Rugby Union News

The Crusaders will try to evoke the spirit of their extraordinary Super Rugby campaign in 2011 when they return to the field against the Waratahs on Saturday. Captain Sam Whitelock …

NSW coach Daryl Gibson has expressed concern that the sounding of the Super Rugby death knell on the Sunwolves could lead to less games for the Waratahs. “We need rugby. …

The NSW Waratahs are bracing for the full force of the mighty Crusaders as the defending champions steel themselves for their first Super Rugby appearance since the Christchurch tragedy. In …

Wallabies winger Sefa Naivalu has joined Australia’s post-World Cup European exodus, with French club Stade Francais announcing he has signed a three-year deal. The Fiji-born 27-year-old has made 10 appearances …

Isaac Lucas can see why it might’ve been silly to think he was a chance of starting for Queensland this year. But the 20-year-old had seen how Brad Thorn operated …

Super Rugby’s governing body will on Friday reveal plans for the future of the competition amid speculation the Tokyo-based Sunwolves will be cut after just three years in the tournament. …

The NSW Waratahs are pressing ahead with plans to play defending Super Rugby champions the Crusaders on the patch-up Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday night. In a development sure to …

Coach Warren Gatland believes newly-crowned Six Nations champions Wales can lift the World Cup in November if they continue the form they have shown over the past 12 months. Wales …

A senior New Zealand politician has welcomed discussions to change the name of the Super Rugby champion Crusaders team in the wake of the Christchurch massacre. Minister for Sport and …

Queensland enforcer Scott Higginbotham has little sympathy for Brad Thorn and the selection headaches he expects his coach to suffer after the side’s gritty win in Japan knocked their Super …

Warren Gatland’s third Six Nations Grand Slam with Wales at the weekend only served to fuel speculation about his future after the World Cup with the New Zealander now boasting …

The Brumbies could enter another Super Rugby game without star Wallabies David Pocock and Allan Alaalatoa. The ACT franchise are unlikely to risk Pocock (calf) this week considering they have …

Veteran Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau’s loan stint with the NSW Waratahs is over, with his English club Leicester recalling him. Polota-Nau made two Super Rugby appearances off the bench in …

The Wallabies will play a a Test against Samoa in western Sydney in September to round off their Rugby World Cup match preparations. The match on September 7 will be …

The Crusaders are open to discussing a potential name change following mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch that killed 50 people. The Canterbury-based club adopted their name 23 years …

NSW Waratahs know they must tighten up their ball control or they will be made to pay dearly by the Super Rugby competition-leading Crusaders. In their six-point loss to the …

Melbourne’s stunning South African capitulation has kept the Brumbies and NSW Waratahs well in the hunt for Australian Super Rugby conference honours. The previously unbeaten Rebels had the opportunity to …

George Ford rescued England with an 84th-minute try to secure a 38-all draw with Scotland on Saturday after the Scots had come from 31-0 down to lead 38-31 in one …