All Blacks get ‘expert’ tackler boost
All Blacks centre Anton Lienert-Brown is ready to make an early return from a three-game suspension for a dangerous tackle when New Zealand take on Australia in Melbourne on Saturday.
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All Blacks centre Anton Lienert-Brown is ready to make an early return from a three-game suspension for a dangerous tackle when New Zealand take on Australia in Melbourne on Saturday.
Head coach Eddie Jones has admitted that Australia were “massive underdogs” against the “red hot” All Blacks on Saturday, but said it could work in their favour.
A winless Eddie Jones reckons the Rugby Championship is “a glorified pre-season” for Australia, and all in preparation for the two-time world champions to peak at France 2023.
Ex-Wallabies playmaker Christian Leali’ifano is among the latest players to switch nations after being included in Samoa’s starting lineup to face Japan.
Tom Wright and Reece Hodge were axed Thursday for Australia’s two Bledisloe Cup Tests against New Zealand as Eddie Jones looks to reinvigorate the Wallabies.
On 20 July 2019, Herschel Jantjies made a starring Springbok debut with two tries in the Rugby Championship clash with the Wallabies at Ellis Park.
The British & Irish Lions will face a joint Australia-New Zealand side in an unofficial “fourth Test” on their 2025 tour, which will include matches against the Wallabies in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
Wallabies centre Len Ikitau faces a race against the clock to be fit for the World Cup after scans on Sunday revealed he suffered a fractured shoulder in their defeat to Argentina.
Eddie Jones compared the Wallabies to an old car that keeps breaking down after Argentina handed Australia a second successive defeat on Saturday.
A last-gasp Juan Martin Gonzalez try snatched victory for Argentina in a thrilling Rugby Championship clash against Australia at CommBank Stadium in Sydney on Saturday.