The Bulls charged past the Highlanders 35-18 in Super Rugby on Saturday to retain control of the South African conference and move second overall as Springboks Pierre Spies and Morne Steyn reached milestones.
Skipper Spies scored one of the...
Ronan O’Gara, Ireland’s most capped player and top points scorer, announced his retirement from rugby union on Saturday and will take up a coaching role at big-spending French club Racing Metro.
The 36-year-old flyhalf scored 1,083...
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans was bracing for the worst on Saturday night after George Smith suffered a knee injury that was likely to keep the champion flanker out of the coming series with the British and Irish Lions.
A veteran of Australia’s...
Berrick Barnes has led the NSW Waratahs to a priceless 28-22 victory over Super Rugby frontrunners the Brumbies on a night of carnage for Wallabies hopefuls at ANZ Stadium.
Robbie Deans will name a 25-man squad on Sunday to tackle the British and...
Melbourne Rebels players are hoping their breakthrough Super Rugby win over the Stormers helps coach Damien Hill keep his job.
The Rebels edged the highly-rated Stormers 30-21 on Friday at AAMI Park, which was their first win over a South African...
Melbourne Rebels players are hoping their break-through Super Rugby win over the Stormers helps coach Damien Hill keep his job.
The Rebels edged the highly-rated Stormers 30-21 at AAMI Park, which was their first ever win over a South African...
Canberra skipper Terry Campese has anointed the in-form Raiders backline as the best in the NRL ahead of Sunday’s clash with Cronulla at Shark Stadium.
Former Sharks star Blake Ferguson has been outstanding in recent weeks scoring five tries...
Leinster shrugged off the absence of star centre Brian O’Driscoll to beat Stade Francais 34-13 on Friday to clinch the European Challenge Cup.
It was the Irish side’s fourth continental title to add to their 2009, 2011 and 2012 European...
New Zealand are one win away from securing the inaugural women’s world sevens rugby series crown after emerging unbeaten from pool play at the Amsterdam tournament.
Convincing defeats of Russia (17-5), China (24-0) and the Netherlands (15-0)...
Jonny Wilkinson will put his battered body through one more test of durability on Saturday as he attempts to guide Toulon to a first European Cup rugby title in the all-French final against Clermont-Auvergne in Dublin.
Amid a host of world-class...
The Sharks have returned to the Super Rugby winners’ list, ending a disappointing tour to New Zealand and Australia with a gritty 23-13 win over the Western Force in Perth on Friday night.
The Sharks were coming off five straight defeats upon...
A late penalty try at last gave the Melbourne Rebels something to smile about as they recorded a breakthrough 30-21 win over the Stormers in their Super Rugby clash at AAMI Park on Friday night.
After coming tantalisingly close in their past four...
