Michael Hooper
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Owen Doyle: Ireland suffered from officiating of the breakdown
- International
- November 24, 2020, 06:00
Twickenham provided a strange affair. The first half gave us a kicking duel, with neither team showing any appetite to play an expansive game. The sec(...)
![Australian former rugby union player Dan Palmer: ‘The longer the [Israel] Folau saga dragged on, the more I felt a responsibility to say something.’ Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Australian former rugby union player Dan Palmer: ‘The longer the [Israel] Folau saga dragged on, the more I felt a responsibility to say something.’ Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4395717.1604084640!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Huge support for former Wallabies player who has come out as gay
- Rugby
- October 31, 2020, 06:00
There has been an outpouring of support for Dan Palmer, the Australian former rugby union player, after he became the first Wallabies player and just (...)

Wallabies going on sabbatical a significant blow to Super Rugby
- Rugby
- August 27, 2020, 22:30
Michael Hooper’s sabbatical in Japan next year will be a great outcome for the Wallabies captain and the Australian Test team, but is a body blow to S(...)

Matt Williams: Daunting task facing coaches to teach what once came naturally
- Rugby
- May 23, 2020, 12:00
I have consciously stayed away from the dregs of social media during the pandemic. The world is depressing me at every glance. Reading tweets from th(...)

Fitness sessions, meditation and the odd Peroni: Conor Murray’s lockdown routine
- Rugby
- May 2, 2020, 05:59
Conor Murray has just been speaking on FaceTime for the best part of an hour from his attic, or his “lair” as he calls it. There’s a big screen at one(...)

IRFU entitled to apply for €9m of World Rugby’s Covid-19 relief fund
- International
- April 16, 2020, 16:49
The IRFU can apply for €9 million, in the form of cash advances and loans, from World Rugby’s Covid-19 relief fund of $100 million (€92 million). Ho(...)

Six Nations 2020: England look like justified Championship favourites
- International
- January 27, 2020
Overview England delivered arguably the finest performance by any team in world rugby last year. Their 19-7 win over the All Blacks was a perfect dis(...)

Matt Williams: First Rugby World Cup in Asia has been an outstanding success
- International
- November 1, 2019, 19:00
The gamble by World Rugby to move the RWC outside the traditional rugby countries has paid off, big time. The first RWC in Asia has been an outstandi(...)

Michael Cheika: World Cup referees ‘spooked’ by tackle talk
- International
- September 29, 2019, 13:00
Michael Cheika prowled the field afterwards like a starving crocodile. Cajoled towards the television camera the former Leinster coach refused to bit(...)

Relief as Wales hold on to deny Wallabies in a Tokyo thriller
- International
- September 29, 2019, 11:44
Australia 25 Wales 29 Australia coach Michael Cheika declared himself “embarrassed as a rugby player” after his team were penalised when their centre(...)