ problem in this year’s Tri-Nations is not so much down to fatigue or Irish referees as it is a case of simply missing Fourie du Preez.
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Winger Drew Mitchell and hooker Stephen Moore will make their 50th Test appearances after being named today in the Qantas Wallabies side for Saturday’s Mandela Plate Test against South Africa at Bloemfontein.
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Adam Ashley-Cooper balmes himself for Australia’s loss last weekend at Loftus.
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Am I the only one that thought the test at Loftus over the weekend between the Springboks and Australia was actually pretty good?
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The Springbok team to face the Wallabies in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Shield decider in Bloemfontein shows two changes to the one that beat Australia in Pretoria last weekend.
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