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, 20. May, 2013

    Cooper must be in the front line

    Reds coach Ewen McKenzie backed ditched Wallaby Quade Cooper over defensive concerns for next month's Test series against the B&I Lions.

  • Monday, 20. May, 2013

    O'Connor ready to be pivotal player

    James O'Connor will relish the flyhalf role after being preferred to Quade Cooper as the Wallaby playmaker against the B&I Lions.

  • Sunday, 19. May, 2013
    Deans issues Cooper challenge

    Deans issues Cooper challenge

    Australian coach Robbie Deans challenged Quade Cooper to prove himself when the Queensland Reds face the British and Irish Lions on June 8.

  • Sunday, 19. May, 2013
    Deans offers hope to absentees

    Deans offers hope to absentees

    Australia coach Robbie Deans has left the door open for the likes of Quade Cooper to face the Lions.

  • Sunday, 19. May, 2013
    Three new faces for Wallabies

    Three new faces for Wallabies

    Code-hopper Israel Folau was one of three uncapped players named in Australia's preliminary 25-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions.

  • Sunday, 19. May, 2013

    Cooper's Lions challenge

    Coach Robbie Deans has challenged playmaker Quade Cooper to assert himself in his tour game against the British and Irish Lions.

  • Sunday, 19. May, 2013

    Cooper left out in the cold

    Cooper was passed over for James O'Connor at flyhalf when coach Robbie Deans announced...

  • Sunday, 19. May, 2013

    Wallaby door open for Beale

    Coach Robbie Deans said troubled star back Kurtley Beale still has a chance of playing against the British and Irish Lions.

  • Saturday, 18. May, 2013
    Wallabies dealt double blow

    Wallabies dealt double blow

    Tatafu Polota-Nau is unlikely to play a part in the British

  • Thursday, 16. May, 2013

    Wallabies rocked by Email leak

    The Australian Rugby Union, still reeling from the Kurtley Beale saga, have been thrown into turmoil once again.

  • Tuesday, 14. May, 2013
    Blades out to tame Lions

    Blades out to tame Lions

    Cam Blades has been confirmed as the coach of the Combined NSW-Queensland Country side to face the Lions.

  • Monday, 13. May, 2013
    Beale could miss Lions series

    Beale could miss Lions series

    Australia back Kurtley Beale could miss this summer's three-Test series against the Lions due to personal reasons.

  • Monday, 13. May, 2013

    Beale quits; checks into facility

    For the second time this year Wallabies playmaker, Kurtley Beale has quit rugby, only this time he has checked himself into a facility to deal with his demons.

  • Thursday, 9. May, 2013

    Wallabies face 'pay cuts'

    ARU Chief Executive Bill Pulver has warned the Wallabies they will have to accept pay cuts in the face of the sport's worsening financial situation.

  • Thursday, 9. May, 2013
    Rebels to stand by Beale

    Rebels to stand by Beale

    Melbourne Rebels have vowed to stick by Kurtley Beale despite the troubled playmaker's latest off-field misdemeanour.