Wales and Australia are bracing themselves for a desperate clash to finish off their November internationals. It is the last game of the November Internationals, and the last of Australia’s long season. Both of these teams have found themselves under sever scrutiny over reason matches. Wales have lost five in a row. Australia have also had mixed results, including a narrow win over Italy last weekend, a brave victory over England and a devastating loss to France.

As such, the game sits on a knife-edge. Wales are desperate, although that desperation has not seemed to have helped in their last …

This is the last big weekends for the November Internationals, with most of the Southern Hemisphere teams concluding their seasons after these matches. This is therefore their last chance to improve or protect their current IRB ranking. However, next weekend there are a couple of heavyweight clashes, with England v New Zealand at Twickenham Stadium, London and Wales v Australia at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on December the 1st.

A free live stream of the Italy v Wallabies game is available here. Although the score blow out against the All Blacks, the Italians showed some solid form in the first 60 …

The Italy v Australia Wallabies game at Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy on the 24th of November at 14:00 / 2pm (local time) is available here as a free live stream provided by Ustream. The Italy and Australia rugby teams battle it out at Stadio Artemio Franchi. Italy are still ranked 11th while Australia are ranked 3rd. A defeat is unlikely to effect Italy, while Australia will be desperate to retain their 3rd place spot following their impressive victory over England last weekend.

Watch the free live stream below. The game starts 10am eastern standard time, which is 2pm in …

A couple of things I heard last week got me thinking about perception and reality. The first came from David Campese, and the second from my mate Craig, a Kiwi living in Sydney.

Campese, the controversial Wallaby-great who still holds the world record for most test tries, came out with a stinging attack on Australian coach Robbie Deans in the week leading up to their clash with England at Twickenham, accusing the New Zealand-born Deans of destroying Australian rugby.

Craig, who had popped back over the Tasman to catch up with friends for a week, got talking one night about …

Here are the previews and team announcements for the second week of the November Internationals, featuring a number of Southern Hemisphere teams on their 2012 End of Year Northern Tour.

Last week featured some exciting games and even some upsets. As expected, in the top tier games the Northern Hemisphere teams only won one test, but it was not the one most were expecting. Argentina decisively defeated Wales 23 – 12, while France thrashed Australia 33 – 6. This ended France’s 5 test losing streak to Australia, but more importantly left Australia in danger of dropping out of …