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'Not everything's a fairytale': Michael Cheika

Cheika meets with Waugh as search for next Wallabies coach heats up

Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika took Australia to the 2015 Rugby World Cup final. Could he be the shock choice to replace Joe Schmidt and go one better in 2027?

  • Iain Payten

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Jamie Joseph narrowly missed out to Scott Robertson for the All Blacks job.

Wallabies would be unwise to rule out a foreign coach. Here are five of the best

If the next Wallabies coach flops, an Australian passport or an Akubra isn’t going to shield him from criticism.

  • Paul Cully
Joe Schmidt will step down at the end of the year.

Say it ain’t so, Joe! Coach’s departure a bitter blow for Australian rugby

With the Promised Land just around the corner, Joe Schmidt has prioritised his real family over his Wallabies family – a decision that must be respected, painful as it is.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Joe Schmidt to quit as Wallabies head coach after Rugby Championship

Wallabies coach is set to stand down at the end of this year’s Rugby Championship, turning down the opportunity to carry on to the 2027 World Cup.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Joe Schmidt back in Sydney for Wallabies camp in January.

The looming Joe Schmidt problem … and it’s not his contract

The Wallabies coach hasn’t given much away about his future but a decision made in early January about a departing player could open a Pandora’s box.

  • Iain Payten
Jake Gordon of the Wallabies

Off-contract Wallabies considering European exit if Schmidt opts out

Off contract at the end of the year, Waratahs captain Jake Gordon is one of many people eager to know whether Joe Schmidt will stay involved with the Wallabies.

  • Iain Payten
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Joe Schmidt and Phil Waugh

The two vital decisions that could make or break Australian rugby this Christmas

It’s the time of the year when most workplaces shut down for the festive period. But Rugby Australia is sweating on a pair of massive calls as the year winds to a close.

  • Iain Payten
The Wallabies celebrate victory in Cardiff

The 15 things we learnt about the Wallabies in 2024

They started the year in a deep hole and ended it on a comparative high. So what parts of the Wallabies’ game are flying, and what still needs work?

  • Iain Payten
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‘Too much detail, too much tension’: The bitter ending to Schmidt’s Ireland story

Joe Schmidt took Ireland to the top of world rugby, but his coaching style caused a split within the squad. He returns to Dublin with a Wallabies side desperate to finish the spring tour on a high.

  • Jonathan Drennan
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Sione Tuipulotu of Scotland scores his team’s first try whilst under pressure from Carlo Tizzano of Australia during the Autumn Nations Series 2024 match between Scotland and Australia at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on November 24, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Dominant Scots bring Wallabies’ grand slam dream to crashing halt

A former Junior Wallaby was one of the Scottish stars who ended Australia’s unbeaten run in a match in which Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii left the field injured.

  • Iain Payten

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