Odd man out in Wallabies halves switch
For the fourth time this World Cup, Australia has made a big change to their halves combination, but one star playmaker’s been forgotten completely.
For the fourth time this World Cup, Australia has made a big change to their halves combination, but one star playmaker’s been forgotten completely.
Just days after appointing fellow New Zealander Rob Penney as new Waratahs coach, NSW CEO Andrew Hore has quit the club to join a Super Rugby rival.
New NSW coach Rob Penney is determined to turn the spluttering Waratahs into a finals force again – and the crafty Kiwi has identified a key recruitment that will lay the platform for his rebuild.
It’s been a long and drawn-out process after more than 50 candidates applied for the job but the Waratahs have finally decided on a new head coach to replace Daryl Gibson.
STAR backrower Jack Dempsey is targeting the NSW Waratahs’ nostalgic return to the SCG next season as his own comeback date following five months out with a hamstring injury.
TRADITIONAL rivals the NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds will return to the scene of past glories next year as they try to resurrect their clubs’ flagging fortunes.
QUADE Cooper is too good a player for Australian rugby to lose, according to Wallabies star Kurtley Beale, but Reds teammate James Slipper says Cooper has earned the right to not only do “whatever he wants” but make the decision at his own pace.
THE Brumbies have set themselves a goal of conceding under 20 points a game and becoming the best defensive unit in Super Rugby.
THE NSW Waratahs are training the house down and aiming high as they strive to bounce back from their worst season in a decade by winning the 2018 Super Rugby title.
THE new coach of Japan’s Sunwolves Super Rugby side said he was targeting a top-five finish next season, despite the team being on the wrong end of multiple hidings in recent years.
QUADE Cooper could be heading for Japan after the shock call from coach Brad Thorn that he will not be starting at flyhalf for the Queensland Reds next season.
QUADE Cooper has played his last game for the Queensland Reds after the shock call from coach Brad Thorn that he is no longer rated the top flyhalf option for next season.
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