Australian rugby
Rugby World Cup in Australia shifted to avoid clashes with NRL, AFL finals
The 2027 tournament will also be expanded to 24 teams, and there will be a new global, 12-team competition featuring the Wallabies.
- by Iain Payten
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Australia’s 2027 Rugby World Cup to be first to feature 24 teams
World Rugby has unveiled radical calendar changes that it hopes will take the game into a new era and which it said was the final step in a long-term review.
- by Mitch Phillips
Calls grow for Rugby Australia to seek clarity over Jones’ Japan links
Former Wallabies Drew Mitchell, Matt Giteau and Adam Ashley-Cooper have called for transparency from the game’s leaders, starting with a phone call to their Japanese counterparts.
- by Tom Decent
O’Neill: McLennan should speak to Japan to clear the air over Jones links
Former Australian Rugby Union boss John O’Neill says it is incumbent on Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan to directly ask the JRFU whether Eddie Jones is a candidate for the Japan head coach role.
- by Tom Decent
‘He has everything’: ‘Mini-Skelton’ returns to Waratahs
NSW coach Darren Coleman has welcomed the signing of 21-year-old lock Miles Amatosero, while former Wallaby Isi Naisarani is aiming to win a long-term deal at NSW.
- by Iain Payten
Opinion
Wallabies
The Wallabies and the rugby league myth
The players most crucial to any potential resurgence of rugby in this country would be of no interest whatsoever to the 13-man game.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Rugby World Cup
Stale mate: Barely restrained Eddie Jones plays cat and mouse with media
In a 24-minute press conference, Eddie Jones used the word “mate” 49 times – but the atmosphere was anything but friendly.
- by Emma Kemp
Analysis
Rugby World Cup
Eddie digs in for a defensive knock, but he lets plenty go through to the keeper
Eddie Jones picked a favourite venue for his post-World Cup media conference, but it wasn’t his rugby background that came to the fore at Coogee Oval.
- by Iain Payten
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Rugby World Cup
Jones denies past and future talks with Japan over coaching job
Embattled Wallabies coach Eddie Jones fronted the media for the first time since returning to Sydney, where he doubled down on his World Cup team selection and denied suggestions he is preparing to move on.
- by Billie Eder and Jonathan Drennan
Who owns the word football? Soccer is winning the battle
It has been almost 20 years since soccer’s rebrand and, according to new data, more Australians associate the beautiful game with the term “football” than ever before.
- by Vince Rugari
The questions Eddie Jones must answer
Following a disastrous World Cup campaign, the Wallabies coach is due to face the music at a press conference at Coogee Oval on Tuesday morning. Here are the questions he has to answer.
- by Jonathan Drennan