Rugby
Deans wary as wounded Lions prepare to bite back
Georgina Robinson The optimist in Robbie Deans might, for a moment, ponder the seed of doubt planted in the minds of the British and Irish Lions after their grinding two-point loss to the Brumbies four days before the...
Rugby
Deans relates to Gatland's ever-growing injury crisis
Georgina Robinson Robbie Deans will be observing the unfolding injury crisis in the British and Irish Lions camp with a small but knowing smile.
Rugby
Gatland relishes mild scent of a challenge after four opponents released into province
Georgina Robinson Four Wallabies out of a squad of 31 may not sound like a large number but the release of Dave Dennis, Rob Horne, Peter Kimlin and Scott Sio to play for their provincial sides was welcomed by British...
Wallabies release four players to face Lions
Georgina Robinson The Australian Rugby Union has reacted to criticism about the strength of Australian provincial sides playing the British and Irish Lions by releasing four Wallabies to play for their Super Rugby...
Lions purring at Deans' decision to omit Cooper
Georgina Robinson Robbie Deans might be relieved to put the Quade Cooper selection saga behind him, but the British and Irish Lions are also relieved.
Rugby
Lions touch down Down Under
Georgina Robinson The British and Irish Lions landed quietly onto Australian shores on Monday, stepping off a red-eye flight in Perth after mauling a Barbarians side in Hong Kong at the weekend.
Rugby
Steady Kurtley shows he still has it
Georgina Robinson It wasn't quite the fleet-footed return to rugby most were expecting from Kurtley Beale but it may have been enough.
Rugby
Pressure on Folau to settle on code of choice
Georgina Robinson, Rupert Guinness The Waratahs have not given up on Israel Folau. To say they have kept quiet on the issue of his retention is an understatement.
A Wallabies future? I'm just playing for the Reds, says Cooper
Georgina Robinson There was a palpable sense of detachment in Quade Cooper's voice when he talked about his final chance to make the Wallabies this weekend.
Rugby Union
Beale looks beyond the Rebels
Georgina Robinson Troubled Test playmaker tipped to start from bench for Sydney club Randwick.
Rebel no more: Beale to stay in Sydney after rehabilitation
Georgina Robinson Kurtley Beale appears to have played in a Rebels jersey for the last time after deciding to continue his rehabilitation in Sydney during the coming weeks.
Rugby
Make Sevens count: Cheika
Georgina Robinson Waratahs coach Michael Cheika says the merits of "cherry picking" Super Rugby players for the Rugby World Cup Sevens team will be determined by their Cup results.
Rugby
Folau tipped to face Lions after star turns
Georgina Robinson Waratahs attack coach Daryl Gibson says the opinions of rival Super Rugby coaches who omitted code-swapper Israel Folau from their picks of the top Wallabies prospects are outdated.
Rugby
Wallabies or bust? ARU boss coy on plans to retain Folau
Georgina Robinson Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver has played down optimism at the prospect of retaining league convert Israel Folau next year.
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...
Injuries overshadow late Waratahs triumph
Georgina Robinson A football stadium that came to resemble a Wallabies casualty ward overshadowed a telling 28-22 victory for the Waratahs over conference leaders the Brumbies at ANZ Stadium on Saturday.
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.
Rugby Union
O'Connor gets guernsey
Georgina Robinson and Darren Walton, Sydney Melbourne Rebel gets first crack at British and Irish Lions in No. 10 jumper.
Rugby
Wallaby selection will influence decision on future, says Folau
Georgina Robinson Wallaby-in-waiting Israel Folau understands why rugby fans worry he might be “using the game” if he goes back to league at the end of the year but maintained being selected in the squad to take on...
Rugby
Seventy-seven Super minutes enough to convince the man that counts
Georgina Robinson It is a testament to Berrick Barnes' contribution to the Wallabies last year that, after just 77 minutes of Super Rugby this year, the NSW playmaker was still among the first 25 players named to face...
