Wales rugby
‘We all realised what we’d achieved’: Inside the Wallabies’ legendary Grand Slam tour
Forty years after the historic 1984 Wallabies’ tour of the UK and Ireland, Mark Ella and teammates recount how he scored a try in every Test win - and then shocked the world by retiring.
- by Iain Payten
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Flair in fight for future: Four things learnt from Reds’ defeat to Wales
If James O’Connor is fighting for his future, then he did himself no harm in his return to the No.10 jumper, as a hat-trick hero threatened to steal the show.
- by Nick Wright
The Wallabies will play better than they did against Wales … and lose
It took three moments of individual brilliance to eke out a second straight win over Wales, but there are still areas where sharp improvement is needed.
- by Paul Cully
‘I knew’: Daugunu reveals the hard work behind ‘lucky’ tap-in try
It looked like a freakish moment of luck, or at best a reward for a diligent chase. But Filipo Daugunu says there were smarts behind his match-turning try over Wales.
- by Iain Payten
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‘We have to be better’: Flying Filipo saves blushes as Wallabies secure win over Wales
The Wallabies kept up their winning ways under Joe Schmidt but Wales threw the kitchen sink at them.
- by Iain Payten
Rugby July Tests as it happened: The Wallabies seal the series against Wales
Australia’s Joe Schmidt era got off to a winning start in Sydney last week. Can they back it up against a Wales side out for revenge? Follow all the action from AAMI Park.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Why success for Wallabies this year is finishing top of ‘second division’
Painfully modest as it sounds, a realistic aim for Australia would be to finish sixth in the world rankings, ahead of Scotland, Argentina and the increasingly solid Fiji.
- by Paul Cully
Chip off the old Beef: Another Botham aims to torment Australia in Melbourne
James Botham’s grandfather was an Ashes menace at the MCG. And as a Welsh rugby star, James is aiming to keep up the family tradition a few hundred metres away.
- by Iain Payten
‘We’re moving forward’: Diplomatic Slipper sidesteps retort to Eddie’s ‘no hardness’ jibe
Eddie Jones was caught in a documentary bemoaning a lack of Wallabies toughness to James Slipper but even after a win over Wales, the veteran prop isn’t biting.
- by Iain Payten
The wonder try that put Charlie Cale on the path to a Wallabies jersey
The Brumbies No.8 has made a habit of embarrassing backs with his extraordinary pace and now he’ll get the chance in a Wallabies jersey against Wales.
- by Iain Payten
Rookie replaces injured Wallabies skipper as Wales call in cricket legend’s grandson
Wallabies captain Liam Wright will miss the second Test due to injury, while Warren Gatland and Wales have called up a breakaway with a famous surname.
- by Iain Payten
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