Brains and brawn needed in NZ
SOME say success comes by working smarter, not harder. The Waratahs don’t believe that. To be the first Aussie team to win in New Zealand in two years, they have to work smarter and harder.
SOME say success comes by working smarter, not harder. The Waratahs don’t believe that. To be the first Aussie team to win in New Zealand in two years, they have to work smarter and harder.
ISRAEL Folau says the Waratahs can finally break the Australian teams’ drought against Kiwi sides this season when they take on the Hurricanes on Saturday.
A STRIPPED back game plan and big guns firing. That’s the blueprint the Waratahs believe can build a serious charge at the finals after both factors combined brilliantly to steamroll the Rebels.
COULD the radical solution to Australia’s rugby woes be an exit from Super Rugby and the creation of a National Rugby Union competition? It’s worth a look.
DAVE Dennis is embarking on a gruelling training program in San Francisco in a bid to convert himself into a lock to boost his World Cup hopes.
IT’S the players who aimed up under the bright lights of the TV cameras – Fox Sports commentator Sean Maloney names his Thursday night NRC dream team.
IN a wideranging interview, Michael Cheika reveals he was in talks to coach Argentina, and discusses Kurtley Beale, Ewen McKenzie, Israel Folau and more.
MICHAEL Cheika and Stephen Larkham are being considered as a coaching dream team to rescue Australian rugby and lead the Wallabies to the World Cup.
KURTLEY Beale’s future in Australian rugby is hanging by a thread as he faces a disciplinary tribunal for allegedly distributing “deeply offensive” texts.
WARATAHS captain Dave Dennis says Kurtley Beale is a valuable team man on and off the field and hopes he is not lost to NSW and Australian rugby next year.
OUTGOING Waratahs CEO Jason Allen insists he wasn’t pushed and says a “challenging” relationship with Michael Cheika helped NSW achieve success.
ISRAEL Folau has welcomed the ARU’s new clause to allow Wallaby stars to play overseas, but won’t guarantee he’ll re-sign beyond the World Cup.
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