Cooper defends Wallabies horror show in Pretoria
MELBOURNE : Flyhalf Quade Cooper says the Wallabies can only get better after their Rugby Championship trouncing by South Africa and are still getting used to their combinations under Eddie Jones.
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New Zealand braced for wild ride in Mendoza
New Zealand have lost to Argentina twice in the past three years and another defeat in Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash in Mendoza will be a further setback for coach Ian Foster on the final stretch to the World Cup in France.
Argentina prop Sordoni returns to face New Zealand
Prop Lucio Sordoni will make his first appearance for Argentina in almost three years in an otherwise settled team named by coach Michael Cheika for their Rugby Championship opener against New Zealand in Mendoza on Saturday.
Two uncapped players in Argentina squad to meet New Zealand
Argentina coach Michael Cheika has named two uncapped players in his 30-man squad to face New Zealand in their Rugby Championship opener in Mendoza next Saturday.
Wallabies ready to put boot to ball in World cup quest
SYDNEY : Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has made it quite clear that he does not share the antipathy of many of his compatriots towards tactical kicking and said his team would put boot to ball when circumstances demanded it.
Eddie Jones wants Wallabies to drop aversion to kicking game
Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has made it quite clear that he does not share the antipathy of many of his compatriots towards tactical kicking and said his team would put boot to ball when circumstances demanded it. Perhaps because of the dominance of the rugby league code, where possession is sacrosanct, kicking away the ball in the hope of deriving an advantage is one of the most frequently heard criticisms of the 15-man game in Australia. Michael Cheika, who led the Wallabies to the last two World Cups, decided that tactical kicking was not part of the identity of the Australian game, which he saw as running rugby.
Hodge hoping to put best foot forward for Jones's Wallabies
MELBOURNE : A philosophical attitude can be handy for an elite athlete as Reece Hodge has shown throughout a career of being thrown in, out and around the Wallabies backline.
Brumbies look to save Australian blushes in Super Rugby playoffs
MELBOURNE : The ACT Brumbies were the only Australian team to lock up a top-four spot in Super Rugby Pacific and are again the nation's best hope of stopping a New Zealand sweep of the quarter-finals starting on Friday.