Pulver slams AAMI Park surface

Tom Decent 5:19 PM   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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Cheika: Refs didn't cost us Test

Tom Decent 6:20 PM   Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has questioned a number of calls but stressed refereeing decisions were not to blame for Australia's defeat.

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

Damning statistics add to Wallabies' pain

How players rated in second Test

Eddie came, Eddie saw, Eddie conquered

Jones demands 3-0 whitewash

Editor's picks

International team of the Week

Paul Cully 1:49 PM   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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Second Test: As it happened

Roy Ward   Eddie Jones' England held off immense pressure to score an historic series win in Melbourne.

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Fast Eddie is a past master of spin

Matthew Burke   There was so much anticipation about the jibing and verbal jousting between the national coaches during this Test series that it was always going to be worthwhile watching the former Randwick teammates go at it.

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Wallabies to draw on 'scars' of loss

Georgina Robinson   Michael Cheika says the Wallabies will wear their first series loss to England as "scars" and draw upon them down the track.

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Springboks stage rousing comeback

Mark Gleeson 8:02 AM   South Africa came from 16 points down to beat Ireland 32-26 in Saturday's remarkable second Test at Ellis Park.

Jarryd Hayne's NFL regret

Michael Chammas   Jarryd Hayne has only one NFL regret and it still eats away at him.

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Barrett likely to start third Test against Wales

10:30 PM   In-form playmaker Beauden Barrett is poised to make a rare All Blacks start in the third Test against Wales in Dunedin.

Genia backing a Reds revival

Chris Dutton   Former Queensland star Will Genia believes the nagging thought of unfinished business could lure Quade Cooper back to the Reds next year as the 2011 champions try to rebuild the struggling franchise.

World 10s want ACT long term 

Chris Dutton   World Club 10s organisers want to target the ACT Brumbies as a cornerstone to help build a global tournament.

Eels consider switch for Semi

Brad Walter   Parramatta officials would be prepared to consider allowing Test winger Semi Radradra to play rugby union in France until the start of next season if he commits to a long term deal with the embattled club.

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Smith takes first step back, but Vikings give him the boot

David Polkinghorne   Brumbies centre returns after five months on sidelines in Vikings-Whites thriller.

Insight & Analysis

Team of the Week

Paul Cully 1:49 PM   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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Rampant England seal series

4:35 AM   Eddie Jones' England side have stolen the prize with a game to spare after a stunning performance in Melbourne.

Honeymoon is over for Cheika

Georgina Robinson   It turns out the Australian wunder-coach and Randwick enfant terrible, is human after all, as Eddie Jones' England secured a historic first series win against the Wallabies and bumped them down to third place in the world rankings.

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Junior clubs forfeit games over safety fears

Eamonn Duff   Teams are refusing to show up for matches because of the perceived risk that awaits their young sides.

Fast Eddie a past master of spin

Matthew Burke   There was so much anticipation about the jibing and verbal jousting between the national coaches during this Test series that it was always going to be worthwhile watching the former Randwick teammates go at it.

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Not even Sherlock Holmes could solve the mystery of rugby union

Malcolm Knox   In Brisbane, England had that mysterious thing, whether it was belief, luck, will, Eddie's kavorka or a cocktail of all those and more.

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World's best sports quiz #31

Think you know your sport? Here's 10 dastardly questions to determine if you're a sporting champion or a genuine struggler.

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Ex-Waratah bans son from rugby

Brad Harrison's fears for the safety of smaller players in junior rugby union clubs have struck close to home for the former Waratah.

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