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I couldn’t have named a single Socceroo before the weekend. But now, I’m their biggest fan

Come on! Jump aboard! There’s room for everyone on the Aussie World Cup bandwagon.

  • Rita Glennon

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Current Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt (L) and incoming Wallabies head coach Les Kiss.

The Wallabies are back, but incoming coach Les Kiss is nowhere to be seen. This is why

In an unusual mid-season baton change, Kiss will take over from Joe Schmidt at the end of July. The transfer plan is complex – and potentially contentious.

  • Iain Payten
Paul Seedsman of the Crows in 2021.

This psychedelic treatment could change the game for concussion sufferers

A new clinical trial is set to test whether psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy could treat the long-term effects of mild traumatic brain injury.

  • Bridget McArthur
Henry O’Donnell posing after his 18-month suspension was announced.

‘Paid a heavy price’: The study decision that upended the life of a rising Waratahs star

Rugby Australia has revealed Henry O’Donnell has been serving an 18-month suspension after testing positive to two prohibited substances found in ADHD medication.

  • Jonathan Drennan
The Wallabies celebrate a remarkable victory against South Africa in 2025. The July Tests will be another huge test.

The credibility of the Wallabies and Super Rugby goes on the line in July

The stakes for Australia, New Zealand and Super Rugby Pacific will be very high during the opening clashes in the new Nations Championship.

  • Paul Cully
Edie Burke and father Matt

Why a Wallabies legend shed a tear watching his daughter follow in his footsteps

Matt Burke scaled the heights in rugby, playing for NSW and the Wallabies. But the pride in watching his daughter Edie debut for the Waratahs topped it all.

  • Iain Payten
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Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt.

Schmidt’s new coaching role in Australian rugby revealed

Joe Schmidt will finish up as Wallabies head coach in July, but he won’t be lost to Australian rugby, having agreed to a new role for later this year.

  • Iain Payten
Fish where the fish are: Why rugby league should target the next Ma’a Nonu and Bryan Habana.

The NRL needs an extra 100 players. Here’s how we target rugby’s strongholds

They’re fast, strong, gifted athletes with physical footy in their DNA. South Africa and New Zealand’s south island are rugby league’s next talent pathways.

  • Andrew Johns
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 04: James Slipper of the Wallabies walks off the field for his final game through a guard of honour during The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between Australia Wallabies and New Zealand All Blacks at Optus Stadium on October 04, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Slipper to make Wallabies comeback amid front-row injury crisis

The Wallabies’ most-capped player in history farewelled international rugby last year in emotional scenes. Eight months later, he’s back.

  • Iain Payten
Australia’s Max Jorgensen, right, pounces on the ball to score a try during the rugby union Nations Series match between France and Australia in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

‘They’ll be sending their best’: Waugh confident of French force as demand for Wallabies rolls on

Australian interest in Super Rugby may be dwindling but public hunger to watch Test rugby shows no signs of abating, with another Wallabies Test already sold out.

  • Iain Payten