Rugby Union News

New Zealand skipper Kieran Read has applauded Australia’s Indigenous jersey initiative, predicting it will give them an extra reason to perform in Saturday’s third Bledisloe Cup Test. The Wallabies will …

Former World Cup-winning Wallabies halfback Nick Farr-Jones has questioned whether Australia have the belief to end their drought against the All Blacks in Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup dead rubber in Brisbane. …

George Smith has taken out the Stan Pilecki Medal as the Queensland Reds’ best player in 2017. The 37-year-old made a seamless return to Super Rugby after a three-year absence …

Australia vs New Zealand — Bledisloe Cup III Saturday 21 October, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, 8pm AEDT (7pm local) * HEAD TO HEAD This will be the 140th Test match …

The Wallabies are ready to prove just how far they’ve come since their first-up Bledisloe Cup shellacking in Sydney, captain Michael Hooper says. Saturday night’s clash in Brisbane is Australia’s …

Being an All Black meant everything to Otago Highlanders five-eighth Lima Sopoaga. Then he found out he was going to be a dad. Sopoaga couldn’t find the words to express …

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika knows simply wearing a special jersey isn’t going to magically increase Indigenous representation in rugby union overnight. But he is confident the gesture – together with …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has made no apologies for sending Beauden Barrett home ahead of Saturday night’s Bledisloe Test in Brisbane despite the classy five-eighth training and passing concussion …

Stephen Moore wouldn’t do it in a million years, so his teammates and coaches have blown his trumpet for him as the “selfless” former Wallabies skipper prepares for his final …

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has surprisingly left Karmichael Hunt out of his squad for Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup Test in Brisbane. Hunt is fit and available after recovering from an ankle …

Brad Thorn’s Bledisloe Cup allegiances have shifted, with the All Blacks great declaring his support for the Wallabies in Saturday’s Test at Suncorp Stadium. Thorn played 59 Tests for New …

Queensland Reds have bolstered their outside back stocks with the signing of the National Rugby Championship’s leading tryscorer Filipo Daugunu. Daugunu is a former Fijian soccer youth international who has …

Star All Blacks five-eighth Beauden Barrett will sit out Saturday’s third Bledisloe Cup clash against Australia due to concussion issues, opening the door for Lima Sopoaga to make just his …

Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw will miss the autumn internationals series, including a Test against Australia, because of a broken fibula, his French club Clermont Auvergne said on Wednesday. The scrumhalf …

All Blacks flyhalf Lima Sopoaga has been recalled to the Test side for the first time in over two years as a replacement for Beauden Barrett, who was ruled out …

Izack Rodda’s season-ending shoulder surgery and Karmichael Hunt’s return from injury will force Wallabies coach Michael Cheika into at least two changes for Saturday night’s third Bledisloe Cup Test. The …

The Wallabies will host world No.4-ranked Ireland next June in a three-Test series, the Australian Rugby Union has confirmed. The matches will take place at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium (June 9), …

Former Wallabies winger Digby Ioane has brought his Crusaders stint to a close after just one Super Rugby season in Canterbury. Ioane joined the Crusaders at the start of 2017 …