Topic: Robbie Deans
The wounded Wallabies limped home Saturday with Quade Cooper on crutches and a hard-fought bronze medal to show for a World Cup campaign that failed to deliver on its rich promise.Australia, who brought one of the youngest squads (average age 26) to ...
Australia full-back Kurtley Beale has lost his race to be fit for Sunday's Rugby World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at Auckland's Eden Park.Beale, 22, who has been battling a hamstring injury, withdrew prior to Saturday's final captain's run at North Harbour ...
Australia ran riot with a resounding 67-5 win over the United States on Friday but at the cost of a raft of injuries which cast further doubt over their World Cup hopes.Rob Horne broke a cheekbone, Pat McCabe dislocated his shoulder and ...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Injured flanker David Pocock was missing again as Australia shook up their side to play the United States in their rugby World Cup Pool C match on Friday.Pocock was a late withdrawal from the Wallabies side to play Ireland ...
Ace flanker David Pocock has been ruled out of Australia's key World Cup pool match against Ireland with a back injury, team officials said on Saturday.Pocock missed Friday's final Captain's Run at Auckland's Eden Park and failed to recover sufficiently from a ...
Australia head into Saturday's Tri-Nations decider bidding to end a 10-year title drought in the tournament, while opponents New Zealand are looking to return to winning ways ahead of next month's World Cup.The Wallabies have not lifted the southern hemisphere crown since ...
The Australian Rugby Board threw its support behind Wallabies coach Robbie Deans just ahead of the World Cup by extending his contract for another two years.Coming on the back of Australia's hard-fought 14-9 Tri-Nations win over South Africa in Durban, the move ...
Australia named an unchanged side for Saturday's daunting Tri-Nations clash with New Zealand in Auckland as they go in search of a rare victory at Eden Park.The only changes to the squad which beat South Africa 39-20 in Sydney two weeks ago ...
Coach Robbie Deans believes his triumphant Wallabies are better placed to break through for a win in New Zealand than at any time during his three years in charge.Australia dominated an injury-ravaged South Africa 39-20 in their opening Tri-Nations encounter in Sydney ...
Seven uncapped players were among a Queensland Reds-dominated 40-man Wallabies' squad named for this month's Tri-Nations and a Test against Samoa.Australia coach Robbie Deans included uncapped Rod Davies, Dave Dennis, James Hanson, Luke Morahan, Nick Phipps, Beau Robinson and Sitaleki Timani in ...