Rugby Union News

Sekope Kepu is nervously looking over his shoulder as a new generation of multi-skilled Wallabies props comes through the ranks. The emergence of Tom Robertson and Allan Alaalatoa has been …

Wallabies superstar Israel Folau is only one game away from igniting back into top form, Bernard Foley says. Folau is in something of a rut as Australia approaches Saturday’s (Sunday …

New Zealand will continue to oppose the wishes of Australia and South Africa and lobby to revamp the Super Rugby playoffs. However, New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew agrees …

Michael Cheika has warned would-be Wallabies he is keeping a close watch on National Rugby Championship form and is making selection decisions accordingly. In a shot at players who might …

Fiji’s Olympic gold medal-winning sevens coach, Ben Ryan, has urged rugby’s governing body to clamp down on unlicensed agents who are stripping the Pacific islands of their talent. Ryan stepped …

Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has been playing through “as good as” a broken arm, coach Michael Cheika says, and won’t play another Test until it’s fully healed. Polota-Nau was the …

Brad Thorn’s two-decade, two-code career will continue after he was named to make his debut in the National Rugby Championship. The semi-retired 41-year-old is on the bench for Queensland Country’s …

Winger Sefa Naivalu and hooker Tolu Latu are poised to debut for the Wallabies after being included in the 30-man tour squad for the Rugby Championship clashes against South Africa …

Five-eighth Pat Lambie, who has not played for South Africa since June, has been named among four call-ups to the Springboks squad for their last two Rugby Championship matches. Lambie …

Winger Chris Ashton’s England career was hanging by a thread after he was handed a 13-week ban on Tuesday for biting an opponent. The 29-year-old Saracens back, who has played …

Waratahs prop Tom Robertson has vowed to put rugby before his medical studies as he attempts to forge a long Wallabies career. Robertson made his Test debut off the bench …

Recent Australian Super Rugby heavyweights the Brumbies and Waratahs will meet just once in next year’s regular season, while Melbourne have been handed the first game and the toughest early …

All Blacks enforcer Jerome Kaino has been omitted from his side’s Rugby Championship trip to Argentina with a shoulder complaint. The 33-year-old blindside flanker has been in sparkling form throughout …

Rugby World Cup winner Schalk Burger has given Eddie Jones’ England a seal of approval, suggesting they are a lot like the Springboks he won the 2007 showpiece with. Burger, …

Australian Ryley Batt says winning back-to-back Paralympic titles in men’s wheelchair rugby tops anything he’s ever experienced – including his wedding day. “I don’t think I’ve ever been happier in …

Wallabies halfback Will Genia reckons it won’t be long before Australia are able to match the might of the All Blacks – but only if they develop a stronger mindset. …

Eddie Jones has urged the Rugby Football Union to pay for developing English coaches to enhance their skills by working in the southern hemisphere. Jones has claimed New Zealand “control …

The Hurricanes have won the race for the prized signature of rising playmaker Jordie Barrett. The youngest of a talented group of rugby-playing brothers, 19-year-old Barrett has signed for two …