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Perth Now
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Wallabies up the physicality for smarting Springboks
Wary of what's coming, the Wallabies know they must match the Springboks' physically to avoid crashing back to earth in Cape Town. A week after notching a first win over the Boks at their Ellis Park fortress in Johannesburg in 62 years, the Wallabies face the back-to-back world champions at sea level on Saturday. Joe Schmidt's side can shoot to the head of the Rugby Championship table with another bonus-point victory. But they know that will be far easier said than done. A colossus at lineout time last Saturday, lock Nick Frost could only offer a wry smile when asked what was the secret to the Wallabies winning the collisions in the hoodoo-busting weekend triumph. "I'd also say probably in that opening 20-odd minutes we didn't win too many collisions," Frost said, pointing out Australia trailed 22-0 early following a ferocious start from the Springboks. "So we know how the Springboks play. They come out hard and fast, and obviously they did come out hard and fast and we kind of struggled a bit there. "It's another area that we're definitely going to look at for this week because we know that they started pretty bloody well." Winger Andrew Kellaway, who is likely to replace Dylan Pietsch (broken jaw) in the starting line-up, insists the Wallabies have parked last week's heroic comeback victory. "The preparation is different every week for every opposition," Kellaway said on Tuesday. "So what we do know this week is that the Boks are going to respond, so we need to prepare ourselves physically for that. "They're the benchmark globally for that type of game. "So we'll get that right and then we're very blessed with a fantastic coaching staff, strategy and tactics-wise. "And guys like James O'Connor and Nic White can also add a bit of IP there. "So we'll leave the strategy and that sort of stuff to those guys, and the rest of us will get ready for a big Test match." Skipper Harry Wilson suffered a possible ACL injury scoring the try that put the Wallabies in front at Ellis Park. But Kellaway believes the inspirational No.8 could yet turn out after Rugby Australia said initial scans revealed no structural damage to Wilson's knee. "As far as we're aware, everyone's available for selection at the moment," he said. "'Wil' certainly looked good when we got into Cape Town, but I'm not a doctor. I can't answer that question." Schmidt will name his team on Thursday night (AEST). With Rob Valetini available after overcoming a calf strain, the coach could be tempted to rest Wilson and restore the two-time John Eales Medallist to the back row. If Wilson is out, flanker Fraser McReight, fresh off his man-of-the-match display in Jo'burg, would seem favourite to take over the captaincy.
The Star
16 hours ago
- Sport
- The Star
Rugby-Australia's squad development behind improved results, Kellaway says
Rugby Union - Rugby Championship - South Africa v Australia - Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa - August 16, 2025 South Africa's Damian Willemse in action with Australia's Andrew Kellaway REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -It has been a lean few years for Australian rugby but wing Andrew Kellaway believes the patient development of experience in their squad has resulted in their impressive back-to-back wins over the British & Irish Lions and South Africa. Kellaway came off the bench in the first half of Saturday's stunning 38-22 Rugby Championship victory over the Springboks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, where Australia had not won for 62 years and rallied from 22 points down after 18 minutes. The teams meet again in Cape Town on Saturday, and while Australia are prepared for a Springbok backlash, Kellaway says their squad has gained in confidence and are playing more consistent rugby. "What we're seeing is the benefit of the last three or four years worth of planning, where guys have now had 30 or 40 caps as opposed to 10 or 20," Kellaway told reporters on Tuesday. "They've got the lived experience to fall back on, especially when they're under pressure. I'd also add, we've won two games back to back. That is a form of consistency. "But what we're looking for is a lot longer streak of consistent performances, not necessarily wins. We're definitely on the right track, but we're nowhere near where we want to be." Kellaway says that despite Saturday's result, which sent the Springboks from the number one to three in the Rugby World Rankings, South Africa remain the 'benchmark'. "Mentally, we have to make sure that we're ready, because at this point, it's the biggest challenge in world rugby is coming up against the Springboks," Kellaway said. "The Boks have been the benchmark globally for a little while now. To beat them anywhere, home, away, is an amazing achievement. To beat them in South Africa is something we haven't done for a very long time (14 years). "What we've seen from the Springboks over the last four to eight years is a pretty strong game plan that hasn't deviated too much. It's really worked well for them. The box kick to compete, then the physicality around the kick chase. "We're always expecting that from the Springboks, but more so in rugby at the moment, that is a pretty big staple. That doesn't change for us. We're always working on that sort of stuff." (Reporting by Nick Said, Editing by William Maclean)
South Wales Argus
14-07-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Glamorgan lose out to Gloucestershire by 40 runs in cup game
