Australia Rugby News

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies.  Australia is one of the top rugby sides in the world and have won the Rugby World Cup two times (1991 and 1999) as well as appearing in the 2003 RWC final.

  • Monday, 6. February, 2012
    Rankings blow for Scotland

    Rankings blow for Scotland

    Scotland have dropped outside the world's top 10 following their RBS 6 Nations home defeat against England on Saturday.

  • Wednesday, 1. February, 2012

    Jake banking on SA imports

    Former South African Under-21 captain Clyde Rathbone and fellow Wallaby Dan Vickerman may have been the trailblazers, but Rathbone's former mentor, Jake White, hopes to lure many more youngsters from his homeland to Australia.

  • Tuesday, 31. January, 2012
    Elsom named Waratahs skipper

    Elsom named Waratahs skipper

    Australia flanker Rocky Elsom has been confirmed as the new captain of the Waratahs.

  • Monday, 30. January, 2012
    Pocock appointed Force skipper

    Pocock appointed Force skipper

    Australia international David Pocock has been named captain of the Western Force for the upcoming Super 15 season.

  • Thursday, 26. January, 2012

    Beale feeling a little hamstrung

    Melbourne Rebels ace Kurtley Beale is still nursing the hamstring injury he picked up at the World Cup.

  • Thursday, 26. January, 2012

    Australia Day honours for Wallaby duo

    Former Wallabies centre Stirling Mortlock and flnak George Smith have both been appointed members of the Order of Australia in the annual Australia Day honours for 2012.

  • Friday, 20. January, 2012

    Simmons to stay in yellow and red

    Wallabies and Queensland Reds lock Rob Simmons will remain in Australia until the end of 2013, after re-signing for a further two years.

  • Friday, 6. January, 2012

    Cooper can party on

    Injured Wallaby flyhalf Quade Cooper is free to party on, according to Reds coach Ewen McKenzie.

  • Friday, 6. January, 2012

    France eye Wallaby skin

    France will play Australia, Argentina and Samoa in their November internationals, a source close to the French rugby federation said.

  • Wednesday, 4. January, 2012

    Cooper banned from a bar

    Wayward and capricious Wallaby star Quade Cooper has landed in hot water again, but the Queensland Rugby Union moved swiftly to dispel rumours that other Reds players were involved in the latest incident.

  • Monday, 26. December, 2011
    Japan job for Jones

    Japan job for Jones

    Former Australia boss Eddie Jones has been appointed the new head coach of Japan.

  • Friday, 23. December, 2011

    End of the line for Wallabies assistant

    The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Friday announced assistant coach Jim Williams was leaving after the completion of his contract with the Wallabies.

  • Thursday, 22. December, 2011

    SARU getting it wrong, wrong, wrong

    Argentina - check. Australia - check. New Zealand - check. South Africa - nothing. Why is it that three of the four teams who make up the all-new Rugby Championship all have a coach ahead of 2012... yet South Africa does not?

  • Wednesday, 14. December, 2011

    Wallabies veteran still Sharpe

    Western Force skipper and Wallaby veteran Nathan Sharpe has emulated the great George Gregan by winning the Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA) medal for excellence for the third time.

  • Sunday, 11. December, 2011

    McKenzie scoops top award

    Sporting fans from across Australia have paid Reds maestro Ewen McKenzie the ultimate honour by selecting him as the nation's best coach for 2012.