Rugby Union News

Four Wallabies will return for the Melbourne Rebels when they face the Sunwolves in Super Rugby on Friday night but Will Genia remains sidelined with a knee injury. Dane Haylett-Petty, …

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika insists Israel Folau’s views on homosexuality won’t be a distraction during the Test series against Ireland next month. Folau posted on social media earlier this year …

Lewis Holland will return to captain the Australian rugby sevens team at next month’s London leg of the world series. Playmaker Holland has been unavailable since he injured his hamstring …

Rookie Queensland Reds coach Brad Thorn wants to introduce a State of Origin attitude to his Super Rugby team, which explains the absence of Quade Cooper. That’s the assessment of …

Injuries and a club-versus-country clash will work against France, whose squad to face the All Blacks in June has been unveiled. Coach Jacques Brunel has been forced to omit a …

The trans-Tasman hoodoo is over but playmaker Bernard Foley is interested in bigger things, declaring the NSW Waratahs can push for another unlikely Super Rugby title. The Waratahs’ 41-12 dispatch …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has concerns about his squad’s discipline ahead of next month’s Tests against France, saying suspended props Joe Moody and Owen Franks need to give themselves …

Highlanders winger Tevita Nabura has obtained a postponement of his Super Rugby foul play hearing for his flying kick to NSW Waratahs winger Cameron Clark’s face. Facing a likely long …

Semi Radradra’s rugby union career continues to soar with the former NRL superstar being selected for the Barbarians against England. Radradra is one of four Toulon players picked as part …

The Wallabies have suffered another blow, with Brumbies lock Rory Arnold ruled out of Australia’s first Test of the year against Ireland next month due to suspension. Arnold copped a …

The Crusaders have had a second All Blacks prop suspended in as many weeks, with Owen Franks outed for two Super Rugby matches for striking. SANZAAR’s foul play review committee …

Highlanders coach Aaron Mauger has declared the 2018 Super Rugby title race wide open after watching his side become the first New Zealand team in two years to fall to …

Five-eighth Nicolas Sanchez steered the Jaguares to a fifth consecutive victory as the Argentine team matched their record for wins in a Super Rugby season with a crushing 54-24 triumph …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has ushered a changing of the guard at loose forward in announcing his squad to face France in June. Uncapped pair Shannon Frizell and Jordan …

The Brumbies will be almost certainly without Rory Arnold for the rest of their South African tour after the Wallabies lock was given a red card for a high tackle …

Former Wallabies Nic White and Lachie Turner’s Exeter will face Will Skelton’s Saracens in the English Premiership final after cruising to victory against Newcastle. The Falcons’ Premiership play-off debut proved …

The NSW Waratahs are brimming with belief after rebounding from a record-setting collapse with a hoodoo-busting 41-12 Super Rugby triumph over the Highlanders. The six-tries-to-two rout snapped a streak of …

Owen Farrell has kicked 27 points as Saracens swatted aside Wasps 57-33 in an enthralling English Premiership semi-final to book their place at Twickenham. The England five-eighth set his team …