SYDNEY — Liam Wright will lead the Wallabies against Wales on Saturday after Joe Schmidt completely overhauled Australia’s squad for his first test in charge. That’s of little concern to Schmidt, who retained in the starting XV just four of the players who started Australia’s last test in a dismal World Cup performance last year. Wales trounced Australia 40-6 in …
The Principality Stadium roof was once again at the centre of the build-up to a big Six Nations game on Thursday after Wales head coach Warren Gatland described Scotland’s decision to keep it open for Saturday’s opening round clash in 2024 as ‘strange’ and ‘disappointing’. Both teams have to agree to the Principality Stadium roof being closed for matches ‘Maybe …
Matt Dawson winds back to a couple of minutes in 1997. Ali Price will be expected to produce a similar level of guile as Dawson did for this Lions team ‘We still had very much the traditional Lions mentality of enjoying our time away,’ Dawson says. An injury to Rob Howley opened the door to the Test team for former …
By his own admission, Warren Gatland was finished with the Lions in 2017 after a bruising experience in New Zealand. “I’m always nervous in the box,” Gatland said. I finish afterwards, take off my jacket and I have got sweat under the armpits and a rush of adrenaline.” There is also a sense of “unfinished business” for Gatland in South …
