Wallabies

QUADE Cooper's immediate playing future is in doubt, with the Wallabies star ordered to undergo ''extensive personal development and counselling''. Cooper can start training with the Queensland Reds in January ahead of the Super 14 season but a ...  

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has hailed the emergence of a young group of "genuine Test players" he believes will serve Australia well following mixed results on the spring tour.  

Steve Hitstirrer is a well-travelled, sports-hardened, armchair expert, prepared to tear the scab off a whole range of sporting wounds. Love him or hate him, you’ll find indifference is not an option. Have your say on Jonathan Thurston. You have to ...  

"Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said."This is simply fantastic, and I very much hope it's true. If you ever wondered how crop circles come about (and don't believe that...read more  

Wallaby number 777 and Cambridge captain, Dan Vickerman, raises the trophy after their victory in the Nomura Varsity match between Oxford University and Cambridge University at Twickenham. The former Wallabies lock drew praise after making the most ...  

Thank goodness the mystery of crop circles has finally been solved: Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine.... "The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," Lara...  

Australia ran in four tries on their way to an impressive 33-12 victory over Wales at the Millennium Stadium. The Wallabies totally dominated, inspired by Matt Giteau, with the fly-half showing no ill-effects from last week's traumatic finale at ...  

NZ Herald rugby columnist Chris Rattue says it's time for Robbie Deans to end his time as coach of the Australian Rugby team. "Until the Murrayfield defeat, Deans deserved a very cautious pass mark after two years in charge of the...  

CARDIFF: Robbie Deans will continue tapping into Australia's sevens talent pool in the hope of unearthing more potential Wallabies following the emergence of young guns Richard Kingi and Luke Morahan on the spring tour of Japan and the British Isles.  

AUSTRALIA Captain Rocky Elsom will join Matt Giteau in the Barbarians side to play New Zealand at Twickenham next month. The Wallaby duo will line up alongside the likes of South Africa's Victor Matfield, Bryan Habana and Fourie du Preez for the ...  

CARDIFF - Robbie Deans has challenged his under-achieving Wallabies to show the same grit against Wales as his second-stringers displayed in their hoodoo-busting victory over Cardiff yesterday. Against the odds, the Wallabies' mid-weekers restored ...  

Australia swept past Wales 33-12 at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday to end their European tour on a high. Robbie Deans's men had suffered criticism after the shock 9-8 defeat to Scotland last weekend but his side delivered the perfect response ...  

Australia centre Digby Ioane has been ruled out of Saturday's autumn international against Scotland. The 24-year-old Queensland star has suffered a shoulder injury and is replaced in the starting line-up by Western Force's Ryan Cross. The injury is ...  

Australian firm Sunbus says it was just following rules when it would not let a volunteer animal rescue worker carrying two wallaby joeys on board. The incident happened on Thursday as Tanya Dunham was trying to make her way to open the Far North Queensland Wildlife Rescue centre at Manunda.She had been called in to cover for a sick colleague and, with her car off the road, Ms Dunham was forced to take the bus. Trying to get a ride from...  

Rookie international Will Genia says it’s high time the under-achieving Wallabies started delivering to ease the growing pressure on besieged coach Robbie Deans. Sport24 Genia is among a raft of youngsters Deans has thrust into the Test arena over the past two years and is convinced it shouldn’t be the coaching staff copping the flak for the [...]