Rob Simmons rugby player
Rob Simmons rugby player

Rob Simmons

19th Apr 1989 2.04m/115kg No 4 Lock

Preview: Australia v South Africa

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

It could just be an intriguing contest and potentially an exciting one if the rain forecast does not dampen the players' ardour. For both sides their match in Perth is something of a reality check...

Preview: Australia v South Africa

1 decade ago by Planet Rugby

Australia will be eager to end a three-match losing run against South Africa when the pair clash at Patersons Stadium in Perth on Saturday. The last time the Wallabies beat the Springboks was in 2012...

Pollard axed

1 decade ago by Front Row Grunt

In a starting line-up sporting six changes, it will be Morne Steyn rather Handre Pollard, who will wear the No 10 jersey against Australia at Patersons Stadium in Perth (12h05 kickoff). Jan Serfontein...

Hanson to seize Australia chance

1 decade ago by Planet Rugby

The latest man to fill the Wallabies number two jersey, Reds hooker James Hanson hoped to avoid joining the injury curse. Stephen Moore, Tatafu Polota-Nau and now Nathan Charles have all been sidelined,...

Rugby Championship 2014: Australia team to play South Africa

1 decade ago by The Rugby Blog

Kurtley Beale has been dropped from the Australian starting line-up as one of four changes to Ewen McKenzie’s team to play South Africa this weekend. The Wallabies were destroyed by New Zealand last...

Beale gets the boot

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Australian coach Ewen McKenzie has axed star playmaker Kurtley Beale ahead of his team's decisive Rugby Championship encounter with South Africa in Perth on Saturday. McKenzie, after the failed attempt...

Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley named Wallabies halves

1 decade ago by ESPN Scrum

Nick Phipps and Bernard Foley will start together for the first time as the Wallabies halves after Ewen McKenzie made five changes to his starting team to face South Africa in the Rugby Championship Test...