Rugby
'We're ready for a physical test' - Lions' giants don't daunt McMeniman
Rupert Guinness Ask Hugh McMeniman and he will tell you size doesn't matter - at least when it comes to the British and Irish Lions squad.
Rugby Union
Horwill 'right man for job'
Rupert Guinness The appointment of second-rower James Horwill as Wallabies captain will help ensure Australia is not robbed of its leader due to the heightened physicality expected in the British and Irish Lions...
Rugby
Horwill captaincy will take pressure off Genia: Poidevin
Rupert Guinness The appointment of second-rower James Horwill as Wallabies captain ahead of Will Genia for the British and Irish Lions series will help take the pressure off the halfback, according to Wallaby legend...
Enough talk, let's get on with it, says Horwill
Rupert Guinness Wallabies captain James Horwill has had enough of all the talk pumping up the British and Irish Lions Test series. He just wants to get on with it.
Union
Golden opportunity - and more counselling - awaits Beale
Rupert Guinness For a fleeting moment on Tuesday, Kurtley Beale seemed comfortable speaking about his remarkable and fast return to the Wallabies fold after a series of alcohol-related incidents led him to...
Rugby
Genia hails 'instinctive' bond with Cooper
Rupert Guinness Wallabies halfback Will Genia says the apparent telepathy between he and Queensland Reds five-eighth Quade Cooper is so strong that they are unafraid to throw caution to the wind when making snap...
Rugby
All Blacks the test for Deans
Rupert Guinness Wallabies coach Robbie Deans may have had his contract renewed last year, but he still faces pressure to prove he is the best man to steer the national side to the next World Cup in England, judging...
Union
Tahs stage greatest escape to down Reds
Rupert Guinness A last-minute Wycliff Palu try broke Queensland hearts as NSW got out of jail 30-28 in a Super 14 interstate classic at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday.
