England rugby
He’s dominating English rugby. Now this Aussie star is coming home to win a World Cup spot
He’s been earning rave reviews in the English Premiership, but a former Waratahs flyer is headed home to try to crack the Wallabies squad in time for the Rugby World Cup.
- Iain Payten
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An Australian is captain of the world’s smartest rugby team
Only the brightest and the best get to study at Oxford University. No exceptions are made for their best athletes.
- Robert Dillon
More than 30 rising stars have been poached by French academies. This is how Australian rugby is fighting back
They are the ‘lost boys’ of Australian rugby: two teams worth of talented youngsters who have been poached by French clubs, and many are the giant forwards so sorely need by the Wallabies.
- Iain Payten
‘Bring it on’: Wallabies welcome first-ever pool battle with All Blacks at home World Cup
The draw for the pools of the 2027 Rugby World Cup has been completed. Find out who got the easiest run, and who has the toughest.
- Iain Payten
It started as a cross-code schoolboy exhibition. Now Hybrid Rugby could save the English Super League
There are at least three million reasons for a historic cross-code extravaganza between league and rugby union clubs to go ahead.
- Adrian Proszenko
Hilarious, tedious or dangerous? Who is the serial pitch invader Jarvo?
The man in a Kangaroos playing kit who stood next to Cameron Munster has been doing the same trick for years, exposing venue security all over the world.
- Iain Payten
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- Wallabies
Fifteen Test matches in a year is too much. The Wallabies are paying the price
England had all the answers at Twickenham – especially after they unleashed their second-half replacements.
- Paul Cully
Wallabies player ratings: How the men in gold performed against England
Very few Wallabies players impressed at Twickenham - the aerial game was shaky, discipline poor, and attack sloppy.
- Iain Payten
Ruthless England deny Wallabies perfect Twickenham return
The Wallabies were unable to replicate last year’s brilliant win at Twickenham, losing 25-7 in a dominating display by a ruthless England at Twickenham.
- Jonathan Drennan
- Analysis
- Wallabies
Why England have stacked their bench – and given the Wallabies an opportunity
Steve Borthwick’s side has a strange look – almost lightweight up front – and has no doubt been picked with a view to combating England’s recent record of slow November starts.
- Paul Cully