Rugby Union News

The Wallabies are en route to London with high hopes of ending their turbulent season with a rare European clean sweep. Not since 1996 under the late Greg Smith have …

Israel Folau won the biggest prize but Melbourne Rebels backrower Sean McMahon confirmed his growing status by collecting the most gongs on the major awards night of the Australian rugby …

Game-breaking fullback Israel Folau’s huge value to rugby union has been underlined after he beat warm favourite and Wallabies captain Michael Hooper for the John Eales Medal on Thursday. In …

Game-breaking fullback Israel Folau’s huge value to rugby union has been underlined after he beat warm favourite and Wallabies captain Michael Hooper for the John Eales Medal on Thursday. In …

Forgotten Wallaby Liam Gill will bolster a highly-physical Brisbane City pack aiming for a Gosford ambush in Friday night’s NRC semi-final against NSW Country. Gill, completely overlooked by departed Test …

Michael Cheika is doing everything he can to keep Kurtley Beale in Australian rugby, but concedes he’ll have no bearing on the troubled playmaker’s fate at Friday’s code-of-conduct hearing. Beale’s …

Master motivator Michael Cheika admits he’ll need all his wile and guile to make a success of the Wallabies’ whirlwind European adventure. The Wallabies depart for the five-game tour on …

The man who gave Michael Cheika one of his biggest coaching breaks is sure the newly-appointed Wallabies mentor has what it takes to succeed at international level. Leinster chief executive …

Fijian-born British Army soldier Semesa Rokoduguni is one of three uncapped players included in the England squad named by coach Stuart Lancaster for next month’s internationals at Twickenham. The dashing …

Michael Cheika will embrace the Wallabies coaching challenge in the same cavalier fashion that led the NSW Waratahs to long-awaited Super Rugby glory in 2014. After a whirlwind pursuit by …

Admitting the buck stops with him, ARU chief Bill Pulver strongly denies Australian rugby is “a complete mess”. Pulver is hoping Michael Cheika’s appointment as the new Wallabies coach will …

Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper is well poised to become the first back-to-back winner of the John Eales Medal on Thursday night. Hooper is the favourite for the peer-voted award as …

He built a successful clothing company, has dabbled in restaurants, speaks four languages and once dazzled Collette Dinnigan in French to secure a job – utterly unqualified – with the …

Kurtley Beale’s future in Australian rugby remains up in the air with the troubled playmaker officially overlooked for the Wallabies’ spring tour squad on Wednesday. Beale faces a code-of-conduct hearing …

Buckle yourselves in Wallabies fans. There’s plenty of reason for optimism about the national rugby team under new coach Michael Cheika and one thing is for certain – it won’t …

Melbourne Rebels loose forward Sean McMahon and Western Force prop Tetera Faulkner are bolters among five uncapped players named in the 33-man Wallabies squad for the tour to Europe under …

Michael Cheika has been appointed Wallabies coach. Cheika’s appointment was confirmed by Australian Rugby Union chief executive Bill Pulver in Sydney on Wednesday following several days of negotiations since Ewen …

Michael Cheika is set to be announced as the new Wallabies coach on Wednesday afternoon. The Australian Rugby Union has called a 12.30pm (AEDT) media conference in Sydney to unveil …