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Max Jorgensen scores the match-winner.

The unassuming 21-year-old behind Wallabies stunning win

Twenty-one-year-old Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i’s first rugby game for Australia was one for the ages.

  • Ian Chadband
Max Jorgensen’s try after the siren gave the Wallabies their first win at Twickenham in almost a decade.

Wallabies’ last-gasp heroics stun England at Twickenham

Max Jorgensen scored a try after the siren to ensure Australia’s first win at the famous English ground in almost a decade.

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  • Sam Tobin
Joseph Suaalii models the Wallabies jersey to be used in the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour

Sua’ali’i is right to start for the Wallabies – next, Nathan Cleary

Selection gambles don’t come bigger than this, but Joseph Sua’ali’i is ready and his success should lead to a killer recruitment for the 2027 World Cup.

  • Simon Poidevin

July

Austral console each other after the loss.ia’s Faith Nathan, left and teammate Australia’s Teagan Levi

‘It sucks’: Distraught Aussie women walk away from rugby empty-handed

The sevens team came into the Games set for gold, but against Canada and then the US they watched a medal almost literally sprint away from them.

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  • Hans van Leeuwen

May

Sir Tony O’Reilly, the tycoon who fell into bankruptcy

He was an Irish rugby international and British Lion, the creator of Kerrygold butter, and a charismatic international business leader and newspaper tycoon.

  • The Telegraph
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November 2023

Ousted: Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan.

The receipts left in Hamish McLennan’s downfall

The ousted Rugby Australia chairman leaves a trail of receipts that led to his demise.

  • Mark Di Stefano

October 2023

Jesse Kriel of South Africa celebrates with Eben Etzebeth the team’s victory in the Rugby World Cup Final against New Zealand in Paris.

South Africa beat New Zealand to claim record fourth Rugby World Cup

South Africa became the first team to win the Rugby World Cup four times when they beat New Zealand 12-11 after the All Blacks were reduced to 14 men half an hour in to the match.

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  • Jerome Pugmire
Australia’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Wales in Lyon effectively dumped the Wallabies out of the World Cup and sparked a wave of recriminations.

Welcome to rugby union’s burning platform

Australia just had its worst World Cup campaign in history. Everyone knows what the sport needs to do but making those changes is another matter entirely.

  • Zoe Samios
England’s Alex Mitchell challenges for the ball with South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth.

South Africa pull off miracle to reach Rugby World Cup final

The Springboks trailed England for the entire semi-final until Handre Pollard kicked a 78th-minute penalty. They now face New Zealand in the final.

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  • Jerome Pugmire
Ireland’s Jack Conan reacts after narrowly losing the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match against New Zealand at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris,

All Blacks resist Ireland fightbacks to win epic Rugby quarter-final

Ireland goes home after falling short again with an eighth Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat.

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  • Jerome Pugmire

August 2023

The Matildas inspired Australia.

The Matildas delivered. Will business and government?

The nation’s love affair with the Matildas has changed the rules of the game for women’s sport. Will it change the money?

  • Jennifer Hewett

January 2023

Eddie Jones: “It is going to be an immense period for Australian rugby.”

Eddie Jones in, Dave Rennie out as Wallabies head coach

Rugby Australia has hired Eddie Jones to be the head coach of the Wallabies, as well as overseeing the women’s team, on a long-term deal until 2027.

August 2021

Dylan Alcott has another chance to win gold in Saturday’s match that was postponed from Thursday.

What’s on at the Paralympics on Saturday & Sunday

Here’s what’s coming up in Tokyo for Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, September 5. All times AEST

  • Michael Bleby
New Zealand have cancelled their Perth test against Australia

All Blacks pull out of Perth test

Due to the New Zealand lockdown, they have also NZ scrapped home tests against South Africa. ,

  • Ian Ransom

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