Wallabies searching for ‘clarity’
Saturday night’s Rugby Championship clash against Argentina can’t come quick enough for a Wallabies side intent on making amends for a poor performance in South Africa.
Saturday night’s Rugby Championship clash against Argentina can’t come quick enough for a Wallabies side intent on making amends for a poor performance in South Africa.
Wallabies supporters might be the most loyal and patient in world rugby — but there’s one result they won’t cop in a World Cup year. JULIAN LINDEN reports.
The Wallabies have arrived home from South Africa desperate to redeem themselves after a poor performance in Pretoria.
What happened against South Africa was an embarrassment and can’t be repeated. If Eddie Jones wants this team to succeed, he needs to get his players to respond on the field like he does off it.
Will Genia will become the 10th most capped Wallaby when he takes the field against the man who blooded him at the Reds but the enduring halfback won’t be dedicating his century to Eddie Jones.
Former Wallabies skipper Simon Poidevin has urged Michael Cheika to reshuffle his forward pack in expectation of an English assault on Australia’s set piece.
The Wallabies will create another piece of unwanted history if they lose this weekend to Eddie Jones’ England and it is one record Michael Cheika wants to avoid at all costs.
Doubts about the fitness of David Pocock are like “merry-go-rounds at the Easter Show”, England coach Eddie Jones declared as he prepares to face the injured Wallabies flanker this weekend.
After more than two years away from the international arena, Ashley-Cooper hardly missed a beat with a vintage performance against Italy last weekend and the veteran says he never lost faith.
Samu Kerevi says Australia’s renewed defensive starch has helped his impressive return to the Test arena. However, the Wallabies know they will need David Pocock to be any chance against England. Get the latest on his ‘neck stringer’.
Four nations can win next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan now the All Blacks’ right to rule has been rattled yet, sadly, Australia’s Wallabies are not among them, writes Jim Tucker.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika and his England counterpart Eddie Jones have traded plenty of barbs in the past three years. But talk of being under pressure has left one of the outspoken mentors stunned.
It’s a long way from Padua to Twickenham, though the Wallabies have produced a much-needed win to raise their spirits. JIM TUCKER runs his eye over the good, bad and the ugly.
Eddie Jones said his team “played like England” in the second half after they came from behind to beat Japan 35-15 at Twickenham. Next up are the Wallabies in London.
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