LUKE Burgess, under pressure from Will Genia to hold on to his Test half-back starting spot, yesterday admitted a lack of composure, inconsistency and wrong decision-making had shackled the Wallabies this year.

NEW Zealand dynamo Benji Marshall returns to the scene of a recent triumph to make his international captaincy debut in tonight's World Cup rugby league showdown with England at EnergyAustralia Stadium.

NEW ZEALAND and England have been swapping the tag of second favourite for rugby league's World Cup based on the ineptitude of their performances against Australia.

MONDAY was an amazing day, seeing New Zealand's top coach taking the reins of the Wallabies. To give a perspective of the depth of anger at this loss across the Tasman, Chris Rattue wrote in the NZ Herald of the newly announced All Blacks team: "This squad is playing under..read more

THE SANZAR unions are struggling to agree on what laws this season's Tri Nations will be played under. Although officially there has been "no resolution" on the matter, it is known the unions of Australia, South Africa and New Zealand are in conflict over whether they should use the Super..read more