Giteau and Genia the halves to lead Wallabies to victory
Here is my team, with a few changes from the June Test series against England, for Saturday's Bledisloe Cup opener at the Olympic Stadium.
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Matthew Burke
Universal season would unite hemispheres
Do we need to once again address a universal season to align the stars and rid the schedule of inconsistencies?
Dismal season could be a blessing in disguise
Most of our boys will have had a four-week mid-season "pre-season" to get ready for the All Blacks and an opening game of the Bledisloe Cup in Sydney that really is all-or-nothing for the Wallabies.
ARU should not fall into Hayne trap
Jarryd Hayne's worth is his reputation, but what is that value in a game he has never played? We can all see he is shopping himself around. Surely ARU boss Bill Pulver can't fall into the trap of being a pawn in the negotiations.
What's wrong with the Wallabies?
The emphasis for the Wallabies between now and August 20 has to be reclaiming that belief from the World Cup, which seems to have gone missing.
Do our coaches now have to travel abroad?
Coaches face the same merry-go-round selection process that players do. They are subject to the same scrutiny of form and talent to reach the top.
England were great, the Wallabies weren't far behind, and there's plenty to like about Australian rugby
With plenty of debate still surrounding where the Wallabies went wrong in their series loss to England, I thought it would be good to have a chat to my old mate, World Cup-winning coach Bob Dwyer about what happened during the past month.
Cheika and Wallabies have got work to do
With the Cook Cup in the hands of the English, Michael Cheika and co. will be scrambling to try to come up with how best to address the deficiencies the Wallabies showed during the series in time for an onslaught from New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
Fast Eddie is a past master of spin
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.
I am half Australian, half English
The Newcastle boys swamped me with everything red, white and blue: Union Jack stickers on the car, the national anthem blaring in the change room and telling me my accent had changed.
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