Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has displayed black humour in a dark week for Australian rugby, but the injury woes of his inside centres is no laughing matter.

It may not look like it, but Saturday's Rugby Championship encounter with the Wallabies is the biggest test to date of the new-look All Blacks side.

Former NZRU chief executive David Moffett would make some big changes if he was to rebuild Australian rugby.

The 42-8 mauling the Wallabies copped from the All Blacks in Sydney provoked a savage backlash in the media and from angry fans.

Wallabies defence coach Nathan Grey says the team's dire performance in his area can be easily fixed ahead of Saturday's return Rugby Championship.

COMMENT: The hardest thing for players to learn about test rugby is that a top performance one week provides zero guarantees it can be reproduced.

World Rugby are taking seriously the discovery of a listening device in the All Blacks' hotel in Sydney.

Israel Folau is a shock consideration for the Wallabies No.12 role this weekend in the second Bledisloe Cup match, such is the spate

The All Blacks won't need a listening device to know that this week the pressure will be squarely on the Wallabies.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has admitted bungling the team's mental preparation after his side suffered their worst defeat to New

As destruction jobs go, this was total by the All Blacks.

The All Blacks ran riot in Sydney, winning 42-8.

4753 days. That's how long it's been since Australia had their hands on the Bledisloe Cup. They won't stop the drought in tonight's

They are the two dominant football teams of this century, and having played for one and opposed the other, Israel Folau can see uncanny

The psychological warfare between the All Blacks and the Wallabies is going right down to the wire with former Australian matchwinner

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika wants to improve his team's mental resilience. A good place to start would be to take the captaincy

It is the eve of this years first edition of the annual Bledisloe Cup series between the All Blacks and the Wallabies, with Sydney's

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has taken a break from needling the All Blacks and surprisingly shown some grudging respect for New Zealand's psychological resilience.

COMMENT: Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is wrong to say New Zealand don't expect anything from Australia this week.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has responded to Steve Hansen's latest barbs.

The Wallabies are working on improving their relations with referees after some testy moments earlier in the year. The three-Test

Israel Folau is likely to come in for special attention from the All Blacks in the rematch between the nations on Saturday.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has slammed Australian agents who sign players to overseas deals while still under contract with the

Several Wallabies players and coaches spent more than two hours with the inmates on Tuesday.

Wallabies dynamo David Pocock is bracing for a similarly torrid back-row battle with the All Blacks.

The Wallabies admit they are injecting new elements to their game ahead of playing All Blacks, but to what extent do the Wallabies need to change?

Captain Stephen Moore says the Wallabies have to change the way they play, but have drawn energy from the return of their overseas-based

The Wallabies hope to catch the mighty All Blacks second guessing in what shapes as a must-win Bledisloe Cup opener in Sydney. The

Captain Stephen Moore says the Wallabies have to change the way they play, but have drawn energy from the return of their overseas-based stars.