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Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper says his heart has always been at Ballymore after sealing his return to Super Rugby with the Queensland Reds. After one season in France and a …

The Wallabies will stick together as they fight to regain winning form and ease pressure on coach Michael Cheika, five-eighth Quade Cooper says. Cheika has been under fire from critics …

Former Wallaby Greg Martin has launched a blistering attack on the Queensland Reds over the reported acquisition of NRL player Lachlan Maranta. On the same day the Super Rugby franchise …

The Queensland Reds have signed Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper to return for the next three Super Rugby seasons. He returns to the Reds after one season in French club rugby …

South Africa are sweating on the fitness of gun five eighth Elton Jantjies as they prepare to meet the Wallabies in a clash where both teams have a lot to …

Centre Jeronimo de la Fuente has had to withdraw from Argentina’s squad to face New Zealand and Australia in the Rugby Championship in September after failing to recover from injury. …

Star fly-half Beauden Barrett has spurned the advances of the Blues and cashed-up northern hemisphere clubs to recommit to the Hurricanes for another three years. The 25-year-old re-signed on Monday …

The boss of New Zealand rugby says he’s wary of seeing too large a gulf in quality develop across the Tasman. A second Bledisloe Cup thrashing, six Test defeats on …

All Blacks inside centre Ryan Crotty and hooker Codie Taylor have been cleared to play for Canterbury in New Zealand’s provincial championship this weekend before they return to the national …

The new-look All Blacks player leadership has negotiated its sternest examination since Richie McCaw moved on, believes coach Steve Hansen. While the 29-9 win over Australia in Wellington was ultimately …

Michael Cheika insists he doesn’t feel his job’s under pressure as the Wallabies begin picking up the pieces from a disastrous Bledisloe Cup campaign. Taking stock after losing 29-9 to …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says SANZAAR’s decision not to cite Owen Franks over an alleged eye gouge on Wallaby Kane Douglas shows the danger of rushing to judgement without …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has flatly refuted a Wallabies’ allegation he had a secret meeting with referee Romain Poite before the second Bledisloe Cup Test. The Australian Rugby Union …

A week after letting a winning chance slip through their fingers, Argentina beat South Africa 26-24 in the Rugby Championship to claim only their second-ever victory over the Springboks. Replacement …

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says he will persist with Quade Cooper and Bernard Foley as the team’s playmaking axis despite Saturday’s crushing second Bledisloe Cup Test defeat to New Zealand. …

The Wallabies have filed an official complaint to World Rugby’s integrity unit over a meeting between All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and referee Romain Poite, held on the eve of …

New Zealand have retained the Bledisloe Cup for the 14th straight year after outclassing an improved Wallabies outfit 29-9 in Saturday’s second Test in Wellington. Despite a vastly better performance …

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika believes his players are in the right frame of mind to tackle what looms as one of the biggest challenges they’ll ever face in rugby. Cheika’s …