Wallabies turn to former NRL star for spring tour
Michael Cheika will set about blooding new talent - and plenty of it - as the rugby world reacts to the Wallabies coach's latest rant.
Georgina Robinson is a Sports Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
Michael Cheika will set about blooding new talent - and plenty of it - as the rugby world reacts to the Wallabies coach's latest rant.
The publication of plans to develop a competition to rival the National Rugby Championship has exposed even deeper divides within rugby's grassroots.
Disgruntled Sydney and Brisbane Premier rugby clubs are planning a new eight-team interstate championship to run in direct competition with the National Rugby Championship.
The Wallaroos have real challenges confronting them in the lead up to next year's women's World Cup, so an Eden Park 'hoodoo' is of little concern.
The fans want it, so do the pundits, and probably the player himself. Will Australian coach Michael Cheika ever give Israel Folau a taste of life in the Wallabies mid field?
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika and former Munster coach Alan Gaffney have led the antipodean tributes to Anthony Foley, who died in Paris at the weekend.Â
As a footy-mad girl on the NSW south coast, Wallaroos captain Ash Hewson could only dream of the opportunities young girls now have to play rugby.
Fiji's inclusion in the National Rugby Championship is the most meaningful gesture any tier one rugby nation has made to the Pacific Island nations. Here is the story behind Friday's historic announcement
The Wallabies will face the All Blacks next week without Will Genia but could be boosted by the surprise return of David Pocock and Sean McMahon.
Fiji will play in Australia's National Rugby Championship next year in a historic development for the talent-rich Pacific Island nation.
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