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Nine-game rookie, former All Black to debut as Schmidt makes mass changes
It’s a banana skin game against Georgia in Sydney on Saturday, but that hasn’t stopped Joe Schmidt making 17 changes to his Wallabies team.
- by Iain Payten
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Waratahs poised to sign Tupou, scrum guru lauds Thor’s ‘explosive power’
The ‘Tongan Thor’ - Taniela Tupou - and a 21-year-old Wallabies debutant are among a group of Rebels players closing in on deals to play in sky blue.
- by Iain Payten
Donaldson recalled to meet Georgia as Wallabies reminded of near-miss at World Cup
Ben Donaldson starred in a win over Georgia in Paris, including a memorable try involving a Taniela Tupou intercept. But it could have been a very different story if Tupou didn’t catch the ball.
- by Iain Payten
When the police brought out the water cannons, the Georgians packed down a scrum
The Georgian ability to scrum can be partly explained by history, cultural expression and natural athletic gifts in a country of less than four million people.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Georgia just love scrummaging
They may be rugby minnows, but the Georgian team, and their countrymen, love to pack a scrum.
‘I knew’: Daugunu reveals the hard work behind ‘lucky’ tap-in try
It looked like a freakish moment of luck, or at best a reward for a diligent chase. But Filipo Daugunu says there were smarts behind his match-turning try over Wales.
- by Iain Payten
Analysis
Rugby World Cup
Fitz at the Cup: Take a bow Taniela Tupou, the Wallabies’ refrigerator on roller skates
Bulldozing at the scrum, everywhere in defence and using speed and skill to set up a try, Taniela Tupou’s performance in Australia’s win in Paris was brilliant.
- by Peter FitzSimons
‘It’s essentially knockout footy from here’: Wallabies unfazed by poor run of form to World Cup
The Wallabies received an official welcome on Friday afternoon in Saint-Etienne eight days out from an opening clash against Georgia in Paris.
- by Tom Decent
A new brawl-game: The punchy goodwill gesture from Eddie that could haunt Wallabies
As England coach, Eddie Jones invited the Georgia squad to do live training sessions with his team. It resulted in a punch-up, and a launchpad for the Wallabies’ dangerous first World Cup opponent.
- by Iain Payten
‘I left it all out there’: Why Georgia is on Vunivalu’s mind
Suliasi Vunivalu is eyeing a potential starting spot in the Wallabies’ opening World Cup match after a scintillating cameo against France.
- by Tom Decent
Georgia replace Japan in Europe's new Autumn Nations Cup
A clash between Ireland and Wales will kick off the new eight-team Autumn Nations Cup after Six Nations rugby confirmed the format and fixtures.
- by Mitch Phillips