Herbert Paddy Moran was mesmerised by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. He was also the first captain of a strange, disparate bunch who called themselves the Wallabies. One hundred years on the Wallabies of today are as outlandish, cocksure and eccentric as their forebears.
This is the real story of the Wallabies. It is about the players, the coaches, the politics and the games. It is about the soaring highs of World Cup success and the years of when they truly deserved the moniker of Woeful Wallabies.
As fast paced as a Mark Ella backline play and as solid as Phil Kearns' front row, The Wallabies is a fascinating, passionate and insightful history of the world of the Australian Rugby Union.
