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Every Aussie rated from first Test vs West Indies: Head, Hazlewood brilliance can't mask top-four horror show

14 hours ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

Australia have survived a major scare from the West Indies to take a 1-0 series lead – but an eventually comfortable 159-run win is far from an accurate reflection of the closeness of the contest in Barbados.
1-0 Australia! Dominant Day 3 dismantles Windies despite Joseph heroics as Hazlewood runs riot

16 hours ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

Australia have wrapped up a 1-0 lead in the Frank Worrell Trophy, after a dominant Day 3 with bat and ball saw the tourists dismantle the West Indies in Barbados. In the final over of the day, Nathan Lyon struck twice in successive balls to complete a second-innings rout by the tourists, and ensure a 159-run victory that seems far too comfortable considering the tense struggle of the first two days.
Konstas nightmare leaves first Test on a knife's edge as major DRS controversies dominate Day 2

1 day ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

A spate of questionable DRS decisions have added a layer of controversy to a nailbiting struggle in Australia’s first Test against the West Indies, with the tourists 4/92 at the close of Day 2 in Barbados.
Lions Predictions: Lynagh tipped for 'watershed moment', Wallabies to shock Farrell's men in 24-year first

1 day ago | theroar.com.au | Christy Doran

The Lions are finally Down Under and the nine-match tour, which culminates in three massive Tests, is set to begin on Saturday evening in Perth. Already some fireworks have begun. After the Lions were towelled up in Dublin by Los Pumas, CEO Ben Calveley did his best to make himself relevant by reading Joe Schmidt and Rugby Australia the rule book.
Footy Fix: Carlton's open autopsy confirms what we already knew - the Blues are broken

2 days ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

Thursday night at the Adelaide Oval saw Carlton, for the first time all season, stripped back for the footy world to see. There was no red-hot start to mask inadequacies after quarter time. There was no final-term fadeout from an opposition that slackened off to make the scoreline look respectable. Jacob Weitering walked wounded, Patrick Cripps looked for all the world like a man whose mid-week illness should have prevented him from playing.
Exclusive: Tupou set for French Top 14 move - now RA will hope they don't rue losing Wallabies star

2 days ago | theroar.com.au | Christy Doran

On the eve of the British and Irish Lions series and two years out from the home World Cup, Taniela Tupou, arguably the biggest name in Australian rugby, is off to France. The Roar can reveal the 29-year-old is set to make a high-profile move to the French capital. It’s understood his destination is Racing 92 – the famed Parisian club, who recently parted ways with Owen Farrell and had Siya Kolisi spend a season with them after the 2023 World Cup.
Force send SOS to Wallaby ahead of Lions clash after Beale's heartbreaking injury

2 days ago | theroar.com.au | Christy Doran

Wallabies playmaker Ben Donaldson will take on the British and Irish Lions on Saturday evening after being rushed back to Perth following an injury to Test veteran Kurtley Beale. Donaldson, 26, was in Sydney preparing for next week’s first Test of the year against the Flying Fijians in Newcastle, but a hamstring injury to Beale saw the Western Force reach out to the Wallabies to put in a request for their star playmaker to return home.
Shamar stuns amid Aussies' record low in latest collapse before quicks' quadruple-strike gives late hope

2 days ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

Day 1 of Australia’s three-Test series against the West Indies paints a familiar picture for Pat Cummins and his team: a star-studded pace attack turning a contest that threatened to be ripped from their grasp by another dire batting collapse.
'Do what the coaches want': Donno wanted to play the Lions for the Force, says Wallabies will handle pressure

3 days ago | theroar.com.au | Christy Doran

Wallabies playmaker Ben Donaldson says if given the chance, he would have played against the Lions this weekend for the Western Force. Instead, the 26-year-old, who hasn’t played a professional game in more than a month, has been wrapped in cotton wool ahead of the Wallabies’ only Test ahead of the Lions against Fiji in Newcastle on July 6.
'He can create damage': Wallabies veteran highlights Lions' dangerman, pinpoints Schmidt's big threat

3 days ago | theroar.com.au | Christy Doran

As Kurtley Beale prepares to take on the Lions 12 years after playing a key role in the last epic series on Australian shores, the Wallabies veteran has highlighted Finn Russell as the touring party’s biggest threat. “Yeah, well, I think the number 10, Finn Russell,” Beale said of Russell, who has been on the periphery of the past two Lions campaigns in South Africa and New Zealand. “I played with him at [French glamour club] Racing, and he’s such a mercurial, unpredictable player.