The Breakdown
Minnows hit gaps in Australia's preparation for Games Sevens
Georgina Robinson Canada, Kenya, the United States. Not a traditional rugby powerhouse among them but all three beat either the Australian men's or women's teams in this year's Sevens World Series.
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Wounded Lion plans to make it a winter of settling scores
Georgina Robinson Georgina Robinson [GR]: Congratulations on being selected for your fourth British and Irish Lions tour.
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.
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Rebel on the outer again after breaching alcohol ban
Georgina Robinson Kurtley Beale's rugby future has been thrown into doubt for the second time in six weeks after the Rebels five-eighth was caught breaching behavioural protocols in Melbourne at the weekend.
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Lions red-faced over impaled springbok tweet
Georgina Robinson A springbok impaled on a fence, Brian O'Driscoll as a buttoned-up imperialist and wild lion hunting with a "double-barrelled shot gun".
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Sharpe backs Smith for Wallabies spot
Georgina Robinson George Smith must be Australia's starting open-side flanker against the British and Irish Lions in June, says former Wallabies captain Nathan Sharpe.
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A little word of caution: do not talk to driver while Big Black Bus is in motion
Georgina Robinson Picture bulky Crusaders centre Robbie Fruean on his haunches, gasping for breath. See fleet-footed fullback Israel Dagg bounce off a tackle and hit the turf, legs splayed.
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McKenzie too good to lose, says Cheika
Georgina Robinson Waratahs coach Michael Cheika says Ewen McKenzie should not be allowed to leave Australian rugby as the departing Reds boss denied being in talks with Ireland.
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McKenzie will have to wait for top job
Georgina Robinson Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver has poured cold water on any near-term Wallabies move for Ewen McKenzie, confirming he would ''honour'' Robbie Deans's contract to stay in the top job until...
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Mitchell on outer as Waratahs have eyes planted on future
Georgina Robinson Drew Mitchell's plummet from grace this week at the Waratahs is just the beginning of the changes expected at Moore Park this year.
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Tahs' turnstile of transition keeps turning as Cheika cultivates change
Georgina Robinson So here we are. Three games in, one hopeful win, two losses – one as bad as anything NSW have put out on the park for 11 seasons – and a back line with the ominous swing of the turnstile about it as...
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North v south comp mooted
Georgina Robinson AUSTRALIA remains open to a cross-hemisphere competition between Super Rugby teams and English Premiership sides despite the plan's many challenges, ARU boss Bill Pulver says.
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Gatland: Robbie's job would be safe in any other country
Georgina Robinson CARDIFF: Robbie Deans is in a ''no-win'' situation and his job as Wallabies coach would be safe in any other country based on the results he has produced, says Warren Gatland.
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Lions need to neutralise Genia
Georgina Robinson CARDIFF: He may have sat out six Tests with a knee injury and still be some months off returning to full contact but Will Genia is the man most feared by the British and Irish Lions as they look...
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Horror draw for Wallabies at World Cup
Georgina Robinson Australia face arguably their toughest road yet to Rugby World Cup glory after drawing England and Wales in the pool stages of the 2015 tournament.
No lollies this time as Hooper prepares to stare down the Lions
Georgina Robinson THE last time the British and Irish Lions toured Australia, Michael Hooper was a sandy-haired nipper from Sydney's northern beaches more interested in his Playstation than rugby.
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Deans calls for Super player rotation
Georgina Robinson Wallabies coach's call to save Australian rugby from unprecedented ''carnage'' wrought by injuries.
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Deans wants players rested
Georgina Robinson PARIS: Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has called on the Super Rugby franchises to begin rotating Test players to save Australian rugby from the unprecedented ''carnage'' wrought by injuries this year.
Waratahs dismiss O'Driscoll talk as backs coach goes
Georgina Robinson DO NOT expect to see Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll in the sky blue any time soon.
Waratahs take step into unknown as new coach starts to call shots
Georgina Robinson THE auditions have started. The Waratahs' first week back at the office has involved fitness testing, conditioning and one-on-one pow-wows with new coach Michael Cheika.
