Match winners, not grinders needed to lift the 2015 Rugby World Cup
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auQuade Cooper was, from a Wallaby point of view, the biggest disappointment of the last Rugby World Cup, sadly limping away from the campaign with his tail tucked behind his busted knee. Selected by Michael...
Thursday Round-Up
1 decade agoCruden starts for NZ: New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen has named his side to take on their hosts England at Twickenham this weekend, with both Aaron Cruden and Sonny Bill Williams retaining their spots...
So near and yet so far for the Wallabies
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auWell it couldn’t have been closer for the Wallabies on Saturday night. Despite having 62 per cent of the possession, and spending 52 per cent of the game in the All Blacks half, Australia were defeated...
Friday Round-Up
1 decade agoReturn of Quade: Australian head coach Ewen McKenzie has handed an international recall to mercurial playmaker Quade Cooper ahead of next weekend’s Bledisloe Cup clash. The Wallabies take on Rugby Championship...
Tank Lanning - Boks and Blacks Truly Believe
1 decade agoBoks and Blacks truly believe Being able to burgle a game you would otherwise have lost is about belief, and both the All Blacks and Boks have it in spades. It’s what sets them apart from the rest. Tank...
Lasers don’t lose games, Wallabies do
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auSANZAR needs to come down hard on the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) to make sure the targeting of goalkickers in Argentina with lasers doesn’t happen again. It isn’t the UAR firing the lasers...
Lasers leave Foley seeing red
1 decade ago by Rugby 365While Argentina celebrated victory, Australia flyhalf Bernard Foley lashed out at laser beamers after fluffing a simple penalty in Mendoza.
Ten facts: Pumas v Wallabies
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyAhead of the final weekend of Rugby Championship action, we bring you ten interesting facts and stats as the Pumas take on the Wallabies in Mendoza. Argentina are chasing their first win since joining...
South Africa v New Zealand: Like the past three years, All Blacks have been a class apart in Rugby Championship
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsThere is nothing merely mythical about New Zealand’s dominance of the world game, nothing in that fabled black jersey alone that gives them an inherent advantage as every South African in the...
Preview: Argentina v Australia
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Argentina are chasing their first win since joining the Rugby Championship and probably haven't had a better chance of victory than they get Saturday against a wounded and weary Australian squad. The...
