Revealed: how Wallabies cheat but McCaw competes
PSSSST, Wallabies. Hate to tell you, but those pesky referees are right on to you. They don't like what you do at the scrums, and have grown tired of your sneaky offside antics.
Barnes ready to shoulder the load
Wallabies centre Berrick Barnes believes he has a strong chance of regaining his midfield spot for the Tri Nations decider against the All Blacks in Brisbane on Saturday night. But he first has to convince Wallabies coach Robbie Deans he is 100 per cent physically and mentally ready for Australia's biggest Test of the season.
Sheehan injury scare
Brett Sheehan will be the first player to meet the team doctor
after he gave coach Robbie Deans a scare.
No room for mental weakness
Grant Fox: Mental toughness is the reason why there have
been big turnarounds in the Tri Nations tournament.
Can Wallabies go from sublime to ridiculous
While everyone may be talking the Jo'burg jive, it's another Tri-Nations misstep that has the Wallabies most anxious as they get set to launch preparations for next Saturday night's Battle of Brisbane against the All Blacks.
Wallabies in need of tough love
Robbie Deans and the Australian selectors will have to make some tough decisions before the Tri Nations and Bledisloe Cup decider.
Advantage ABs: It's swagger v stagger
Robbie Deans has the All Blacks right where he wants them. Confident. In form. Firing. And, if they're not careful, primed for a Ned Kelly-sized ambush at the Battle of Brisbane on Saturday week.
Deans wants to utilise Rocky's fighting spirit until the end
ALTHOUGH Rocky Elsom is heading to Ireland following the Tri Nations, there remains a strong chance he will play for the Wallabies during the extensive end-of-season tour through Hong Kong and Europe in November and December.
Think we have problems? Take a look at the Boks
AUSTRALIAN rugby is not entirely in great shape. The Wallabies can't string two good Test wins together. Depth in certain playing positions is flimsy. The Sydney premiership club scene remains a hornet's nest.
No tug-of-war over Gaz: Ewen
EWEN McKENZIE says he will not stand in the way of Robbie Deans should the Wallabies coach seek the release of Mark Gasnier from Stade Francais to play for Australia during the end-of-season tour of Europe.
Tahu has Deans on side to tackle defensive frailties
EVEN if Timana Tahu is one of the casualties of the Wallabies' biggest Test defeat and loses his starting spot for the Tri Nations decider against the All Blacks next week, he will not be cast adrift.
Mortlock key to midfield muddle
Wallabies skipper Swill shift into inside centre if Berrick Barnes
is unfit to face the All Blacks.
Even tougher: Lote
Winger Lote Tuqiri insists the Wallabies will face their toughest Test of the year in Saturday week's Tri-Nations rugby decider against New Zealand, after already receiving beatings from the All Blacks and Springboks.
On the ball, All Blacks ready to trap Wallabies
The All Blacks believe even a five per cent shift in form can
produce the 45-point hammering South Africa dished out to Australia
in Johannesburg.
The five crucial selections that Deans got wrong
A friend rang after the Wallabies defeated the Springboks at
Durban, their first victory in a Tri Nations Test in South Africa
in eight years, and said: "The way things are going Robbie Deans
will be canonised before Mary MacKillop."
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