All Blacks get creative with Sonny Bill ban to bring star back for Bledisloe opener
9 years ago by TheRoar.com.auMissing a couple of pre-season matches will allow Sonny Bill Williams to return from suspension to face the Wallabies in the Bledisloe Cup series opener in Sydney. All Blacks centre Williams copped a four-match...
Quade Cooper excluded from Michael Cheika's Wallabies training squad
9 years ago by Rugby DumpQuade Cooper and Scott Higginbotham have both missed out on selection for Wallabies coach Michael Cheika's 38-man training squad for the Rugby Championship. He has named eleven new faces in the lead up...
Wednesday Morning Round Up
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAmanaki Mafi named Rebels' best for 2017 Backrower Amanaki Mafi has been named the 2017 Melbourne Rebels Players’ Player at the club’s end of season function on Wednesday.Full story &...
Wallabies name extended squad for next month’s Bledisloe Cup opener
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWallabies coach Michael Cheika has named an extended national train-on squad for intensive camps in the lead-up to the Bledisloe Cup in Sydney on August 19. The squad is without Quade Cooper...
Quade Cooper omitted from Wallabies squad – but Cheika leaves door open for return
9 years ago by The GuardianPlaymaker left out of Australia’s extended Bledisloe Cup training squadEleven uncapped players named by coach Michael CheikaQuade Cooper has been omitted from Michael Cheika’s extended Wallabies squad...
Michael Cheika names Wallabies train-on squad for Bledisloe Cup
9 years ago by TheRoar.com.auMichael Cheika has named an extended train-on squad for the Wallabies ahead of the start of their Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup campaigns next month. The squad comprises players from the four Australian...
Grassroots vital for indigenous rugby: Beale
9 years ago by TheRoar.com.auKurtley Beale hopes a special jersey will provide the inspiration that will boost the disappointingly small number of indigenous Wallabies. Australia will wear an indigenous jersey for the first time in...
Under-prepared Wallabies need match-hardened Brumbies for Bledisloe Cup
9 years ago by The GuardianThe lack of Australian success in Super Rugby leaves the Wallabies in danger of lacking match fitness for opener against the All Blacks.With only one Australian team in the Super Rugby playoffs, the Wallabies...
Monday Afternoon Round Up
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyStormers injury update Stormers have released their medical update ahead of their Round 17 clash against the Bulls, with centre Juan de Jongh and loose forward Sikhumbuzo Notshe available for selection. Full...
Match officials announced for The Rugby Championship 2017
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby today announced the match official appointments for the upcoming Rugby Championship, with 18 officials and five TMOs taking charge of the 12 matches and the standalone Bledisloe Cup match in...
