Новости за 15.03.2024

Rookie Wallabies fly-half Carter Gordon has been dropped to the bench and replaced by Ben Donaldson in the No.10 jersey for Australias must-win Rugby World Cup clash against Wales.

Emiliano Boffelli scored 16 points as Argentina put their World Cup campaign back on track with a disciplined and composed 19-10 victory over erratic Samoa.

Wallabies captain Will Skelton didnt ask embattled coach Eddie Jones about reports linking him to Japan, confident the coach was committed to Australia with a full review of the failed World Cup campaign set to be launched.

The Wallabies have slumped to their biggest-ever World Cup loss and their worst-ever defeat to Wales to leave their campaign all-but-over in France.

Reports coach Eddie Jones had interviewed for the Japan job failed to penetrate the Wallabies World Cup bubble according to players who are adamant hes committed to them and they are to him in the wake of a tournament-ending loss to Wales.

Wallabies fullback Andrew Kellaway pushed himself to watch the whole depressing World Cup loss to Wales in a bid to put their tournament reality to one side and rally one last time for a campaign which could be over before they even play Portugal.

The earliest Australian World Cup exit ever has come with an added blow for the beleaguered Wallabies who have now sunk to a world rankings low.

Centres Samu Kerevi and Jordan Petaia have been axed by Wallabies coach Eddie Jones as Australia attempts to avoid further Rugby World Cup embarrassment against Portugal.

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has named by Japanese media as the expected successor for the nations head coach position.

Embattled Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has declared he is committed to Australia after arriving home from the World Cup amid a flurry of reports hes set to take a job offer from Japan.

Argentina head coach Michael Cheika played down his half-time team talk after his Pumas team twice came roaring back to stun Wales in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.

Fiji captain Waisea Nayacalevu complained about unconscious refereeing bias after his side narrowly lost to England in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said on Tuesday the sport was entering an exciting new era with the unveiling of a new bi-annual international competition from 2026, but the plans did not receive universal approval from rugbys smaller nations.

Eddie Jones tenure as Wallabies coach appears to be all but finished as Australias mass clean out continues in the fallout of the World Cup failure.

Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has declared he wont walk away despite his role in the Eddie Jones disaster because the sport is broken and he needs to fix it.

Eddie Jones has declared there were other forces at play that forced him to quit the Wallabies coaching role as he delivered another parting shot at the state of the code in Australia.

Rugby Australia has locked in a three-member panel to conduct an external review into what went wrong for the Wallabies in 2023, including their humiliating exit from the World Cup in the group stage under Eddie Jones.

Rugby Australia chief executive officer Phil Waugh has ruled out splashing any further cash at NRL stars, saying the 15-a-side code cant continue to spend more than we can afford.

Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan was sacked on Sunday evening as the state unions continue to fight over major centralisation plans for the sport.

Rugby Australia said on Friday it will trial a lowering of the legal tackle height from the shoulder line to below the sternum in a bid to reduce concussions.

The Australian womens rugby sevens team have provided the sport a rare golden moment in an otherwise gloomy year with an amazing victory in the Dubai tournament in a positive sign ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Eddie Jones is set to be reappointed as the head coach of Japans national rugby team pending approval from the unions board, local media reported Sunday, less than two months after he walked out on the Wallabies.

Embattled Wallabies star Kurtley Beale will face court on Monday for the first day of a criminal trial into allegations he assaulted a woman at a Sydney bar.

Wales rugby union star Louis Rees-Zammit made the shock decision to leave the sport on Tuesday as he targets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of a career in American football.

Lawyers representing Wallabies star Kurtley Beale say CCTV video from the night of an alleged sexual assault is at odds with some claims from the alleged victim.