SYDNEY — Australia coach Dave Rennie is asking for some consistency from his Wallabies, and he’s leading by example after naming the same starting 15 players for Saturday’s Rugby Championship test against South Africa. “We know we’re going to need to be better because we gave away a lot of penalties last week and the Springboks weren’t able to hurt …
ADELAIDE, Australia — South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber is under no illusions as his World Cup-champion Springboks attempt to win their first rugby match in Australia in nine years. Coming off a 35-23 home loss to New Zealand two weeks ago, the Springboks will have a chance to make amends in Saturday’s Rugby Championship afternoon match at Adelaide Oval. …
OITA, Japan — Australia begins its late-season tour with a match Saturday against Japan at the Shona Denko Dome on the southern island of Kyushu — a stadium with recent bad memories for the Wallabies. “We’ll need to be at our best.” Following the match with Japan, the Wallabies head to Britain for tests against Scotland, England and Wales on …
The Wallabies will add a First Nations design to their new gold jersey in an Australian sporting first this weekend. Key points: The design celebrates and recognises the Game's Indigenous players, as it symbolises all communities coming together as one Wallabies coach Dave Rennie says to have the design on the team's primary jersey is "incredibly special" Australia's Test against …
So, here we are then. Given the Bledisloe Cup has been missing from the Wallabies' trophy cabinet since 2003, what leads you to believe there is any more hope of them winning in Wellington than there is of Alan Jones inviting former Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle over for Christmas dinner? Added feeling to Bledisloe Cup clash During a …