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Australian rugby
The Wallabies have landed a Kiwi ‘national treasure’ as scrum coach. It’s a huge coup
Two-time World Cup winner Mike Cron is regarded as the world’s foremost expert on scrummaging - and he just joined Australian rugby.
- by Iain Payten
Tight Five
Super Rugby
Brumbies playmakers thrive, while things could still get worse for Waratahs
- by Paul Cully
Insight & Analysis
Rugby will be a winter sport forever - or will it?
A few years ago I would have been hostile to even contemplate a switch to summer to align with the northern hemisphere. Now I am merely neutral, not to mention curious.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
Kiwi sides are unusually weak. The Waratahs are blowing their chance
Perhaps the Waratahs haven’t had the results their Super Rugby performances deserved. But with New Zealand teams in a post-World Cup transition, Darren Coleman’s men are missing a great opportunity.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
Seventeen dead minutes: Why World Rugby had to act after Cup final
The 2011 Rugby World Cup final was by no means a classic. But comparing it to last year’s showpiece event proves that rule changes have turned rugby into a waiting game.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
More News
A Wallaby heard a ‘pop’. He feared he may not run with his kids again
Waratahs centre Lalakai Foketi has spoken about a scary injury that saw him rushed to hospital last month.
- by Iain Payten
Pressure mounts on Coleman as Waratahs beaten in thriller in Fiji
The cruelty of sport was laid bare on a hot and humid day in Lautoka, Fiji, as the Waratahs lost by three points to the Drua. But the Waratahs women’s team had a massive win.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Extras
‘It was bizarre’: The inside story of Eddie Jones’ chaotic second coming
- by Iain Payten and Tom Decent
Exclusive
Eddie Jones
Here’s why Eddie Jones’ claims about Japan job are misleading
- by Tom Decent and Iain Payten