Wallabies
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
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- Super Rugby
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
- Exclusive
- Australian rugby
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
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
‘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
- Opinion
- Australian rugby
Fewer Brumbies, only three Tahs and Suaalii on the bench. The Wallabies team I would pick on form
The outstanding form of Queensland Reds centre Filipo Daugunu means $5 million man Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii should not start for the Wallabies against Ireland in July.
- Paul Cully
McReight’s heroics in vain as Kiss’ tenure ends valiantly at the Chiefs’ hands
Les Kiss’ time at the Reds is over, but the signs his outfit showed in their defeat to the Chiefs offers hope the Wallabies can become a juggernaut again.
- Nick Wright
CGT would be a ‘wrecking ball’ for Kiwi economy, NZ PM tells Albanese
The prime minister and his Kiwi counterpart have traded light-hearted barbs in Noosa, masking a deep divide over capital gains tax as both leaders face looming domestic battles.
- Rob Harris
- Analysis
- Australian rugby
How the French will be paying to develop the next generation of Wallabies
The niggly relationship between Australian and French rugby has taken another twist that could one day pay off for the Wallabies.
- Paul Cully
Brumbies thrashed by record margin, veteran star set to play on
James Slipper is in talks to postpone retirement plans and play on for the Brumbies - at least - next season.
- Iain Payten