ACT Brumbies to use Mauritius 10s pain to fuel Super Rugby title quest

Chris Dutton   The Brumbies will use the world club 10s final loss as extra motivation for their Super Rugby finals campaign.

Brumbies back-rower Michael Wells ready to take Super Rugby chance for finals bid

Chris Dutton   Versatile ACT Brumbies back-rower Michael Wells has vowed to make the most of his Super Rugby opportunity.

Jones enlists Johns for special session

Adam Pengilly   Eddie Jones has not only returned to haunt the Wallabies, but he's also poached – at least temporarily – one of Australia's greatest rugby league players in a bid to heap further pain on Michael Cheika's side.

Moore's call to Wallabies' leaders

Adrian Warren   Wallabies captain Stephen Moore has put the acid on the team's leadership group and insists fixing small details is the key to avoiding a Test series whitewash against England in Sydney.

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Eddie Jones says no one can whinge about referees if England claim series whitewash

Tom Decent   Eddie Jones says a series whitewash will prove once and for all England are better than the Wallabies and mute the sideshow that is controversial referee decisions.

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Brumbies heartbreak as they fall to Western Force in world club 10s final in Maritius

Chris Dutton   The ACT Brumbies have fallen painfully short of their first world club 10s title, losing to the Western Force 7-0 in the final in Mauritius on Monday morning Australian time.

Barrett likely to start third Test against Wales

WELLINGTON: In-form playmaker Beauden Barrett is poised to make a rare All Blacks start in the third Test against Wales in Dunedin following the neck injury to Aaron Cruden.

ACT Brumbies to play Western Force in world club 10s final in Mauritius

Chris Dutton   The ACT Brumbies will play the Western Force for the world club 10s title in Mauritius after winning their semi-final.

Smiler injures knee at world club 10s in Mauritius

Chris Dutton   ACT Brumbies star Jordan Smiler has been dealt a cruel blow on his birthday.

Wallabies hurting after failing to convert statistical dominance

Tom Decent   The Wallabies are hurting and Eddie Jones has nothing on his mind but a 3-0 series whitewash as both teams try to get themselves up again, for totally different reasons, after a brutal second Test in Melbourne.

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Hansen: Cheika shouldn't have let Jones 'bully' him

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen reckons Australia's Michael Cheika has let England counterpart Eddie Jones bully him verbally this month, laying the platform for the tourists' series win.

Cheika: Refs didn't cost us Test

Tom Decent   Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has voiced his confusion around a number of calls that went against the hosts, but stressed refereeing decisions were not to blame for Australia's defeat.

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Pulver slams AAMI Park surface

Tom Decent   Australian Rugby Union chief Bill Pulver has slammed the unstable playing surface at AAMI Park as below Test standard and threatened to tear up an agreement to play another match there next year if it doesn't improve.

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Team of the Week: International weekend 2

Paul Cully   Here's the 15 players from the loaded round of internationals who were the pick of the bunch in their positions on the weekend.

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Wallabies' refusal to take points betrays lack of cool heads

Paul Cully   Wallabies' refusal to take points betrays lack of cool heads.

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