End approaches for one of our true Wallaby greats
In a volatile period for Australian rugby one name has stood above the rest over the last decade with David Pocock set to call time on his Wallabies career.
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Animal oracle to pick World Cup winner
Owen the pink, psychic axolotl has been recruited to lend his predictions for the Rugby World Cup.
Cheika tight-lipped on Pooper plans
It’s the question every Wallaby fan wants an answer to — will Michael Hooper and David Pocock play together in Japan or will the selectors bite the bullet and choose between two of the team’s best players?
David’s our World Cup goliath
He hasn’t played since March, but David Pocock has immediately been given captaincy duties of the Wallabies.
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Poms punted from Twickenham home sheds
ENGLAND has been relegated to the “away” sheds at Twickenham and forced to wear its red strip for the World Cup opener against Fiji thanks to a quirky tradition.
‘I don’t think we play rugby here’
THE Wallies … er, Wallabies, are preparing for their last warm-up match before the World Cup against USA, but perhaps their biggest challenge is filling Soldier Field.
Ex-Shark Bailey now in Eagles’ nest
IF it weren’t for a dodgy Achilles tendon, Phil Bailey might have spent the past few years as a Commando fighting in Afghanistan or Iraq.
SBW to Burgess: Code switch not that hard
SONNY Bill Williams says switching from league to union isn’t the challenge many make out and predicts Sam Burgess can shine at the Rugby World Cup.
McMahon’s making things hard for Cheika
AS HE prepared to play his first Test match in almost a year Sean McMahon admitted there were times he feared he might be remembered as a one-season wonder.
Folau shows off his gridiron skills
THE ARU may be happy to hear NFL scouts are scouring Australia for the next Jarryd Hayne. They’d have missed Izzy Folau right under their noses.
Wallabies to learn from Fighting Irish
GPS helped the Australian Rugby Union team get to Notre Dame — and it has nothing to do with the Wallabies having difficulty finding the campus.
Wallabies confident in hooker policy
THE Wallabies have dismissed English suggestions they could lose points at the Rugby World Cup if the selection of only two hookers backfires.
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