The 2018 Super Rugby season will test the concept that less is more, demonstrating whether a tournament pared back from 18 to 15 teams will become stronger to win back …
A LOOK AT THE 2018 SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION: * The season will run from February 17 to August 4 with a break for the June Test window * The competition, …
A leaner Super Rugby season with fewer, but likely more-competitive, fixtures starts on the weekend in what organisers, broadcasters and fans hope will be a slicker product. The competition has …
NSW Waratahs “barometer” Kurtley Beale is playing in Thursday’s rugby trial against Melbourne Rebels but the nation’s two most established halfbacks will be missing. Both teams will field eight Wallabies …
Last-minute signing Jono Lance looks set to get first crack at the Queensland No.10 jersey vacated by Quade Cooper after being named to start in the Reds’ final trial ahead …
Eddie Jones has criticised World Rugby for their “retrospective refereeing” of England’s Six Nations victory over Wales at Twickenham. The sport’s global governing body announced on Tuesday television match official …
Christian Lealiifano returns to start as captain and playmaker in a strongest-available Brumbies team for their final Super Rugby trial match against the Chiefs on Wednesday. Rehabbing from recent knee …
Players, coaches and sports administrators have paid tribute to Australian rugby great Sir Nicholas Shehadie, who died in Sydney on Sunday aged 92. The former Wallabies captain was credited as …
Winning a pre-season tournament is no pointer to Super Rugby success but Blues coach Tana Umaga is delighted at a couple of attributes highlighted in Brisbane. Umaga’s men scored a …
A relieved Greig Laidlaw has demanded improvements from Scotland despite seeing them come from behind to see off France in the Six Nations. It took a faultless display of kicking …
France’s dismal run has continued after they failed to win for the eighth consecutive time in a 32-26 defeat against Scotland in the Six Nations at Murrayfield. Scotland prevailed thanks …
Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle is willing to join forces with football to drive a redevelopment of the ageing Ballymore Stadium. The push is on for a new boutique …
The Melbourne Rebels can realise their massive Super Rugby potential and fill the empty stands at AAMI Park if they’re prepared to work hard enough, coach David Wessels says. Since …
England coach Eddie Jones has mounted an angry defence of his fullback Mike Brown. Brown was magnificent in treacherous conditions as Wales were edged 12-6 in a tense Six Nations …
Brad Thorn admits he’d have felt “embarrassed” if he was a Queensland Reds player after some of their limp performances in 2017. Thorn, who represented Australia and New Zealand in …
Australian teams are hopeful – but not quite confident – of improving their dismal Super Rugby form against New Zealand sides this season. All the building blocks are in place …
Wales coach Warren Gatland says a “terrible mistake” by the television match official cost his side the chance of an upset victory over England at Twickenham. England edged a gripping …
With freezing rain swirling across Twickenham and Wales staging a spirited second-half rally lesser teams might have buckled but England displayed an stubborn streak that had coach Eddie Jones purring. …
