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• Australia call on fly-half Quade Cooper to face Scotland and Wales

  
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  • Cooper has only just recovered from serious knee injury • Australia name 39-man squad to face touring sides Quade Cooper has been named in Australias 39-man squad for the Tests against Scotland and Wales next month despite only playing twice for the Queensland Reds since seriously injuring his knee at last ...
  15 hours ago

• Australia Stands Still for State of Origin

  
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  When it comes to rugby, particularly in Australia, there is a huge divide between the two factions, League and Union. Ra-Ra –as the Leagueys call Union –is played with 15 per team and has non-stop contests for the ball after every tackle. League is... [Read the full post @ RantSports.com]
  4 days ago

• Who will be the Wallabies’ centres?

  
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  So far this season, the Australian Super Rugby backlines have been somewhat mediocre. With that in mind, who will be the Wallabies’ centre pairing when the side is selected? One of the main reasons the Wallabies were not able to win the World Cup, and have not been able to win back the Bledisloe for [...]
  4 days ago

• Who will be in the Wallabies’ backrow?

  
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  The battle of the breakdown goes a long way to determining which side wins a game of rugby. Which of the current crop of backrowers will help the Wallabies win this crucial facet of play? Over the last few days I’ve nominated a Wallaby tight five of Benn Robinson, Stephen Moore, Dan Palmer, Scott Fardy [...]
  5 days ago

• London Welsh kept in suspense over Premiership promotion bid

  
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  • RFU meets on Wednesday to examine London Welsh bid • Exiles have right of appeal should RFU rule against them London Welsh will not find out whether they have met the minimum standards criteria for entry into the Aviva Premiership until a few hours before the first leg of their Championship play-off final ...
  6 days ago

• Mark Ella’s greatest Wallaby performance

  
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  “My Wallaby friends say that, well though he played on the 1984 tour, Mark’s finest game for Australia was against Argentina in 1983, when he shut Hugo Porta out of the game,” said Gareth Edwards in the book 100 Great Rugby Players. A fellow Roarer recently supplied me with a good quality DVD of the [...]
  1 week ago

• Robbie Deans given chance to test Wallaby depth

  
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  As June 5 approaches, the flak aimed at John O’Neill and the Australian Rugby Union gains momentum over their scheduling. Misplaced flak. In my book, the June 5 international against Scotland and the June 9 clash with Wales will be doing the Wallabies a huge favour. The blinkered reckon it’s a disaster to schedule ...
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• Wales can deal with pressure, insists Rhys Priestland

  
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  Rhys Priestland insists Wales can cope with the added expectancy that comes with being Grand Slam champions and he intends to prove they are a different animal in the summer tour to Australia. The 25-year-old, who started all five Six Nations games, faces fresh competition for the No10 jersey from Perpignan’s James ...
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• Lynagh discharged from hospital

  
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  • Former World Cup-winner suffered stroke two weeks ago • 48-year-old had been in critical condition The Australian former World Cup-winning fly-half Michael Lynagh, who suffered a significant stroke two weeks ago, has been discharged from hospital. The 48-year-old was admitted to hospital after suffering ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sports Competition Design: Super Rugby

  
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  “Other Sport Competition can take a lesson from this Competition” Super Rugby is one of the worlds biggest competitions in terms of the area it spans, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. This is one of a few reasons why this sports competition is unique. The details of the competition are that it ...
  4 weeks ago

• Former Australian captain Gregan joins ARU board

  
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  SYDNEY – Five years after retiring as Australia’s most-capped test player, George Gregan will join the Australian Rugby Union board of directors as a nominee of the players association. The former halfback, who played 139 tests for the Wallabies which included four World Cup tournaments, will replace Mark Connors. ...
  4 weeks ago

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