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Iain Payten

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 18, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Iain Payten

    Booming global interest in 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia as one-year countdown begins (opens the original)

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    Rugby has shown its colours as a global game with fans from almost three-quarters of the world’s countries having purchased tickets to the 2027 World Cup in Australia. The showcase tournament of men’s rugby will be held in Australia for the third time next year, following 1987 and 2003, and organisers are gearing up for the last phase of ticket sales this week. The general sale on October 1 will coincide with events marking the 365-day countdown until the Wallabies’ opening game against Hong Kon

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Iain Payten

    Rugby community in mourning after death of Phil Waugh’s son (opens the original)

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    The eldest child of Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh has been remembered as a fun-loving young man and a beloved son after passing away suddenly last week. Jack Waugh, 21, died last Friday, prompting an outpouring of grief from friends and family, and the Australian rugby community. Jack was the elder son of former Wallaby Waugh from his first marriage to ex-wife Michelle, with whom he had two sons: Jack and Charlie. Waugh has two other younger children from a second marriage. Jack’s d

  3. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Iain Payten

    How Japan’s new rookie sensation proved himself to Eddie at Coogee Oval (opens the original)

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    On the surface, Eddie Jones’ trip to Australia in April with the Japan under-23s ended poorly. Results across the four tour games were mixed, with a loss to the Junior Wallabies and a win over an under-strength Randwick in the two main fixtures. And the kicker came when Jones was then suspended for four games by the JRFU for verbally abusing match officials during the tour. But you get the sense Jones would still view the Australia trip as a raging success, if only for the fact it unearthed an e

  4. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Iain Payten

    ‘He backed me’: Why young Wallabies star won’t say a bad word about Eddie (opens the original)

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    Ask any group of Wallabies for their thoughts on Eddie Jones, and you’ll get a mixed bag of responses. There will be a number who aren’t big fans, with memories of being ignored or axed in 2023 – and, for some, missing the squad for the Rugby World Cup – still fresh. Some remain disappointed about the painful memories of a World Cup campaign that didn’t need to end up a smouldering bin fire. But some players still appreciate Jones, complicated as their feelings may be. For several now-establishe

  5. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Iain Payten

    Kiss era is under way, but can he spark Wallabies in time for World Cup? (opens the original)

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    There are just 430 days until the Wallabies begin their Rugby World Cup campaign next year in Perth but veteran prop Allan Alaalatoa says that’s more than enough time for new coach Les Kiss to make his mark and get the team firing. After a clunky handover from Joe Schmidt, the Kiss era got under way in Sydney on Tuesday when the Wallabies squad gathered in camp ahead of a two-Test series with Japan next month. Officially the Wallabies will only kick off in earnest on Wednesday when Kiss takes th

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