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Well, whaddya know. The Wallabies have beaten the All-Blacks in Melbourne, 20 to 15. See, all Australian rugby needed was John O’Neill back and things are looking up. But one win does not a winter of contentment make. Over a Troppo, Chris reckons the Wallabies are back but I shall remain skeptical. I’d like to [...]

Lote Tuqiri has contacted Wallabies selector Michael O’Connor to apologise for his act of stupidity at a NSW Waratahs drinking session – but this time he left his phone off loudspeaker. Tuqiri was a goose but isn’t it O’Connor who should be apologising? What on earth is a selector doing trash talking a player to [...]

You got to hand it to Australia rugby. As we flounder in the Super 14 rumours of the demise of Reds coach Eddie Jones start to circulate. It seems that Eddie is staying for now but Waratahs coach, Ewan Mckenzie has come out swinging at national coach John Connolly. New South Wales coach Ewen McKenzie, [...]

I’ve been looking through the round and the bookies do not like the Aussies. The Brumbies are at $3.90, the Reds $4.00 and the Waratahs have blown out to $7.00. You can’t blame the bookies, apart from the Force the Aussie teams are showing they have nothing. And the ARU seems to be continuing its [...]

Eels center Timana Tahu has switched codes and signed a four year deal with the Waratahs from 2008. It was unexpected at Tahu had earlier claimed that: he would not consider playing rugby “as a last resort”, claiming he had no interest in handling the ball only “two times in a game”. Tahu now claims [...]

Finally the Lote Tuqiri saga is over. Whether this will allow the Waratahs salvage something from the season remains to be seen but the tussle of Tuqiri indicates that all is not well with Australian rugby. Tuqiri is handy to have but he won’t win Australia a world cup. Hell, I doubt that Australia will [...]

Well, the Tahs are almost done and dusted for the season after going down 32-19 against the Bulls last night. At the least the Waratahs tried some expansive rugby for which they deserve some credit. Unfortunately that was let down by woeful handling with a few promising raids undone by dropped ball or ill directed [...]

The fourth round has already begun with the Brumbies going down by a point against the Hurricanes in Wellington (11-10). Also, Stephen Larkham was injured just before half-time but no word on how long he may be sidelined for. Greg Cowden in today’s SMH reveals that former Wallabies selector Barry Want is frustrated at the [...]

So we got thumped for a third time in a row by the Kiwis. And the record for the second highest run chase on limited overs internationals fell after only two days. I’m starting to get a little worried. The good news is that batting isn’t a problem. Remember that Cilchrist, Ponting, Clarke and Symonds [...]

Sorry folks as I’m a bit late with this and two games have been completed. The Stormers have beat the Chiefs (21 to 16) and the Force have won their third ever game beating the Bulls 30 to 27 in Pretoria. The other games left in this round are: Result: Hurricanes 23 d Blues 23 [...]