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Can Oz up the ante?

Take a World Cup and increase the pressure and intensity even more and that is what you get from a British and Irish Lions Tour according to Wallabies coach Robbie Deans.

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Auelua named for Combined Country

Brumbies tackle-busting loose forward Fotu Auelua has been named in the preliminary Combined Country team to face the British and Irish Lions in Newcastle on June 11.

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Wallabies sweat over Ioane fitness

Wallaby wing Digby Ioane could miss the opening Test against the British and Irish Lions after undergoing a knee operation on Wednesday.

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Lions hopes alive for Wallaby duo

Wallabies George Smith and Pat McCabe kept their hopes of facing the British and Irish Lions alive after scans revealed their injuries were not as bad as initially feared.

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Cooper must be in the front line

Reds coach Ewen McKenzie backed ditched Wallaby Quade Cooper over defensive concerns for next month's Test series against the B&I Lions.

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O'Connor ready to be pivotal player

James O'Connor will relish the flyhalf role after being preferred to Quade Cooper as the Wallaby playmaker against the B&I Lions.

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Cooper's Lions challenge

Coach Robbie Deans has challenged playmaker Quade Cooper to assert himself in his tour game against the British and Irish Lions.

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Wallaby door open for Beale

Coach Robbie Deans said troubled star back Kurtley Beale still has a chance of playing against the British and Irish Lions.

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Cooper left out in the cold

Quade Cooper was left out of a 25-man Wallaby squad for the British and Irish Lions series, but code-hopper Israel Folau was chosen.

Wallabies rocked by Email leak

The Australian Rugby Union, still reeling from the Kurtley Beale saga, have been thrown into turmoil once again.

Beale quits; checks into facility

For the second time this year Wallabies playmaker, Kurtley Beale has quit rugby, only this time he has checked himself into a facility to deal with his demons.

Wallabies face 'pay cuts'

ARU Chief Executive Bill Pulver has warned the Wallabies they will have to accept pay cuts in the face of the sport's worsening financial situation.

Boozy Beale dropped again

Troubled Wallaby star Kurtley Beale is again facing off-field disciplinary issues, after he went out boozing again.

Wallabies keep big guns for World Cup

The re-signing of James Horwill by the ARU and the Reds is part of the process to retain key players for the 2015 World Cup.

Beale has 'redeemed' himself

The Rebels may have fallen short against the Chiefs on Friday, but there is one major redeeming factor - Kurtley Beale.

Higginbotham to have another crack

The Wallabies and the Melbourne Rebels have received a timely boost with news that Scott Higginbotham has recommitted to both.

Jake: Folau to 'cheapen' Wallaby shirt

Jake White said that selecting former Rugby League international Israel Folau to play against the B&I Lions would cheapen the Wallabies jersey.

Ioane's French transfer confirmed

The Australian Rugby Union confirmed that Wallaby wing Digby Ioane will depart Australia at the end of the season to continue his career overseas.