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France-based Wallabies star Will Skelton is back with the team in Dublin.

‘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

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Eben Etzebeth eye-gouge

Springbok enforcer escapes with 12-week ban for blatant eye gouge

South African great Eben Etzebeth was red-carded and suspended for eye-gouging a Wales rival – but won’t miss many games.

  • Daniel Schofield and Iain Payten
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has been a star man behind the Wallabies’ resurgence.

Late Australian lobbying saves Rugby Championship from the chop

Plans to pack away the Rugby Championship for a major part of the next five years have been abandoned after a successful tournament in 2026.

  • Iain Payten
Max Jorgensen.

Former Wallabies insider linked with R360 role as major unions threaten bans

Eddie Jones’ right-hand man at the 2023 World Cup has been targeted by R360 organisers about a role that has Australian rugby on high alert.

  • Tom Decent
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 04: Quinn Tupaea of the All Blacks runs the ball during the The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between Australia Wallabies and New Zealand All Blacks at Optus Stadium on October 04, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Janelle St Pierre/Getty Images)

Encouraging campaign, but the Wallabies saved their worst for last

Australia are on the up as a Test rugby side but sometimes you have to take your medicine. And they got a few spoonfuls in Perth.

  • Paul Cully
Referee Andrea Piardi shows a yellow card to Australia’s Harry Potter

Don’t blame the ref: Sloppy Wallabies need to look at themselves

The Wallabies’ discipline has been an issue in recent years and there are some deep-rooted bad habits even Joe Schmidt is finding hard to break

  • Paul Cully
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Angus Bell takes a carry.

Rugby Championship to be turfed under massive SANZAAR tours shake-up

The annual tournament between the Wallabies, All Blacks, Springboks and Pumas won’t be sighted again, in full, until 2029.

  • Paul Cully
Rob Valetini of Australia carries against South Africa in Cape Town

Valetini lets his actions speak as he commits to Wallabies until 2027

Rob Valetini has committed to the Brumbies and the Wallabies until at least the 2027 World Cup, but hasn’t ruled out a move overseas later in his career.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Snoop Dogg has been hired by the AFL to perform at the grand final on September 27.

Snoop Dogg at the AFL grand final? Those days should be long gone

Surely, as a country, we’ve moved beyond the days of luring ageing American entertainers to our shores.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Brandon Paenga-Amosa and his little sister Katalina Amosa.

10,000km, five hours and one piece of Australian rugby history

Brandon Paenga-Amosa and his sister Katalina both played for Australia at the weekend and did something that may never happen again.

  • Frances Howe