Wallabies

Brumbies coach Jake White says he’ll keep Pat McCabe’s best interests ... However, White is concerned about whether he’d be harming McCabe’s Wallabies chances by shifting him around. White has even sought counsel from Robbie Deans ...  

Combining with Wallabies, fullback Kurtley Beale, inside centre James O’Connor and halfback Nick Phipps ... had matured in his second year in Australia. “I think he’s focusing mainly on how he’s best going to perform on the paddock ...  

In the playoff, the New Zealander used the more creative Berrick Barnes at inside centre to act as a second playmaker, which contributed to the Wallabies' victory Cooper said. "I think there was a time where we may have been over-thinking," Cooper added.  

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Australia's conservative tactics may have contributed to their failure and his own disappointing display at last year's rugby World Cup, flyhalf Quade Cooper has said. Cooper whose enigmatic playmaking could turn a game either ...  

The 27-year-old Northern Suburbs player is being mooted as the likely replacement for Kurtley Beale at fullback, but Ashley-Cooper is content to play any position in the backline. Ashley-Cooper, who has joined the NSW Waratahs after leaving the ACT ...  

Ashley-Cooper, who was named at fullback, will be joined in the side by returning Wallabies heavyweights Wycliff Palu and Benn Robinson. No.8 Palu returns after injuring his hamstring at the World Cup in October while this will be Robinson's first match ...  

A report written by four former test players will determine whether there will be radical changes to the Wallabies' off-field staff this year and also how the team prepares for internationals. Australian Rugby Union board members - Brett Robinson, Michael ...  

ball scavenger David Pocock, backline star James O’Connor and captain James Horwill must be braced for a gruelling workload. Former prop McKenzie, who started his 51-Test career in 1990 before the game went professional, stressed it would be ...  

UNLESS the Wallabies endure a disastrous run of form over the next 18 months it is most likely Robbie Deans will be reappointed as coach through to the 2015 World Cup. While talk has raged this week about Ewen McKenzie's decision to extend his Reds ...  

About four years ago, I was in a small township in the Waikato called Te Kauwhata. My friend was wearing a Wallabies jacket and a man approached us and said, "I'd be afraid of the Wallabies this year, they took the best coach we have."For a while I was scared, because in his first match against his homeland, the Wallabies won, 31-19, and it looked like our grip on the Bledisloe was starting to loosen.Fast forward to October 2011, the Rugby...  

THE Wallabies have retained their world No.2 ranking in rugby but Scotland have paid the price for their loss to England in last weekend's Six Nations clash. Australia sit behind New Zealand on the IRB world rankings released this morning with World Cup ...  

WORLD Cup halfback Will Genia said yesterday he won't object if he gets rotated out of the Test side or the Reds this season as the Wallabies brace themselves for what Queensland coach Ewen McKenzie predicts will be the toughest season of their lives.  

STIRLING Mortlock said the secret of his lengthy and successful career in rugby union was enjoyment and hard work. Mortlock has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the sport, particularly as captain of the Wallabies. “I love ...  

DUBAI - UAE Rugby’s new performance manager Duncan Hall has put player pride and progression at the very top of his priority list ahead of his first training session with ... who earned 15 caps for the Wallabies during his playing career, has agreed ...  

The male-specific Y-chromosome is shrinking – and it’s happening at different rates across species. Researchers discovered that a marsupial’s Y-chromosome is genetically denser than the human Y-chromosome, meaning animals such as the tammar wallaby ...