Sydney – World Cup-winning coach Rod Macqueen has been appointed the coaching director and head coach of the Melbourne Rebels for three years, team officials said on Wednesday according to a report on Sport24. [...]
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Wallabies
Macqueen to coach Rebels
Beale charged with assault
The Australian Rugby Union has been rocked by the news that Wallabies and Waratahs playmaker Kurtley Beale has been charged with assault, following the Quade Cooper’s recent incident. [...]
Argies to join 3N
SANZAR, the controlling body of Southern Hemisphere competitions, has extended a conditional invitation to Argentina to join the Tri-Nations from 2012 to create a new ‘Four Nations’ championship. courtesy of www.rugby365.com [...]
Trophy cabinet full for the Boks
12 Sep 09 15:24 by KSA Shark © | All Blacks, In the news, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 11 Comments
The Springboks added the 2009 Tri-Nations series to their already bulging trophy cabinet with a nailbiting 32-29 win over the All Blacks at in Hamilton on Saturday. [...]
Tri-Nations: Australia (21) v South Africa (6) F/T
Today could just be the day when the Boks clinch the Tri-Nations title for only the third time in history. [...]
Ndungane starts for the Boks
Perth – Unbeaten South Africa has made just one enforced change to its starting team to play the Wallabies at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday when it will aim to wrap up the 2009 Tri Nations series title. [...]
Boks want answers from O’Brien
The Springbok rugby team’s unhappy marriage with the International Rugby Board took another intriguing turn on Monday, with the revelation that the South Africans have asked for an “explanation” from the IRB about a string of puzzling rulings by New Zealand referee Bryce Lawrence in South Africa’s 32-25 Tri-Nations win over Australia. [...]
Tri-Nations ‘09 – Australia (25) v South Africa (32) F/T
The Bokke head to Perthfontein for the first away match of their campaign. [...]
Giteau lined up for ’special’ treatment
Australian playmaker Matt Giteau has been lined up in the cross hairs of Pierre Spies and any Springbok predators lurking to exploit the low trajectory of the No 10s kicks that have been frequently charged down in recent matches, throwing the Wallabies into turmoil. [...]
Bok travel and game plans getting up the Aussie noses
In what is easily a travel first in the history of the Tri-Nations, a starting team this week arrived at the overseas destination of their Test match just 72 hours before kick-off. [...]
Cross, Chisholm called into action
Robbie Deans has named Ryan Cross in the place of the injured Berrick Barnes for the Tri Nations Test against South Africa in Perth. [...]
PdV “Wallabies are copycats”
26 Aug 09 17:53 by KSA Shark © | All Blacks, In the news, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 7 Comments
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was at his most entertaining best on Wednesday, as he told journalists that South Africa have become the new world leaders in setting trends and that the Wallabies are just copying the Boks’ style. [...]
Tri-Nations 09 – Australia (18) v New Zealand (19) F/T
The Tri-Nations moves to Sydney and this match represents a golden opportunity for one of the participants to close the gap on the Springboks. [...]
O’Connor, Elsom start for Wallabies
George Smith will lead a Wallaby side featuring three changes from that which lost to South Africa recently, when Australia face New Zealand in a Bledisloe Cup/Tri-Nations double header in Sydney on Saturday. [...]
Mortlock’s Tri-Nations over
A knee injury has forced Australia captain Stirling Mortlock out of the rest of this year’s Tri-Nations series. [...]
