Rugby Union News

Former Canterbury NRL chief executive Raelene Castle has been confirmed as Rugby Australia’s new boss in another piece of sports administration history. The New Zealander was announced as Bill Pulver’s …

Former Canterbury NRL chief executive Raelene Castle is poised to take over as Rugby Australia’s new boss and make another piece of sports administration history. New Zealander Castle will be …

Looking outside its traditional nurseries has enabled Australian rugby to claw itself up from near the bottom of the school spots participation charts. In a tumultuous year on and off …

Former Canterbury NRL chief executive Raelene Castle is reportedly to take over as Rugby Australia’s new boss and make another piece of sports administration history. A number of media outlets …

Former Wallabies captain Andrew Slack says it’s too soon to write Quade Cooper off and believes the enigmatic playmaker remains capable of playing Test rugby again. New Queensland coach Brad …

Star back-rower Jack Dempsey is targeting the NSW Waratahs’ nostalgic return to the SCG next season as his own comeback date following five months out with a hamstring injury. Man …

Australia have failed to qualify for the world rugby sevens series quarter-finals in South Africa after pool losses to the Unites States and New Zealand. After a first-up 36-12 victory …

A Western Force team could be back in action by as early as April after RugbyWA was handed back the franchise’s licence and intellectual property. RugbyWA came out of voluntary …

RugbyWA is out of voluntary administration after Rugby Australia waived a legal debt of more than $1 million. RA spent about $1.7 million in legal costs after RugbyWA challenged the …

Matthew Hood will start for Australia’s men’s sevens side while Jeral Skelton is set for his world series debut in Cape Town’s second round. Skelton comes onto the bench for …

NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson has challenged his charges to make a fresh start after farewelling a horror 2017 and welcoming the Super Rugby franchise’s bold move into suburban Sydney. …

Andrew Forrest’s hopes of launching the Indo Pacific Rugby Championship in 2019 have hit a roadblock, with Rugby Australia still refusing to give the competition its permanent endorsement. Forrest’s team, …

Probably the most complicated rule book in world sport has just got a good deal clearer, 42 per cent clearer to be exact, as World Rugby announced on Wednesday that …

Quade Cooper is too good a player for Australian rugby to lose, according to Wallabies star Kurtley Beale. But Cooper’s Queensland Reds teammate James Slipper expects the exiled playmaker will …

The NSW Waratahs are training the house down and aiming high as they strive to bounce back from their worst season in a decade by winning the 2018 Super Rugby …

The Brumbies have set themselves a goal of conceding under 20 points a game and becoming the best defensive unit in Super Rugby. Under new head coach Dan McKellar, the …

Queensland and Wallabies great Tim Horan has warned the decision to dump Quade Cooper could backfire if the next crop of Reds playmakers struggle to cope immediately with the rigours …

Warren Gatland is happy for Wales to go into the Six Nations under the radar. Wales are not mentioned in the same breath by pundits as England, Ireland and Scotland, …