Rugby Union News

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has effectively declared war on the Australian Rugby Union (ARU), vowing to launch a rebel competition to ensure the Western Force avoid extinction. The Force’s participation …

The Australian Rugby Union claim they would have become insolvent by late 2019 if they tried to retain all five Australian Super Rugby franchises. On Tuesday, the ARU finally released …

Australian Rugby Union chairman Cameron Clyne has declined to express an opinion on billionaire Andrew Forrest’s touted plan for a rebel competition. But a “frustrated” Clyne questioned why RugbyWA didn’t …

KEY DATES AND EVENTS IN THE DECISION TO CULL THE FORCE FROM SUPER RUGBY: April 9 – SANZAAR confirms one Australian and two South African teams will be cut from …

Western Force veteran Matt Hodgson is as tough as they get but even he couldn’t hold back the tears as he mourned the death of his beloved rugby team. Hodgson …

Former Western Force star Cameron Shepherd says he’s embarrassed to be a Wallaby as anger swells at the Super Rugby club’s axing by the Australian Rugby Union. The Force lost …

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to launch a rebel rugby competition after the Western Force lost their Supreme Court appeal to stay in Super Rugby. The Force’s future in …

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to launch a rebel rugby competition after the Western Force lost their Supreme Court appeal to stay in Super Rugby. The Force’s future in …

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to continue the Western Force’s fight with the Australian Rugby Union after losing an appeal to remain in the Super Rugby competition. Forrest said …

The Western Force have lost an appeal to remain in the Super Rugby competition. RugbyWA had challenged an arbitrator’s decision to back the Australian Rugby Union’s move to drop the …

Western Force have lost an appeal to remain in the Super Rugby competition. RugbyWA had challenged an arbitrator’s decision to back the Australian Rugby Union’s move to drop the Force …

Judgment day has arrived for the Western Force, but don’t expect the long-running saga to end just yet. The Force will find out their fate at 10am AEST on Tuesday …

The Western Force will learn the outcome of the NSW Supreme Court appeal against their axing on Tuesday. RugbyWA appealed against the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) decision to cut the …

South Africa coach Allister Coetzee has lavished praise on Kurtley Beale, but says his team can’t afford to focus on the star Wallaby in Saturday night’s rugby Test in Perth. …

All Blacks prop Owen Franks will undergo achilles surgery, ruling him out of rugby for the rest of the year. In an extensive injury update ahead of Saturday’s Rugby Championship …

Wallabies prop Pek Cowan says he will probably make the heartbreaking decision to continue his rugby career overseas if the Western Force are axed. The Force’s future hangs in the …

NSW Waratahs captain Michael Hooper has won his team’s Super Rugby players’ player award for the fifth year in a row. Hooper claimed the Matthew Burke Cup again after being …

Wallabies hooker Stephen Moore will miss next week’s Test against South Africa in Perth to remain at home in Brisbane for the birth of his third child. Moore, who stepped …