Author: Nathan Farebrother
Earlier today, the Australian Rugby Union revealed the teams that each individual Qantas Wallaby will represent in the inaugural season of the National Rugby Championship (NRC), Australia’s new domestic Rugby competition, which starts on Thursday August 21. In total there are nine teams that will contest this competition, with each team entitled to four Wallabies that fall outside of their 33-man squad. All contracted Wallabies will be able to train and play with their NRC team depending on International duty. Counted as Wallabies are those who represented Australian in the earlier test series against France that played out in June this…
On Sunday morning, Durban played host to the second meeting between the Sharks and Highlanders in 2014, this time in the finals with the game living up to all expectations of fast, physical rugby. THE MATCH The Sharks ran out narrow victors on Sunday with a tense 31-27 win over the Highlanders in Durban in the second qualifying final. The Highlanders came into the game with two ordinary performances under their belt, whilst the Sharks last game was a strong showing against the Stormers. #452384866 / gettyimages.com Early on, the Sharks showed their attacking prowess and the form that enabled…
A record crowd of 43 188 gathered at Allianz Stadium, eagerly awaiting the debut of the biggest player Australian Rugby has ever produced, Will Skelton. Will Skelton – product of the NSW Waratahs – stepped into the number 4 jumper for the third and final test between the Wallabies and France, replacing seasoned veteran James Horwill who was relegated to the bench. The 203cm, 140kg lock barnstormed his way to an incredible debut – one not seen since Israel Folau’s first game for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions last year – Skelton scoring one try and setting up another.…
A chilly, dry evening awaited the Wallabies and France at the Etihad Saturday night, for the second match of a three Test series. What unfolded was not the same free-flowing rugby seen in Brisbane last week and the score resembled one more likely to be seen at the current FIFA world cup. The low scoring match made for plenty of talking points, one of the main ones being how the Wallabies were able to place pressure onto the French in attack, but were unable to turn that into points. “We got down there and got the errors and put the pressure…