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Hope and headaches: What the Wallabies learnt against Fiji

The Wallabies beat Fiji in a dramatic finish on Sunday, revealing key flaws in their execution. But there are still reasons for hope ahead of the Lions series.

  • Jonathan Drennan

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Lekima Tagitagivalu of Fiji scores a try during the International Test match between Australia Wallabies and Fiji at McDonald Jones Stadium on July 06, 2025 in Newcastle, Australia. (Photo by Scott Gardiner/Getty Images)

Rugby’s Fun Police robbed Fiji. Here’s how game should make it up to them

The Wallabies escaped with the victory in Newcastle on Sunday, but it was the Fijians who won all the plaudits.

  • Paul Cully
Joe Schmidt, Wallabies head coach, looks on at Newcastle.

‘There’s not real confidence’: Schmidt admits Wallaby worries after Fiji scare

The Wallabies are back to being long-shot outsiders to beat the Lions after a scrappy win over Fiji, but coach Joe Schmidt maintained there was a ‘quiet resolve’ among the squad.

  • Iain Payten
Fraser McReight of the Wallabies celebrates his try

Wallabies player ratings: How the men in gold fared against Fiji

The Wallabies pulled off a late escape act to leave Newcastle with victory over a gutsy Fiji side. Here’s how we rated their performances.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Max Jorgensen of the Wallabies takes on the defence

Fiji to seek answers on bizarre no-try after Wallabies get out of jail in Newcastle

The Wallabies escaped with a 21-18 victory in Newcastle after a late try to captain Harry Wilson. But Fiji were left baffled after a potential match-winner was denied earlier – due to an Australian error.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Nic White insists he is nowhere near his use-by date.

‘You pinch yourself’: Wallabies veteran set to realise childhood dream against Lions

Nic White has been there, done that … except for playing in a Test match against arguably the world’s strongest team.

  • Robert Dillon
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 24: James Slipper poses for a portrait during an Australian Wallabies Portrait Session at NEP Studios on June 24, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Slipper – the great Wallabies survivor – lines up shot at triple redemption

Veteran prop James Slipper has a chance to join a rare club in the upcoming Lions series – and atone for a cyclonic upset in Newcastle in 2012 as well.

  • Iain Payten
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be at the rugby union Test between Australia in Fiji in Newcastle on Sunday.

‘Nail in the coffin’: Pacific rugby leaders raise alarm about NRL’s PNG deal

Officials in the region are concerned about the Albanese government’s bankrolling of rugby league and are proposing a greater share in funding for their national game.

  • Chris Barrett
Australian rugby union player Max Jorgensen goes through a skills drill with students at Stanmore Public School in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, June 19, 2025, after the announcement of the squad that will that will be considered for a position in the three-test series against the British and Irish Lions. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Jorgensen and Suaalii to return for Wallabies against Fiji

With a steady drip of players being sent back to state teams, Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has begun to show his hand for the Test series against the Lions.

  • Iain Payten
Richie Asiata (right) scored his fifth try in six games for the Reds, but it wasn’t quite enough.

Fijian Drua break Reds hearts in Super Rugby thriller

The last-placed Fijian Drua continue to play Super Rugby Pacific spoilers, upsetting the Queensland Reds in a thrilling try-fest in Suva.

  • Darren Walton

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