When Owen Franks missed the All Black selection cut for their last test in Soweto, he was a person to avoid.

Drew Mitchell's tryscoring exploits in his 50th test at Bloemfontein last weekend have had a downside.

Saturday's Bledisloe Cup may be a dead rubber but Wallabies centre Adam Ashley-Cooper says there is still a lot at stake.

Memo sports bosses: beware your light-fingered stars.

There is speculation that the fourth Bledisloe Cup test could be moved from Hong Kong to Europe due to poor ticket sales.

Challenges do not come much greater than testicular cancer for a teenager, especially a rugby-mad one like Aaron Cruden.

Quade Cooper's side step was in full view today as the first five-eighth refused to be pinned down on some tricky issues.

The Wallabies are out to prevent the All Blacks achieving an unprecedented 10th successive Bledisloe Cup triumph.

Graham Henry looks set to promote a couple of his young stars to the starting line up against the Wallabies in Sydney.

Has there ever been a more sensational finish in the history of test rugby? And with so much hanging on the result.

Aaron Cruden will definitely start for the All Blacks against Australia, but who will kick the goals? Graham Henry has three options.

Rookie no.10 Aaron Cruden will start his first All Black test next week against the Wallabies and his deputy will be revealed today.

The Wallabies are confident a second straight test against South Africa will boost their quest for a hoodoo-busting win.

Mark it down as the time in history when Australian rugby's love affair with Robbie Deans finally died.

2011 will mark a decade since the Wallabies last won the prestigious southern hemisphere title.

The Wallabies expect it to rain kicks on Sunday after South Africa named long-range bomber Frans Steyn at fullback.

Wallabies linchpin Quade Cooper has been warned by coach Robbie Deans to wipe his ongoing contract saga from his mind.

Stats from this year's Tri-Nations show an imbalance in the ratio of penalties per yellow card. Are the the All Blacks getting a special deal from the refs?

Rumours are circulating of a top Wallaby player switching codes to play in the NRL.

Former Wallabies great Mark Ella gains some encouragement after seeing a passion and commitment that had been severely lacking.

The best that could be said about the Wallabies' latest performance is that it wasn't shameful.

The All Blacks and Tony Woodcock dodged a citing bullet yesterday.

South African referee Jonathan Kaplan may be the next official to get a dressing-down from Paddy O'Brien.