Marchant De Lange terrorised his former side with 4 for 20 including two wickets in an over to flip the game to send Glamorgan to 135 all out in pursuit of Gloucestershire's 175 for 6. Ben Charlesworth's 55 set the way for the visitors despite various missed chances from Glamorgan before De Lange starred with the ball. Will Smale struck 43 in just 27 balls in the hosts' response before lack of support brought Glamorgan a third consecutive defeat and chances of qualification for the quarter-finals left looking ominous. Gloucestershire won the toss and unsurprisingly batted first in the 28 degrees Celsius Cardiff sunshine on a wicket used already on the same day. D'Arcy Short failed to continue his strong form shown in a Gloucestershire shirt this year as the dangerous Australian opener reverse-swept Ben Kellaway's first ball straight to short-third. Just one ball later Kellaway had another Australian dismissed. Bancroft loosely playing a flighted delivery back for a simple return catch. Kellaway had gone from not bowling in Glamorgan's previous game unable to defend 222 to having two wickets inside two balls in the powerplay. Miles Hammond played flamboyantly as Charlesworth joined him as a third left-hander in the top four. The shuffle in order from last time out seemed to work for Gloucestershire despite their Blast struggles this season. Dan Douthwaite brought the partnership to close just as it was beginning to motor, worth 44. Charlesworth, who initially struggled to get his strike rate above a-run-a-ball quickly began finding boundaries, targeting Mason Crane turning his leg-spinner into him as is the modern avoidance in T20 cricket. The left-hander slog-swept Crane for six to bring up his 50 but not before he had been dropped at long-on twice previously by two different fielders. Glamorgan's fielding efforts with misfields, overthrows as well as these drops inevitably costing them. Jack Taylor kept the innings going in his typical unorthodox fashion, swatting balls leg-side in particular his method to score quickly. When wickets fell, overs tended to be quiet as batters needed a few balls of patience as demonstrated by Charlesworth and Ollie Price later on. However, runs came freely in periods of drought for Glamorgan, Ned Leonard continued to impress while his teammates were often expensive. As have been their method to fourth place prior to this game, Glamorgan intended to come out guns blazing. Smale ramping in the powerplay before destructively striking through mid-wicket when the field changed on the way to his top-scoring knock. After a positive start with Smale dominating the balls faced, partnerships with Kiran Carlson and Alex Horton gave for a healthy enough start to propel later on. De Lange's two wickets in an over, including Kellaway first ball dented Glamorgan's momentum severely and naturally it came to the middle order to rescue them as has also been a theme. Colin Ingram began doing so with some styling flicks and stand-and-deliver style drives through the offside before being outfoxed by Ajeet Singh Dale, forcing a hook to deep-backward-square, a feat replicated by Douthwaite to give the England Lions bowler a respectable 2 for 33 after an expensive start. Elsewhere with wickets now an issue the Gloucestershire unit bowled as a team to restrict and leave the mission too much at 120 for 7 with just five overs as a resource, leaving for David Payne to chip in at the death with three wickets of his own. Importantly, the big hitting had already been and gone. Constant flows of wickets and going too hard too early costing the hosts. Glamorgan batter Will Smale said: 'It was a difficult one [to take], we know how big today and Friday was and depending on how we came into it after a tough loss at The Oval. 'We knew playing our local rivals [it'd be a good game], we'd be up for it. We just didn't quite perform, dropped a few catches and they've got a good bowling attack.' Gloucestershire seamer Marchant de Lange said: 'I think we put on a decent total. It was quite hard to hit it off a certain length so we tried to pass that message through as much as we could. 'We know T20 is a different beast. With the batters batting all the way through, ons thing we did really was keep taking wickets where you can really run up the run rate [required]. 'Obviously we'd have hoped to be in a better position than this at this stage and try defend last year's title but we still have got to play our best for the next two games.'
The Advertiser
03-07-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Tupou, Kellaway big ins for Waratahs to face Lions
Wallabies Taniela Tupou and Andrew Kellaway have been named in the NSW Waratahs side to play the British and Irish Lions in Sydney on Saturday who will start at tighthead prop, and Kellaway, named on the right wing, rejoined the side at Daceyville in Sydney this week after being released from Wallabies camp in Newcastle. Seemingly out of the running for Sunday's Test against Fiji, Tupou and Kellaway are welcome additions to a Waratahs side attempting to fare better against the powerful tourists than both the Western Force and Queensland Reds have. The Force succumbed 54-7 in Perth last Saturday night, before the Lions mauled the Reds 52-12 in Brisbane on Wednesday night. With regular skipper Jake Gordon with the Wallabies, the Waratahs will be captained by long-serving back-rower Hugh has been named at No.8 for what will be the last game of his professional rugby career. Leading the side before a packed home stadium and in such a high-profile game will provide him with