Australian Kangaroos and NSW Blues representative Angus Crichton is set to become the latest NRL star to depart the Sydney Roosters with the backrower agreeing to a code switch to rugby union.
Million-dollar war chest: The eight stars Roosters could target… including Crichton replacement
Over the past two seasons, the Sydney Roosters have farewelled 14 players, including international stars, premiership winners and future icons of the game.
‘Gutted’ NZ coach sacked after revolt rumours; two ex-Wallabies mentors among potential successors
New Zealand fired coach Scott Robertson on Thursday less than two years before the Rugby World Cup, after a scathing 2025 performance review and rumours of a player revolt.
‘It’s worldwide’: NRL legend’s plunge into radical hybrid game as ‘huge’ $3m proposal floated
Sam Burgess has thrown his support behind Hybrid Rugby, with the Rabbitohs legend jumping on as an investor.
Sports calendar 2026: Every major sporting event this year, schedule, fixture, dates and times, latest news
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Wallabies book home Rugby World Cup blockbuster with All Blacks as England lies in wait
The Wallabies will face the All Blacks in the pool stage of a Men’s Rugby World Cup for the first time, in a potential blockbuster opener to the 2027 tournament in Australia.
Rugby Australia’s confident call on ‘world’s best coach’ after crushing 67-year low
Rugby Australia threw its support behind embattled Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt, saying it had “absolute confidence” in the New Zealander despite leading the team to a record 10 defeats in a calendar year.
Wallabies create unwanted history in loss to France despite star’s ‘mindblowing’ try
For the first time ever, the Wallabies have lost ten Test matches in a calander year after a 48-33 defeat at the hands of France in the final game of their four-match European Tour.
Wallabies on verge of disastrous 67-year first after Ireland rout as Aussie-born fullback shines
The Wallabies are staring down the barrel of a 0-4 European tour whitewash after being thrashed by Ireland 46-19 in Dublin.
The Wallabies were meant to prove they’re back. But instead they have gone backwards
The 46-19 shellacking against Ireland is a stark reminder of how far behind the best teams Australia still sit
Three weeks ago, Australia arrived in Europe self-assured and quietly confident of taking a few prized scalps. And why not? They had come within a single refereeing call at the breakdown of claiming a British & Irish Lions series win. They had hammered the world champion Springboks in Johannesburg. They had shown great chutzpah to beat Argentina after the hooter and they still carried the glow of last November’s win over England.
This was a side developing shape and steel, a side capable of the sublime, a side beginning to coax long-dormant fans back to the code while tempting home several stars who had crossed to rugby league. This tour was supposed to confirm, unequivocally, that the Wallabies were back. Instead, they’ve gone backwards after a sorry performance against Ireland in Dublin where they received a 46–19 shellacking that still managed to flatter them on the scoreboard.
Continue reading...Sloppy All Blacks stunned as star inspires rousing England comeback in historic boilover
George Ford inspired an England revival as they came from 12 points behind to beat New Zealand 33-19 at Twickenham on Saturday for just their ninth win in 120 years of Tests against the All Blacks.
‘He was on holiday’: Wallabies call up O’Connor in host of changes for Ireland Test
James O’Connor has been summoned to revive Australia’s faltering Autumn Nations Series campaign, with the veteran fly-half given the task of steering the Wallabies to a much-needed win over Ireland in Dublin on Sunday (7.10am AEDT).
Is it better to be occasionally brilliant or consistently good? Ask the Wallabies | Daniel Gallan
Australia show flashes of greatness, but costly lapses challenge the idea of a revival. They need to find their rhythm
Is it better to be a consistently good team or an occasionally brilliant one? We’ll find out by the end of Australia’s European tour. But now, after a 26–19 loss to Italy in Udine – their second defeat in as many matches on this crucial trip – the answer seems obvious. Because despite the Wallabies’ flashes of brilliance throughout the Joe Schmidt era, their inability to deliver steadily could yet prove costly.
At present, the Wallabies are ranked seventh on World Rugby’s charts. If that doesn’t change, the hosts of the 2027 World Cup will be drawn alongside one of the top six teams in the group phase. Even if they progress, Australia would likely face another stiff challenge at the first knockout stage. That’s not the kind of jeopardy a rugby nation of this pedigree should be flirting with.
Continue reading...Wallabies stunned in ugly capitulation as duo that got away haunts Aussies
Italy beat Australia for the second time in their history on Saturday thanks to tries by Melbourne-born Monty Ioane and by Louis Lynagh, the son of one of the greatest Wallabies.
Louis Lynagh inspires dramatic Italy win to ramp up Australia misery
Italy 26-19 Australia
Wallaby legend Michael Lynagh’s son inspires famous win
Italy upset Australia with a come-from-behind 26-19 victory on Saturday with the son of a Wallaby great, Louis Lynagh, scoring one try and Australian-born winger Monty Ioane the other to snatch a famous win for the hosts.
Lynagh, born in Italy when his father, Michael, played for Treviso, and Melbourne-born Ioane proved Italy’s heroes as they won for only the second time in 20 tests against the Wallabies.
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