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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
‘Terrible phone calls’: Cooper, Hooper and Ikitau out of Wallabies World Cup squad
- by Tom Decent and Iain Payten
Insight & Analysis
Why rugby Bazball could be the answer for the Wallabies at the World Cup
Damn the torpedoes – Australia’s young players need to go full speed ahead.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
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?
Iain Payten
Senior Sports Reporter
Hard-working, humble and hungry: Queenslander Tate McDermott’s time is now
Eddie Jones need look no further than Tate McDermott when reassessing the Wallabies’ captaincy. The 24-year-old has shown he is the man to lead Australia into the future.
Michael Atkinson
Nine Network presenter, reporter and broadcaster
More News
Wallabies player ratings: How the men in gold fared against New Zealand
Australia looked like pulling off their first victory against the All Blacks on New Zealand soil in 22 years, but fell just short.
- by Tom Decent
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
Extras
Eddie, set, go: The burning questions about Jones’ second-coming
- by Iain Payten and Tom Decent
Exclusive
Australian rugby
‘It’s taken a fair bit out of me’: Eddie Jones opens up
- by Georgina Robinson