Australia

All Blacks improve rankings total

Australia’s place in the world’s top four is in jeopardy after Saturday’s agonising Bledisloe Cup loss to New Zealand.

All Blacks improve rankings total

Australia’s place in the world’s top four is in jeopardy after Saturday’s agonising Bledisloe Cup loss to New Zealand.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Australia v New Zealand

An evening with Robbie Deans

Former Crusaders and Wallabies coach Robbie Deans will return to Christchurch this week.

SPIRO: Anatomy of the ARU-Beale crisis 2: Michael Cheika next Wallabies coach

Ewen McKenzie’s resignation is the most dramatic departure from Australian rugby since the great Trevor Allan left the Wallabies captaincy to play rugby league in England in 1949. The first hint...

The NRC wrap Round 9: Yes, rugby was played over the weekend

Hard to believe, after what transpired in the aftermath of the Wallabies’ narrow loss to New Zealand, but there was in fact a round of the National Rugby Championship played over the weekend. The...

McKenzie’s resignation shows the Wallabies are still toxic

Michael Hooper grabbed his water bottle and bolted from the room. After powering through 190 words, Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie followed him. Except he wasn’t the Wallabies coach anymore. McKenzie...

There has to be more to Ewen McKenzie’s resignation

Ask coach Bobby Dwyer, or any of the 1991 Rugby World Cup winning Wallabies, about Ewen McKenzie and they would say, “Great bloke, great team-man, great prop, and mighty tough.” Tough is in...

Deans’ demons come back to haunt McKenzie

The toxic internal dramas that led to Robbie Deans being dismissed as Wallabies coach just over a year ago are still very much alive and kicking. Removing Deans only served the short term. The problem...

Michael Cheika is lined up as Australia's new head coach amid turmoil following Ewen McKenzie's dramatic exit

New South Wales Waratahs coach is expected to take over but may not be in place in time for Wallabies' autumn tour of northern hemisphere