A laser controversy couldn’t stop the severely-depleted Wallabies notching a Rugby Championship victory of great guts and character over Argentina. In a momentous win which should ensure besieged coach Robbie …
New Zealand scored 20 unanswered second-half points to complete a perfect Rugby Championship campaign with a 32-16 triumph over arch rivals South Africa at Soweto on Saturday. Down by 10 …
Skipper Nathan Sharpe rumbles into the Wallabies record books on Sunday morning hoping he’ll be remembered like the man he surpasses – Mr Reliable, George Smith. Sharpe has given little …
Kurtley Beale has had his first bitter-sweet taste of being a Test playmaker and he craves more. Beale will pilot the Wallabies in Sunday morning’s (AEDT) final Rugby Championship clash …
The South African Rugby Union will keep the cap on foreign players in Super Rugby to two per team, rejecting a request by tournament newcomers the Southern Kings to allow …
In the rugby and animal kingdom, a Puma shouldn’t have problems with a honey badger but Argentina should be warned about Australia’s latest call-up, Nick Cummins. Cummins is fascinated by …
The greenhorn, depleted Wallabies have been urged to handle Argentine hostility “like men, not boys” to snare a momentous Test victory this weekend. Missing more than half of their strongest …
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer is a realist rather than a romantic and that is set to show when they confront New Zealand in a Rugby Championship final round fixture …
The injury-ravaged Wallabies will field one of their most inexperienced backlines of the professional era when they play their first Rugby Championship match in Argentina this weekend. Among five starting …
Western Force’s “honey badger”, Nick Cummins, will become the 11th player in 2012 to make his Test debut for the injury-riddled Wallabies when they meet Argentina. Nicknamed Badger due to …
Hosea Gear returns to the All Blacks in place of Julian Savea in the most surprising of two changes to the team to face South Africa in Soweto on Sunday …
Digby Ioane is bristling and, if his badly-bruised knee allows it, the Wallabies most destructive ball-runner is primed to make Argentina pay for Australia’s woes. Four days later, Ioane still …
Super Rugby newcomers Southern Kings said on Wednesday they had signed Argentina scrum-half Nicolas Vergallo, Auckland Blues utility back Hadleigh Parkes and Golden Lions hooker Bandise Maku. Vergallo plays for …
Jonny Wilkinson may have retired from England duty but he would relish one last hurrah with the British and Irish Lions next summer – to settle some unfinished business in …
The finish line still isn’t in sight for the remarkable Radike Samo. At 36 years young, the wild-haired Fijian has again found a new lease on life with the Wallabies …
The International Rugby Board has admitted their officials were in the wrong when the Wallabies were prevented from using a fresh replacement and reduced to 14 men at the end …
Argentina are in unchartered waters – favourites to win a first Rugby Championship match – and the sliding Wallabies can’t disagree with the bookies. The Pumas are $1.70 favourites to …
South Africa have named the team that started in a decisive win over Australia last weekend for their Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand at Soccer City in Soweto on …
