Adam Ashley Cooper
Adam Ashley-Cooper comes to terms with Australian rugby
NSW Waratahs and Wallabies back Adam Ashley-Cooper will stay in Australian rugby for another two years and will be available for the 2015 World Cup in England.
Rugby Union
The adaptable Adam Ashley-Cooper
Stathi Paxinos It is somewhat apt that Adam Ashley-Cooper played his first Test for Australia without a number on the back of his jersey.
Rebels v Waratahs
AAMI Park, Melbourne, Friday 7.40pm (AEST)
Rugby
Barnes' storming efforts could have him in starting side
Paul Cully The significance of Berrick Barnes' cameos against the Stormers and Brumbies in successive weeks is that he could be playing his way into the Wallabies starting XV, let alone the 25-man squad.
Union
Folau no sure thing but gets majority vote
Chris Dutton Three of the past five Wallabies World Cup coaches are adamant Israel Folau is the man to play fullback against the Lions.
Rugby
The Lions, the pitch and the hard road
Georgina Robinson ASK three great rugby brains from three different eras to pick their Wallabies XV on the eve of the official squad announcement for next month's British and Irish Lions tour and you are bound to have...
Folau makes Wallabies squad, Cooper misses out
Georgina Robinson Storming Brumbies fullback Jesse Mogg has missed out to NRL convert Israel Folau in the first Wallabies squad to be named for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour.
Burgess half a chance for Lions: Deans
Georgina Robinson The Wallabies may have to do without one returning son but another is still very much in the mix.
Waratahs v Brumbies
ANZ Stadium, Christchurch, Saturday 5.35pm (AEST)
Rugby
Paddy Ryan earns Waratahs start
Prop Paddy Ryan will make his fourth start this season as the NSW Waratahs try to keep their Super Rugby finals hopes flickering with victory over the Brumbies in Saturday night's Australian...
Rugby
Folau's Wallabies stocks up in leaps and bounds
Paul Cully Israel Folau has one arm in a Wallabies jersey.
Few left in back line after Tahs overhaul
Georgina Robinson What a difference a year makes. Just two players that started this round for the Waratahs back line last season still remain.
Tight Five
Emotions run hot in the debate over five-eighth
Paul Cully In the third instalment of the Herald's look at the race for Wallabies jerseys, we look at five more positions. We start with five-eighth.
Rugby
Who will squeeze into Deans' 25-man tent
Paul Cully Trying to squeeze in 25 names for the initial Wallabies squad to be announced on May 19 is akin to putting away a tent for the first time.
Rugby
Mogg a victim of his own success: Roff
David Polkinghorne Brumbies legend Owen Finegan thinks an off game at ''Test-match level'' against the Crusaders has hurt fullback Jesse Mogg's Wallabies chances.
Rugby
Barnes not expecting quick return
Luckless Wallabies star Berrick Barnes is itching to make his Super Rugby return but isn't holding his breath to be named in the NSW Waratahs' side to tackle the Stormers on Saturday night.
Waratahs v Stormers
Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Saturday 7.40pm (AEST)
The Breakdown
Leaking of details may spark further rebellion
Georgina Robinson People on Kurtley Beale's side of the table are furious the precise details of the troubled player's undertakings to the ARU were made public on Thursday, and that his Rebels teammates had not done...
