AUSTRALIA international Quade Cooper has been ordered to undergo an extensive personal development and counselling programme following a string of off-field misdemeanours this season.

WALLABIES players agreed to take pay cuts yesterday but only after assurances that boss John O’Neill and Australian Rugby Union (ARU) brass had their pay packets and travel perks slashed.

AUSTRALIA’s rugby superstars have been asked to consider pay cuts and cheaper hotel rooms as part of a wide-ranging strategy to improve the finances of the Australian Rugby Union.

THE bitter feud between Australia’s players and their governing body over World Cup contracts ended peacefully yesterday.