Skysports.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Australia head coach Robbie Deans insists the Wallabies owe it to themselves to make rugby history in the clash against South Africa.
Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Australian coach Robbie Deans has declared that former Rugby League star Timana Tahu is ready for his first start in Test rugby."
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
AUSTRALIA coach Robbie Deans has declared former NRL star Timana Tahu ready to start his first rugby Test.
Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Australian coach Robbie Deans praised his charges after they punctuated an eight-year losing streak in South Africa with Saturday's 27-15 win in Durban."
Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Both Australia and South Africa head into Saturday's Tri-Nations showdown in Durban off the back of heavy defeats to the All Blacks and Wallaby coach Robbie Deans says he does not need to remind his players of the importance the result hold for both sides."
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
ROBBIE Deans is confident centre Timana Tahu can handle the Test cauldron of Ellis Park, but is praying nothing happens to the valuable star alongside him.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
ROBBIE Deans is confident big-game centre Timana Tahu can handle the Test cauldron of Ellis Park but will pray nothing happens to the valuable star alongside him when Australia take on South Africa.
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Aussie breakdown threat remains constant despite Phil Waugh’s elevation to the starting line-up, says Gary Gold. George Smith has been the form fetcher of the 2008 Tri-Nations and yet Australia coach Robbie Deans has opted for Waugh to start against the Boks this Saturday. The Boks have had few answers to the Aussie back row, [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Australian coach Robbie Deans has made five changes for Saturday's Tri-Nations Test against South Africa in Durban, arguing that fresh legs were vital after the physicality of Durban last weekend.
The Rugby Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you had offered Robbie Deans a Tri-Nations title decider against the All Blacks with one game spare before the competition kicked off, he would have bitten your hand off. Yet this is the situation that the Wallabies coach is in, despite having to play the Springboks twice in a row in their own back [...]
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
AS a boy on his family's farm on the Canterbury plains, Robbie Deans would stay up until the middle of the night to listen to the radio coverage of Test matches between the old foes, New Zealand and South Africa.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
George Smith was one of five players omitted from the Australia side to face South Africa when coach Robbie Deans named his starting line-up for Saturday's test in Johannesburg.
Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to accept," he told the Daily Telegraph. Campese said the influence of his former Test foe Robbie Deans, and the departure of veterans such as George Gregan, had transformed the Wallabies on and off the field. "You can sense there's a real change in the atmosphere of the Wallabies this year, a more relaxed feeling and you can see that in the way they play," he said. "The burdens have...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... Wallabies officials have been eagerly awaiting details of Vickerman's latest injury, with coach Robbie Deans only able to say this week it was a “grade three''. Centre Berrick Barnes, who also has a shoulder injury, returned home with Vickerman with Deans saying he was far more optimistic the Queenslander would play at Suncorp Stadium. “I don't think he's that bad,'' Deans...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
... their team in Durban last Saturday. "The Springboks will play out of their skins," Wallabies coach Robbie Deans said. "You look at the context. They are going to bring everything they've got plus a bit more because they won't be enjoying their current circumstance. "And when you have that sense of being cornered you come out and you bring everything you've got. I've got no doubt that's...
