Analysis
Wallabies
The player Wallabies must make room for against All Blacks
An intriguing statistic from New Zealand’s four Rugby Championship Tests points to a chink in their armour the Wallabies can expose in Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney.
- by Paul Cully
Latest
Taniela Tupou is on the verge of wasting his God-given talent
The giant prop should be striking fear into the British and Irish Lions, rather than the Wallabies being ridiculed as happened this week after the Argentina debacle.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Wallabies
Up Schmidt creek: If that’s what Pumas can do, how bad will a Lions mauling get?
The Wallabies have just conceded their biggest ever score – and the British and Irish Lions are touring here in less than a year.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Bledisloe Cup
Why the Anzac Day Bledisloe Cup Test is a no-brainer
An Anzac Day Test including a Super Round is a fillip the code needs in Australia.
- by Paul Cully
Analysis
Rugby Championship
The X-factor Wallaby who offers Schmidt genuine hope for future
Coaches love to talk about attacking structure, but there is no substitute for a player who can make things happen out of nothing. Against Argentina, the Wallabies had just one of those.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Australian rugby
Inventive Irish show that Wallabies’ narrow attack isn’t a problem in itself
Joe Schmidt’s playing style has led to questions, but there is a shining example of how it can succeed.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Wallabies
He has played 33 minutes of Test rugby. But he could solve a looming Wallabies problem
Pumas flyer Mateo Carreras shapes as a major threat to the Wallabies, but Max Jorgensen may just have his measure if he gets the nod on the right wing.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Bledisloe Cup
In the coffin of All Blacks rugby, the Bledisloe Cup is in play
The implosion of the once-invincible All Blacks has Wallabies fans passing the popcorn and dreaming of a Bledisloe upset.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Wallabies
Give the punters something, Joe: Wallabies fans need to see a cutting edge
It was always going to be hard to gauge the Wallabies in two Tests against the Springboks. But “work in progress” signs can’t stay up forever.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Wallabies
The Smallabies: How Australia lost size – and can get some back
Size matters in Test rugby. The Wallabies don’t have much of it in the back line, but they need to find some if they are to match it with the game’s best.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Rugby Championship
Wallabies are on the canvas and there’s no easy way back up. Here’s why
The resounding defeat to South Africa on Saturday exposed the scale of the gap between Australia and the world’s best. It’s hard to see it closing any time soon.
- by Paul Cully
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