Analysis
Wallabies
Crazy, courageous or just essential change: Deciphering the shock World Cup squad of Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones is full of surprises but dumping a number of senior players and naming the Wallabies’ least experienced World Cup squad in the professional era left many stunned.
- by Iain Payten
Latest
‘Terrible phone calls’: Cooper, Hooper and Ikitau out of Wallabies World Cup squad
Eddie Jones has stunned the Australian rugby fraternity with a number of huge selection calls less than a month out from the Rugby World Cup in France.
- by Tom Decent and Iain Payten
Two-Test Waratahs rookie bolts into Wallabies squad for Rugby World Cup
NSW utility Ben Donaldson has been given the nod by coach Eddie Jones ahead of the Wallabies’ World Cup squad naming on Thursday.
- by Iain Payten
Wallabies confident Kerevi will start World Cup despite probable broken hand
Samu Kerevi could go under the knife to repair an injured hand but there is confidence it won’t prevent him from lining up in Paris next month.
- by Iain Payten
Analysis
Bledisloe Cup
Why Dunedin heartbreak could prove a World Cup blessing for Wallabies
Victory over the All Blacks on Saturday would have been a huge boost but would it have helped Australia go deep at the World Cup?
- by Iain Payten
All Blacks deliver another heartbreaking loss after courageous Wallabies effort
Eddie Jones’ men shocked New Zealand by leading for most of the game in Dunedin, but the Kiwis took advantage of Australian mistakes and won in the final minutes.
- by Iain Payten
The brain fades that cost the Wallabies .... but also give hope for the future
The Wallabies crashed to another big defeat in Melbourne but in an otherwise competitive showing, most of the damage can be traced to brief moments of madness.
- by Iain Payten
No such thing as a ‘B team’: Wallabies laugh off suggestion of under-strength All Blacks
Searching for their first win in New Zealand in 22 years, the Wallabies aren’t buying the idea they’re a better chance against an All Blacks side with 13 changes.
- by Iain Payten
An ‘alarming’ Achilles injury cluster in the Wallabies last year prompted a review. So why did another just occur?
Allan Alaalatoa became the fifth player on Australian duty to rupture his Achilles tendon in 13 months. It is an injury usually seen in a team once every few years.
- by Iain Payten
‘A load of rubbish’: Indignant Jones defends young playmaker after sticking with Wallabies rookies
Eddie Jones says he is throwing his faith in the Wallabies’ gang of youths for the second Bledisloe and beyond after launching a strident defence of three-Test playmaker Carter Gordon.
- by Iain Payten
‘You can blame me’: Jones apologises as Wallabies lament loss of star props
The Wallabies will likely go into the World Cup with five straight losses, but Eddie Jones says he saw enough at the MCG to believe they’ll become “a bloody good team”.
- by Iain Payten