a fairytale adieu to the in the team after being released from the Wallabies' wider training group are Darby Lancaster on the left wing, flyhalf Tane Edmed and, on the bench, lock Matt Philip for his Waratahs debut after returning from Japan. NSW WARATAHS: Tom Lambert, Ethan Dobbins, Taniela Tupou, Fergus Lee-Warner, Miles Amatosero, Rob Leota, Charlie Gamble, Hugh Sinclair (capt), Teddy Wilson, Jack Bowen, Darby Lancaster, Joey Walton, Lalakai Foketi, Andrew Kellaway, Lawson Creighton. Res: Mahe Vailanu, Jack Barrett, Daniel Botha, Matt Philip, Jamie Adamson, Jack Grant, Tane Edmed, Henry O'Donnell Wallabies Taniela Tupou and Andrew Kellaway have been named in the NSW Waratahs side to play the British and Irish Lions in Sydney on Saturday who will start at tighthead prop, and Kellaway, named on the right wing, rejoined the side at Daceyville in Sydney this week after being released from Wallabies camp in Newcastle. Seemingly out of the running for Sunday's Test against Fiji, Tupou and Kellaway are welcome additions to a Waratahs side attempting to fare better against the powerful tourists than both the Western Force and Queensland Reds have. The Force succumbed 54-7 in Perth last Saturday night, before the Lions mauled the Reds 52-12 in Brisbane on Wednesday night. With regular skipper Jake Gordon with the Wallabies, the Waratahs will be captained by long-serving back-rower Hugh has been named at No.8 for what will be the last game of his professional rugby career. Leading the side before a packed home stadium and in such a high-profile game will provide him with a fairytale adieu to the in the team after being released from the Wallabies' wider training group are Darby Lancaster on the left wing, flyhalf Tane Edmed and, on the bench, lock Matt Philip for his Waratahs debut after returning from Japan. NSW WARATAHS: Tom Lambert, Ethan Dobbins, Taniela Tupou, Fergus Lee-Warner, Miles Amatosero, Rob Leota, Charlie Gamble, Hugh Sinclair (capt), Teddy Wilson, Jack Bowen, Darby Lancaster, Joey Walton, Lalakai Foketi, Andrew Kellaway, Lawson Creighton. Res: Mahe Vailanu, Jack Barrett, Daniel Botha, Matt Philip, Jamie Adamson, Jack Grant, Tane Edmed, Henry O'Donnell Wallabies Taniela Tupou and Andrew Kellaway have been named in the NSW Waratahs side to play the British and Irish Lions in Sydney on Saturday who will start at tighthead prop, and Kellaway, named on the right wing, rejoined the side at Daceyville in Sydney this week after being released from Wallabies camp in Newcastle. Seemingly out of the running for Sunday's Test against Fiji, Tupou and Kellaway are welcome additions to a Waratahs side attempting to fare better against the powerful tourists than both the Western Force and Queensland Reds have. The Force succumbed 54-7 in Perth last Saturday night, before the Lions mauled the Reds 52-12 in Brisbane on Wednesday night. With regular skipper Jake Gordon with the Wallabies, the Waratahs will be captained by long-serving back-rower Hugh has been named at No.8 for what will be the last game of his professional rugby career. Leading the side before a packed home stadium and in such a high-profile game will provide him with a fairytale adieu to the in the team after being released from the Wallabies' wider training group are Darby Lancaster on the left wing, flyhalf Tane Edmed and, on the bench, lock Matt Philip for his Waratahs debut after returning from Japan. NSW WARATAHS: Tom Lambert, Ethan Dobbins, Taniela Tupou, Fergus Lee-Warner, Miles Amatosero, Rob Leota, Charlie Gamble, Hugh Sinclair (capt), Teddy Wilson, Jack Bowen, Darby Lancaster, Joey Walton, Lalakai Foketi, Andrew Kellaway, Lawson Creighton. Res: Mahe Vailanu, Jack Barrett, Daniel Botha, Matt Philip, Jamie Adamson, Jack Grant, Tane Edmed, Henry O'Donnell
RTÉ News
01-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Kellaway and Toole released from Australia and squad for Lions test takes shape
Wingers Andrew Kellaway and Corey Toole were released from the Australia squad on Tuesday as Joe Schmidt's preferred team to face the British and Irish Lions moved into clearer focus. Kellaway will return to his New South Wales Waratahs squad for their tour match against the Lions in Sydney on Saturday, ruling him out of selection for the Wallabies' game against Fiji on Sunday. Uncapped at test level, Toole will also miss out on the Fiji test, the Wallabies' last warmup before the July 19 series-opener against the Lions in Brisbane, to join his ACT Brumbies squad ahead of their tour match against the Lions next week. Waratahs backs Joseph Suaalii and Max Jorgensen have been retained in Schmidt's squad for Fiji, with the former capable of playing in the centres and both giving Schmidt options at fullback and on the wings. Schmidt also has the Western Force duo of Harry Potter and Dylan Pietsch as wing options in his squad along with Queensland Reds speedster Filipo Daugunu. Kellaway's release follows prop Taniela Tupou's return to the Waratahs on Monday. Andy Farrell's Lions will familiarise themselves with the first test venue of the Wallabies series when they meet the Queensland Reds at Lang Park on Wednesday. The Lions thrashed Western Force 54-7 in Perth in their first tour match in Australia last Saturday but Farrell expects a tougher test against the Reds, who are coached by future Wallabies boss Les Kiss. "Les has done a fantastic job with them to play a great brand of rugby and are able to play in many different ways," Farrell told reporters. "So this will be 100% a big step up for us on Wednesday night. Any side that Les coaches, he's always going to be very well prepared."
