Australia have made significant changes to their starting line-up for the match against Wales on Saturday. Richard Brown comes in at number eight in place of Wycliff Palu, Phil Waugh is in for George Smith at open-side flanker and Hugh McMeniman will play at blind-side. Ryan Cross comes in for Adam Ashley-Cooper, leaving Cooper and [...]
Australia introduce four new faces to squad
Australia have named their 34 man squad for their up-coming tour of Europe and there are four new faces in the crowd. Fly-half Quade Cooper, prop Sekope Kepu and flanker David Pocock join teenager James O’Connor in a new look Aussie squad. The full Australia squad reads: Backs: Adam Ashley-Cooper, Berrick Barnes, Luke Burgess, Quade [...]
Aussie trio return for Springboks clash
Nathan Sharpe, Lote Tuqiri and Wycliff Palu will all return to the Australia side for the Tri-Nations clash with world champions South Africa. Aussie coach Robbie Deans believes that the three players can have a massive impact now that they’re fully recovered from their injuries. He commented, “We needed to be absolutely certain that they [...]
Smaller countries priced out of World Cup
The smaller rugby nations are being priced out of hosting the World Cup, according to Australia’s rugby chief John O’Neill. He believes that many countries will struggle to come up with the £100 million plus required to stage the competition, which is sad for the game of rugby. O’Neill believes that the costs could lead [...]
Australia Rugby Shirts
The Aussies are mad about their rugby so Australia rugby shirts have a huge expectation to meet every time they’re re-designed, but how do the latest jerseys weight up? Manufactured by KooGa this is a beautiful Australia rugby shirt. There’s just the right amount of green in the piping and the swirls across the chest [...]