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Wallabies are on the canvas and there’s no easy way back up. Here’s why
The resounding defeat to South Africa on Saturday exposed the scale of the gap between Australia and the world’s best. It’s hard to see it closing any time soon.
- by Paul Cully
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International rugby
Shock loss to Argentina rocks All Blacks’ Rugby Championship hopes
Insight & Analysis
Putting Super Rugby Pacific to the South Africa Test
Two Tests against the Springboks, with players who compete against European competition, will gauge the quality of trans-Tasman rugby.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
Running (sevens) rugby takes centre stage amid best the world can offer
Australia didn’t succeed, but the men’s and women’s tournament in Paris were both outstanding.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
One code has a chance of making it in the USA – and it’s not league
The NRL’s best player has just over 400,000 followers on Instagram. For Ilona Maher, a USA women’s sevens star, that number is 2.5 million. It says much about the social and sporting landscape.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
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Waratahs
‘It’s a big weight off my shoulders’: Tupou relieved to finally seal Tahs move
Wallabies prop Taniela Tupou leaned on international teammate Angus Bell and NSW’s new general manager Simon Raiwalui to help finally seal his deal to the Waratahs.
- by Jonathan Drennan
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Wallabies
Koroibete back, Skelton overlooked as Wallabies name squad to meet Boks
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has revealed his squad to play the world champions next week – but there is one giant omission.
- by Iain Payten
Extras
‘It was bizarre’: The inside story of Eddie Jones’ chaotic second coming
- by Iain Payten and Tom Decent