Latest Wallabies news
Wallabies hurting after failing to convert statistical dominance
Tom Decent 9:01 PM 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.
Hansen: Cheika shouldn't have let Jones 'bully' him
7:58 PM 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 6:20 PM 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.
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.
The honeymoon is over for Michael 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.
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.
Eddie came, Eddie saw, Eddie conquered
Tom Decent Leading Japan to victory over South Africa at the World Cup was sweet, but bulldozing the Wallabies in their own backyard in a series they were not expected to win may just be the biggest jewel in Eddie Jones' coaching crown.
Jones demands 3-0 whitewash
Roy Ward England won their first Test series in Australia with their 23-7 win over the Wallabies at AAMI Park on Saturday night - and they can make it a sweep with a win in Jones' home city.
Wallabies to draw on 'scars' of loss
Georgina Robinson Australia coach Michael Cheika says the Wallabies will wear their first series loss to England as "scars" and draw upon them down the track.
AAMI Park surface causes concern again
Roy Ward Nothing showed the sandy state of the AAMI Park pitch better than the vision of Wallabies flanker Michael Hooper grabbing a handful of sand and flinging it away during a scrum in the second test.
Wallabies knocked back by immense defence
Roy Ward Eddie Jones' England held off immense pressure to score an historic series win in Melbourne.
Pulver enjoying Jones' verbal barbs
Tom Decent ARU chief executive Bill Pulver admits he didn't think England would beat the Wallabies in Brisbane and says he loves the barbs Eddie Jones has thrown his way, adamant the "theatre" has been beneficial for rugby as a whole.
Moore stinging from pain of defeat
Georgina Robinson After a second straight week dominated by the bluster of England coach Eddie Jones, reassurance came in lyrical form from the Wallabies on Friday.
Simmons was dropped for second Test
Tom Decent Michael Cheika has dropped a bombshell on the eve of the second Test against England, revealing premier lineout jumper Rob Simmons was actually dropped from the entire Wallabies match day 23.
'My greatest weakness is that I can't tolerate people', says Jones
Andrew Webster Eddies Jones says losing the World Cup final set him back two years as a coach – but it put him on a path that sees him one win away from beating Australia as the coach of England.
Eddie, it's us and them, but you are one of us
Peter FitzSimons Come on Eddie, you're still one of us.
Wallabies flanker Sean McMahon throws down challenge to England giant Billy Vunipola
Roy Ward Wallabies flanker Sean McMahon has thrown down the gauntlet to anyone who thinks he will be outclassed against England in the second test at AAMI Park on Saturday night.
Second Test: The five key factors
Georgina Robinson Five areas in which the second Test will be won and lost.
Cheika finalises Wallabies bench
Tom Decent Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has finalised his bench for the second Test again England with Luke Morahan, Toby Smith and Ben McCalman getting the nod in the final 23.
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.
