Arrest warrant issued for Digby Ioane after failed court appearance
A MELBOURNE court today issued an arrest warrant for Wallabies winger Digby Ioane after the rugby union player failed to appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court to answer a charge of unlawful...
View ArticleLions roar as Oz looks ahead to second test
Make no mistake: this first game of the series between the Wallabies and the British & Irish Lions was one of the great test matches of recent times. It had everything. In amongst the blood (of...
View ArticleWallabies vs Lions: The final showdown
ONLY three points have separated the teams from the first two Tests, so watching the British & Irish Lions and the Wallabies have their third and deciding crack at each other in Sydney will be...
View ArticleLehmann and McKenzie challenged to repair Australian sport
THE parallels between the Wallabies and the Australian cricket team are striking. Cricket Australia punted foreign national team coach Mickey Arthur and replaced him with rising Australian mentor...
View ArticleEwen McKenzie’s quest for Bledisloe Cup win begins
NOTHING can be taken for granted as Ewen McKenzie is running a fine-toothed comb over every Wallabies position in plotting for Australia’s first Bledisloe Cup success in 11 years. Contrary to public...
View ArticleWIN tickets to see the Brumbies at Twickenham this August
Australian Times has teamed up with Premier Rugby to offer you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the inaugural World Club 7’s tournament at Twickenham this summer. We have five pairs of tickets...
View ArticleACT Brumbies aim to climb best Super Rugby team list
THE Brumbies recorded one of their greatest ever wins on Saturday when they toppled the Bulls 26-23 at the seemingly impregnable Loftus Versfeld with a last-ditch try. Want to see the Brumbies in...
View ArticleMcKenzie to keep Wallabies in line
WALLABIES coach Ewen McKenzie is confident James O’Connor’s food fights and late night fast-food runs are a thing of the past. McKenzie and his 40-man training squad, including O’Connor, entered camp...
View ArticleO’Connor backs McKenzie’s new Wallabies culture
CONTROVERSIAL and sometimes wayward back James O’Connor is eagerly buying into the revised Wallabies culture and is getting some early credit from new coach Ewen McKenzie. O’Connor incurred some...
View ArticleFragile Carter rues another injury
HE sets rugby records for breakfast but raising a century of Tests is turning into an arduous challenge for fragile All Blacks playmaker Dan Carter. A calf strain will sideline the five-eighth great...
View ArticleCake Tin expected to be OK for Bledisloe
WESTPAC Stadium bosses are confident the earthquake-shaken venue will be given the all clear to host Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup rugby Test. Engineers were going over the 13-year-old Wellington stadium...
View ArticleHooper says Wallabies on the rise ahead of Bledisloe Cup match
THE Wallabies believe a win over the All Blacks in Wellington will buy them time they need to fulfill their potential under new coach Ewen McKenzie before a deciding Test in October. After being...
View ArticleBrumbies win inaugural World Club 7s tournament at Twickenham
HENRY Speight said he was delighted to end the ACT Brumbies season with victory at the World Club 7s after an enthralling final with Auckland at Twickenham on Sunday. Speight scored twice to inspire...
View ArticleForgiven Quade set for Wallabies Test return against South Africa
ALL has been forgiven by senior Wallabies as a more mature Quade Cooper looks set to start his first Wallabies Test since his “toxic” outburst 11 months ago. Despite coach Ewen McKenzie keeping his...
View ArticleWill the Wallabies play dumb or smart?
DO the Wallabies need to dumb it down or simply play smarter? That’s the question facing coach Ewen McKenzie ahead of Saturday night’s Test against Argentina in Perth. McKenzie says he might simplify...
View ArticleWallabies coach Ewen McKenzie faces tough choice at halfback
IF Will Genia thought it would be easy to win back the Wallabies starting halfback role, he would have quickly changed his mind on Saturday night. Brumbies speedster Nic White put in an impressive...
View ArticleO’Connor stood down by Wallabies coach for off-field behaviour
JAMES O’Connor has been stood down from the Wallabies squad by coach Ewen McKenzie for at least two Tests after finding the Australian back had behaved unacceptably in Perth last weekend. O’Connor was...
View ArticleWallabies written off by Springboks, says coach McKenzie
WALLABIES coach Ewen McKenzie feels his side has been virtually written off by the Springboks who see Saturday’s rugby Test win as a formality. The teams meet in the Rugby Championship at Newlands in...
View ArticleNo quick fix for Wallabies, says Cooper
WALLABIES five-eighth Quade Cooper is warning there’s no quick fix for his team’s troubling form under new coach Ewen McKenzie. Ahead of their final Rugby Championship clash with Argentina in Rosario...
View ArticleCOMPETITION | WIN the ultimate rugby prize
IT is the 10th Anniversary of England winning the Webb Ellis Cup – or ‘Bob’ as you prefer to call it! Heathrow Express are delighted to give the Aussies the chance to settle some old scores in their...
View ArticleState of the Nation; The Wallabies on and off the field
ANOTHER challenging autumn tour to Europe awaits for Ewen McKenzie’s Wallabies. If anything they head for their tour with more questions than answers following an impressive thumping of a...
View ArticleConsistency the key for touring Wallabies
WALLABIES coach Ewen McKenzie has some pretty simple goals heading into his first northern hemisphere tour, which starts on Saturday in London. “We’re out there to win – five wins would be good,”...
View ArticleHigh stakes in Wallabies vs England World Cup clash
THE Wallabies are determined to nip an England uprising in the bud this weekend when their grand slam ambitions face a massive first-up test at Twickenham. Australia-England Cook Cup clashes are big...
View ArticleRobinson inspires England win over Australia, in World Cup re-match
A DECADE on from the heartbreak of the legendary 2003 Rugby World Cup Final and England have done it again. Just like Jonny Wilkinson’s last minute drop-goal crushed Australian dreams at Telstra...
View ArticleWallabies aim to salvage Euro tour
THE pain of wasting a shot at a cherished grand slam is written on the face of Adam Ashley-Cooper but the bloodied Wallabies warrior staunchly believes their European trip remains as significant as...
View ArticleMcKenzie harks back to ’91 Cup scare
EWEN McKenzie has drawn on memories of Australia’s triumphant 1991 World Cup campaign as a very different Wallabies outfit aims to start winning back credibility at Lansdowne Road. McKenzie enjoyed...
View ArticleHave the Wallabies turned a corner?
THE Ireland win on Saturday was perhaps the Wallabies’ most important win in the last 12 months not least because they managed to back up from their impressive thrashing of Italy last weekend. Two...
View ArticleSix Wallabies banned for boozing
SIX Wallabies, including starting wingers Adam Ashley-Cooper and Nick Cummins, have sensationally copped one-match suspensions for staying out late and drinking in the build-up to last weekend’s win...
View ArticleBarbarians at the double
Some of the best seats in the house have just been made available centrally in the West Stands. These tickets won’t hang around for long, so take this opportunity up now with not only discounted...
View ArticleBarbarians star weighs in on Wallabies selection debate
Brock James, one of the most successful of the Australian rugby stars plying their trade in Europe, has weighed in on the debate surrounding the Wallabies’ controversial eligibility laws. “It makes...
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