Rugby Union News

Eddie Jones kept faith with the England players who underperformed in the Rugby World Cup in his first selection as head coach for Saturday’s opening Six Nations match against Scotland. …

New Blues coach Tana Umaga is naturally delighted with a 59-7 win but also says the Super Rugby pre-season victory over the Melbourne Rebels has to taken with a grain …

The return from injury of giant Wallabies lock Will Skelton and the debuts of speedsters Reece Robinson and Zac Guildford are major points of interest for NSW Waratahs coach Daryl …

All Blacks Sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens says there’s only one way to transform a good 15-a-side rugby player into a great sevens athlete. It’s the road Sonny Bill Williams …

Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham reckons new recruit Tomas Cubelli has the best halfback’s running game the Super Rugby team has ever seen. The Argentina half will have his first start …

Argentinian scrumhalf Tomas Cubelli will make his Brumbies debut in Saturday’s Super Rugby trial match against the NSW Waratahs in Wagga Wagga. The 45-cap Puma, who signed a two-year deal …

Mystery surrounds Queensland’s positional plans for Karmichael Hunt after he was named to start the Reds’ first pre-season trial at fullback, setting up a likely battle with Japanese World Cup …

Quade Cooper has been left out of Australia’s squad for this weekend’s Sydney leg of rugby’s Sevens World Series despite flying in from France. Former Wallabies playmaker Cooper, who is …

Wales named prop Rob Evans, winger Tom James and flanker Justin Tipuric in their starting team for the Six Nations opener against defending champions Ireland in Dublin on Sunday. Evans …

Tawera Kerr-Barlow is looking to put his seal on the Chiefs No.9 jersey after missing all of the last Super Rugby season to recover from a serious knee injury. The …

Australian Sevens rugby captain Ed Jenkins has declared established players in his squad aren’t going to surrender their spots to high profile stars like Quade Cooper. The Australian Rugby Union …

The Western Force have scored a convincing 28-0 victory over the Hurricanes in a Super Rugby trial at Central Coast Stadium in Gosford. The Force showed great determination in defence …

Quade Cooper admits he faces a big challenge to establish himself in Australia’s rugby sevens team for the Rio Olympics. France-based Cooper returned to Sydney on Wednesday and immediately began …

Twice World Cup-winning All Black Victor Vito will head to France to play for Top 14 side La Rochelle after finishing the Super Rugby season with the Wellington Hurricanes. The …

Quade Cooper admits he faces a big challenge to establish himself in Australia’s rugby sevens team for the Rio Olympics, as good mate Sonny Bill Williams has confirmed. France-based Cooper …

Quade Cooper admits he faces a big challenge to establish himself in Australia’s rugby sevens team for the Rio Olympics. France-based Cooper returned to Sydney on Tuesday and immediately began …

New England coach Eddie Jones has offered to help out his old club, the Stormers, just days from the start of the Six Nations Championship. The Australian, who left for …

Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw risked re-living the Dark Blues’ painful Rugby World Cup exit by watching a re-run of the controversial defeat to the Wallabies – but instead came away …