News about David Campese

Thanks to his 'coach whispering' work, Charles Bradley Stubbs (pictured left with Peter V'landys) has three NRL premiership rings. Now he has made an extraordinary claim about his connection with one of the game's best coaches, triple grand final winner Trent Robinson (right). Russell Crowe (inset) was denied from speaking to his South team in 2014, perhaps even more startling.

During the historic 1986 tour, Jones was caught on behind-the-scenes photos at a Wallaby team function impersonating 1920s vaudeville singer Al Jolson. Any of Australia's top names have leapt to their old coach's defense, insisting that his appearance was part of a night of harmless fun. In an intimate entertainment night put on by the touring crew, the veteran broadcaster and once-feared political power actor was the headline act. Following a Test win two days before, several of the photographs depict senior Wallabies enjoying an evening of frivolity. Among the 31-man playing team were legends of Australian rugby, including Nick Farr-Jones, David Campese, Andrew Slack, Simon Poidevin, and Michael Lynagh. Campese, a Jones referred to the 'Bradman of rugby,' recalled his coach's appearance as Jolson as part of a regular skit night. Campese wrote, 'He's a really good singer,' Campese told Daily Mail Australia.

The all-time Aussie great has been traveling around the country mentoring young players, and his fascination with his favorite sport's standing down under has enraged him. After his team's shocking World Cup appearance (right), Campese has struck out at Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Wallabies coach Eddie Jones (inset).

Rugby fans have run out of patience with Eddie Jones and his Wallabies rebuild, including Australian legend David Campese who has joined to fans to lash the coach following the Fiji failure

When one of the world's best rugby nations, he and his colleagues were household names, but Campese claims that those days are long gone and the Wallabies have a serious image problem. According to the former winger, the team's top players, such as skipper Tate McDermott (left) and Carter Gordon (right), are not well known among young footy followers.

Michael Cheika, a former Wallabys coach, has revealed he was "aggressively confronted" in the streets by supporters over Israel Folau's homophobia scandal. Folau, an evangelical Christian, had his Rugby Australia deal revoked in 2019 after he posted a meme on social media stating, 'hell' awaits homosexuals and other groups he dislikes as'sinners.'

Morgan Turinui, a former Wallabies centre, has branded cheeky NRL player Brandon Smith a 'li' for remarks made about teammate Joseph-Aukuso Suaaliy's code swap.

David Campese, the Wallabies' legend, is outraged over the $4.8 million cash investment in NRL's Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and the negative effects it will have on rugby juniors in Australia. The fact that the governing body may have locked up the Roosters actor on a cheap deal a few years ago makes it all worse.

Campese referred to Australia's tumultuous match with New Zealand earlier this year, in which the first half lasted 51 minutes due to long pauses in play. You've got so many stopspages.' In play, New Zealand had the ball for seven minutes. For six, Australia is the largest in the world. The ball is in play for 13 minutes out of 51. Is it really entertaining? A lot of issues are in the midst of.'

XCLUSIVE: On Saturday, England will face New Zealand in a World Cup final match that has the potential to take women's rugby to a whole new level. The Red Roses and their head coach Simon Middleton are looking for their 31st straight victory at Eden Park in Auckland. For the third time, Victory would usher in global prominence.

Following the New Zealand Rugby boss's strong warning that a 2025 match could be a possibility, a mixed All Blacks-Wallabies team and the British and Irish Lions has received a major boost. The southern hemisphere titans could appear together for the first time in 36 years to stage the showpiece fixture, according to Sportsmail exclusively this week. The trans-Tasman side appeared on the 1989 Lions tour for the first time, with David Campese, Kieran Crowley, and Michael Lynagh all playing on the same team.

Exclusive BY SIMON: Sportsmail has confirmed that the southern hemisphere heavyweights want to unite for the first time in 36 years to stage the showpiece event. On the 1989 Lions tour, the Trans-Tasman team was on display, combining the likes of David Campese, Kieran Crowley, and Michael Lynagh. The game will be teeing up the three-Test series against the tourists, according to the hosts, who are hoping the game will draw a sell-out crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The diabolical standard of reffing in Thursday's Bledisloe Cup match revealed that the so-called running game is a shadow of its former self, and ex-Wallabies coach Alan Jones (inset) is tense, and ex-Wallabies coach Alan Jones (inset) is livid. Rugby's bloated law book, according to him, is leaving rugby far behind codes with virtually non-stop play, like Aussie Rules - and referees must be barred from playing the game into the ground.

Campese (inset), one of the game's most exciting ball runners, says today's rugby is a 'farce' that has been robbed of the sport by a never-ending sequence of nitpicking penalties. Compares August's first Wallabies vs. Argentina match (right) with a dramatic Aussie victory over the All Blacks in 2002 (right) shows that he's justified in slamming the sport as a joke.