News about Drew Mitchell

Former Wallaby Drew Mitchell got to live his childhood dream of playing the sport he adored, but the day his work came to an end, he faced a new challenge with his mental health, making him sick and breaking down in tears.

Mitchell has requested that Eddie Jones clarify some of his pick choices, blaming the coach for putting the Wallabies in jeopardy of a new World Cup record. After the Wallabies' humiliating loss to Fiji, the former Test star was upset, with the team now facing unbeaten Wales in a do-or-die pool match.

Drew Mitchell (inset) has outlined the two biggest unanswered questions for Australia ahead of the World Cup, as Eddie Jones (right) insists that the team will still win the tournament. There's a lot to unpack in Jones' second stint as president, just two matches in his second term, and the World Cup is less than two months away. In fact, there are just three matches remaining before the Rugby World Cup in France, and Mitchell said between game plan and pick conundrums there are a lot of questions unanswered.

Drew Mitchell (pictured left), a former Wallabies player, has revealed the source of the savage nickname he copped early in his rugby career. The 38-year-old, who went on to play 71 Tests for Australia, also spoke about his battles with anxiety.

After a series of proposed rule changes ahead of the 2023 grassroots season, Angry rugby league parents have accused the code of going soft (pictured left). They include the ability to keep scores in junior games and banning tackling until the children are seven years old. The NRL, led by CEO Andrew Abdo (pictured right), wants the regulations to be modified to raise participation numbers while also safeguarding player welfare.

Former Wallabies star Matt Giteau, whose selection for Australia in 2015 as an overseas-based player created Australian rugby's 'Giteau Law', has announced his retirement, signing off with a cheeky barb at his own expense

Sonny Bill Williams (pictured right) of the All Blacks has feared for the future of the game after World Rugby's decision to prohibit grappling above the waist as part of a global trial beginning from July 1. The 37-year-old expressed his dissatisfaction with the law on Twitter (pictured inset). Ex-Wallabies winger Drew Mitchell and Irish fly-half Johnny Sexton contributed to Williams' story.

Since World Rugby announced that a change in the legal height of all nations around the world, park footy players and juniors will not be allowed to tackle over the waist. Although Rugby Australia has stated that it has no intention of applying the same rules to the game down under, the global governing body appears to be obligated to enforce the new limits.

Rugby Australia (RA) will not be following their English counterparts' ban on attacking above the waist, a decision that Wallabies legend Drew Mitchell (left) described as 'a little bit surprising.' The Rugby Football Union (RFU), which manages rugby unions in England, recently declared the most significant change to the game in recent memory. In an attempt to avoid serious head injury, amateur players of all ages must face an opposition player at the waist or below from July 1; but Australia hasn't even considered adopting the procedure.

Dave Rennie (bottom left), the 'eternal optimist' on his return to Cardiff, never lost faith in his injury-ravaged side, with the Wallabies eliciting a dramatic 21-point comeback to defeat Wales 39-34, closing out their spring tour. In one of the most dramatic finishes to a Test in recent memory, youth hooker Lachlan Lonergan crossed for the match-winning attempt (top) with only 90 seconds remaining. With the victory, Australia avoided their first calendar year since 1958, and no doubt lifted the pressure on Rennie after a rollercoaster ended the year.

It's becoming an all-too-familiar story for Wallabies supporters: the team has been defeated by only three points in the dying moments, with poor discipline and injuries costing Australia in a loss to Ireland on Sunday morning. At Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Dave Rennie's men had the majority of the possession during the game but fell 13-10 to the world's highest ranked team, with more than 50,000 patriarchal Irish supporters.

The Wallabies have fallen to a 39-year low, dropping to Italy for the first time in history after Ben Donaldson's failed conversion attempt after the siren forced the side to a humiliating loss. After coach Dave Rennie controversially made 12 changes to the XV, Florence's 28-27 defeat to the world's 12th ranked team came on.

Nonetheless, the Wallabies have managed to pull out of victory from the jaws of defeat, falling to France 30-29 in a'shattering' last-gasp loss. It was a tragic loss, but fortunately for weary Wallabies supporters, a trip to Lalakai Foketi from 'the end of the world' provided one of the finest highlights in recent memory.

In the aftermath of the Wallabies' 40-14 loss at the hands of the All Blacks on Saturday evening, Aussie rugby legends have outlined where it's going wrong for the much-maligned team. Drew Mitchell (left) has admitted that the team's apparent arrogance could be validating against them.

Former Wallabies winger Drew Mitchell has confessed to a cheeky tale concerning the late Queen at Windsor Castle during a past tour of England - saying he and Matt Giteau worked together to steal her majesty's 'strong' glass of straight gin