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.
Morahan takes the scenic route to Caloundra and has a new goal in mind
Rupert Guinness If it's Thursday, it must be Wallabies training for Luke Morahan.
Rugby union
Wallabies try low-risk Lion taming
Rupert Guinness One could suspect the Australians of scheming and plotting new tactics to undo the visitors.
Rugby
Talent to burn: Burgess insists Wallabies should call on Australians abroad
Rupert Guinness The Australian Rugby Union should rethink its rule making players signed with overseas clubs ineligible for Wallabies selection, says Rebels halfback Luke Burgess.
No magic formula: Hooper insists the only way to tame the tourists is to withstand their charges and keep on fighting
Rupert Guinness With the Wallabies having been bunkered down in training camps for the past two weeks while the British and Irish Lions have shown their wares in warm-up games, one could suspect the Australians of...
RUGBY
Deans' agents can report Wallabies face a tough mission
Rupert Guinness A little after 6pm on Wednesday, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans sat with Dave Dennis in the foyer of the team's hotel at Pelican Waters, near Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast.
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
Deans punts on Beale for Lions den
Rupert Guinness Wallabies coach Robbie Deans could not contain himself over his acclaim for the speed, physicality and excitement of the clash between the Reds and British and Irish Lions in Brisbane on Saturday -...
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
Holiday snap: Kimlin packing his bags after surprise call-up
Rupert Guinness, David Polkinghorne Wallabies selection was the last thing on the mind of Brumbies back-rower Peter Kimlin when Robbie Deans telephoned him about his late call-up.
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.
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.
Rugby
Loss still lingers for new recruit Douglas
Rupert Guinness As Kane Douglas embraced his joy for being called up to the Wallabies squad for this year's British and Irish Lions series, it was understandable that he took time out to consider his mother Trish,...
Rugby
White stands ready at last to shoulder the load as a Wallaby understudy
Rupert Guinness It's a good thing for Nic White that the spirited Brumbies halfback can still laugh at how fate has played for and against him in his rugby career of late.
Union
Bruising derbies have toughened up Wallabies for onslaught from tourists - Rebel
Rupert Guinness The Australian derbies in Super Rugby this year have taken their toll on the Wallabies as they prepare to take on the British and Irish Lions.
Visitors to show true colours in next clash, says watching Deans
Rupert Guinness Wallabies coach Robbie Deans believes the Queensland Reds will force the touring British and Irish Lions to reveal more of the game style that they intend to unleash in the three-Test series - and...
Robinson's over the hills but still ready to reach new heights
Rupert Guinness It is the first week of January. The summer sun is belting down on McKay Oval in Sydney's Centennial Park.
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
Tahs sneaking under finals radar: Waugh
Rupert Guinness The Waratahs are ''sneaking under the radar'' as a finals threat in the Super Rugby competition, their retired former captain Phil Waugh believes.
