New Zealand have identified Argentina’s locks as the key to their great season in the Rugby Championship with Scott Barrett saying stopping Tomas Lavanini and Guido Petti will be vital …
It rolls off the tongue nicely but there’s more to Allan Alaalatoa’s name than that. The Wallabies prop looks set to again team with childhood mate and fellow heavyweight Scott …
A rare win in New Zealand showed South Africa what they were capable of but halfback Faf De Klerk won’t be satisfied unless they produce the same precision against the …
Michael Cheika won’t be bullied into change as he attempts to revive the spluttering Wallabies before next year’s World Cup. Australia slipped to a record low of seventh in the …
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says he won’t manufacture an opening for Bernard Foley to return to the run-on side against South Africa on Saturday. Instead he will enjoy watching his …
TJ Perenara has called on the All Blacks to up their game against Argentina and claim a third successive Rugby Championship with a game to spare. The world champions are …
Recent regular match play has in-formJake Gordon confident he can handle the rigours of Test rugby, if he makes his Australia debut in the next two weeks. After a number …
Almost 60 years after his late grandfather and former Wallabies captain Nev “Notchy” Cottrell made his Test debut, late bloomer Angus Cottrell has the opportunity to break into international rugby. …
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has turned to Angus Cottrell to help combat a sudden shortage of backrowers for their Rugby Championship tour of South Africa and Argentina. Melbourne Rebels flanker …
The All Blacks will be without a rested captain Kieran Read for their Rugby Championship Test against Argentina next week in Buenos Aires. Coach Steve Hansen said the 32-year-old needed …
Star winger Rieko Ioane has committed to the All Blacks for four more years in a significant win for New Zealand Rugby. The 21-year-old, who has scored 18 tries from …
Danny Cipriani has been dropped from England’s 36-man squad for its training camp ahead of the November rugby union Tests, a month after being arrested following an incident at a …
South Africa will be without fullback Willie le Roux and loose-forward Francois Louw for the Rugby Championship clash with Australia in Port Elizabeth on September 29 after the pair were …
Superstar fullback Israel Folau has won the Matthew Burke Cup, the NSW Waratahs players’ players award. The Wallabies back polled 99 votes, to finish ahead of captain and openside flanker …
Nine years after the bold decision to take their showpiece tournament out of the sport’s traditional heartlands for the first time, World Rugby are confident Japan will vindicate the gamble …
Wallaby Samu Kerevi has spurned reported interest from the Brumbies to remain with the Queensland Reds for next Super Rugby season. Kerevi has penned a one-year deal with the Reds, …
The Sunwolves will have a fourth head coach in four seasons of Super Rugby after Jamie Joseph announced he’ll stand aside in 2019. Japan national coach Joseph will instead concentrate …
With just a year to go before the 2019 Rugby World Cup kicks off, Japan coach Jamie Joseph says his side have freed themselves from their fear of failure and …
