In 2012, Digby Ioane probably took a step back from his fantastic title winning season with the Queensland Reds the previous year, winning the Super Rugby title before going on to the World Cup with Australia. But he can still entertain his Wallabies teammates like no one else can, giving quite a show by dancing to the catchy tune of ‘Faith’ by George Michael. More
The Bledisloe Cup was retained once again by the All Blacks, keeping Australia scoreless in a test match between these two rivals for the first time since 1962, as Dan Carer provided 16 of the 22 points in Auckland, running all over the clueless Wallabies 22-0 for a second straight win in the 2012 Rugby Championship. More
For the 103rd time in 107 test matches, the New Zealand All Blacks won a match they led in at half time. The Wallabies couldn’t create pace often with their ball movement, and lost the 2012 Rugby Championship opener in Australia 19-27, simply looking inferior to the dominant world champions. More
No more Tri-Nations. From now on, these are the Rugby Championships, the Southern Hemisphere annual rugby union competition, as Argentina make their debut, hoping that the challenge of facing Australia, New Zealand and South Africa on an annual basis proves to be a positive thing instead of just constant losing and a demoralizing experience. More
Quade Cooper had everything going for him in 2011. Backing his Super Rugby Player of the year award in 2010, Cooper led the Queensland Reds to their first Super Rugby title, beating the Crusaders in the final, and later Australia to their first Tri Nations title since 2001. The Rugby World Cup in New Zealand? All went wrong. More
Cory Jane ruled the air, the forward pack won every scrum, Ma’a Nonu scored the only try early on and the All Blacks beat the Wallabies 20-6 in the second semi final, setting up a New Zealand – France Rugby Union World Cup Final. More
The Wallabies scored 11 tries in their 67-5 demolition of the USA, as Adam Ashely-Cooper scored three of his own and the Australians got back on the winning track, punishing the out of their league Americans for every turnover and mistake, which were plentiful. More
Jonathan Sexton’s kicking wasn’t brilliant, but along with Ronan O’Gara later on it was just enough to complement Ireland’s brilliant Scrumming en route to a 15-6 win over the Wallabies, putting them on top of Group C in the Rugby World Cup. More
The Wallabies did look great against the Boks in Sydney, but that was only a ‘B’ South African side, or something close to it. We’ll see how things look when the All-Blacks pay a visit. Some Light Welterweight boxing between Amir Khan and Zab Judah should be fab to watch (I got my money on the Brit) and the Copa America, finally, is reaching its rather uninteresting climax. More
Less than two weeks before the 2011 Tri-Nations Series, probably the last one before turning into a four team tournament next year (Argentina joining), Robbie Deans (Australia), Peter de Villiers (South Africa) and Graham Henry (New Zealand) have named their squads for the Tri-Nations. More