October 3, 2023
If the Wallabies crash out early from the World Cup and Eddie Jones gets the sack, he won’t have to wait long until he gets another job. Highly-placed sources have told this masthead that Jones has an open-ended offer to return to Japan, where is hugely respected. Jones has no intention of going to Japan
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Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has been revealed as having taken secret job interviews with rival nations during the middle of Australia’s Rugby World Cup preparations. Just days before the Wallabies began their campaign in France, the Sydney Morning Herald reports Jones took part in a Zoom interview with Japanese rugby officials on August 25, dialling
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Chris Dutton has been a sport journalist since 2008, covering rugby union, rugby league, basketball, cricket and soccer. He has covered World Cups and Olympic Games in print and online. Chris has had a stint as news director, but is back in sport to follow the ups and downs. Email: chris.dutton@canberratimes.com.au Chris Dutton has been
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It’s the big Pool B clash in Paris on Saturday; it’s the defending champions, the Boks, up against the world’s top-ranked side, Ireland. It’s the third game for both the Springboks and Ireland at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, with their clash in Paris on Saturday kicking off at 9pm. The Boks have
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Toulouse, France – Former Black Rams Tokyo and England player James Haskell is known for his love of the phrase “bin juice” in reference to players who get little to no playing time and whose duties are generally confined to the training paddock. On Thursday, the last day before a three-day break from media duties,
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Namibia’s Johan Deysel was sent off for the high tackle on scrum-half Dupont which came when when the host nation were winning 54-0. France captain Antoine Dupont’s further participation at the Rugby World Cup was thrown into doubt on Friday after the French Rugby Federation announced that it is seeking a specialist opinion on a
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Chris Dutton has been a sport journalist since 2008, covering rugby union, rugby league, basketball, cricket and soccer. He has covered World Cups and Olympic Games in print and online. Chris has had a stint as news director, but is back in sport to follow the ups and downs. Email: chris.dutton@canberratimes.com.au Chris Dutton has been
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Fiji were looking to make amends after last week’s agonising loss to Wales in Bordeaux. Fiji produced a superb performance to stun Australia 22-15 in their Rugby World Cup clash in Saint-Etienne on Sunday ADVERTISEMENT A week after an agonising loss to Wales when the last pass was spilled with the tryline open, Levani Botia’s
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Nice, France – England was in far from vintage form as it put a dent in Japan’s World Cup hopes with a convincing victory over the Brave Blossoms in Nice on Sunday. It wasn’t the prettiest game of rugby, with both teams impeding their own attacking ambition with handling errors and poor decision-making. But as
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The Wallabies have been beaten by Fiji for the first time in 69 years leaving Australia’s World Cup campaign in tatters. New coach Eddie Jones has now lost six of his first seven Tests and his team is suddenly on the verge of crashing out in the pool stage in France. Fiji caused one of
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