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Brad Davis (left, with earpiece) is pictured in a Wallabies coaching huddle in Melbourne.
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Wallabies rocked as attack coach quits Jones’ staff as team fly out for World Cup

On the eve of departure for France, Eddie Jones is desperately searching for a replacement to fill a key role on his staff after the sudden departure of assistant Brad Davis.

  • by Iain Payten

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Why new national comp is a ‘need, not a want’ for Australian rugby

Western Force boss Tony Lewis is utterly convinced of the merits of a third-tier competition and his comments should be the start of a broader conversation.

Paul Cully
Paul Cully

Rugby columnist

Jones’ young and underdone Wallabies now have a World Cup target on them

Coaches are notorious for saying they don’t read the news, but you can bet Eddie Jones’ counterparts in England and Argentina clocked Phil Waugh’s comments this week.

Paul Cully
Paul Cully

Rugby columnist

Crazy, courageous or just essential change: Deciphering the shock World Cup squad of Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones is full of surprises but dumping a number of senior players and naming the Wallabies’ least experienced World Cup squad in the professional era left many stunned.

Iain Payten
Iain Payten

Senior Sports Reporter

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The Queensland Reds have signed New Zealand props Jeffery Toomaga-Allen (left) and Alex Hodgman (right).

In major coup for new coach Kiss, Reds strike gold with All Blacks duo

The Reds’ recruitment drive has been turbocharged with Queensland securing the services of not one but two All Blacks props.

  • by Michael Atkinson
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‘No one should dictate how Hooper goes out’: SBW savages great’s World Cup dumping

Sonny Bill Williams has gone into bat for Michael Hooper after Eddie Jones left him out of his World Cup squad.

  • by Tom Decent

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