Rugby Union News

Australia’s ailing Super Rugby fortunes are best summed up by one out of many damning statistics. No, it’s not the horrendous 0-25 record of all the Aussie sides against their …

The much maligned format for the Super Rugby finals series is coming in for more criticism, especially from New Zealanders, now that the protagonists have been settled. The Brumbies will …

Western Force may just have amassed the on and off-field ammunition to survive the Super Rugby cull ahead of the Melbourne Rebels. With both teams having completed their 2017 season, …

In a Super Rugby season dominated by New Zealand teams, it is South Africa’s Lions who have emerged as the side to beat. Last year’s beaten finalists emerged on top …

Winger Seabelo Senatla scored a last-minute try to give the Stormers a 41-33 away win over their long-standing rivals the Bulls in a classic Super Rugby clash in Pretoria. It …

The statistics are damning, but the Brumbies insist Australia’s diabolical trans-Tasman Super Rugby record is irrelevant ahead of their quarter-final against the Hurricanes. Kiwi sides won all 25 regular season …

The Lions beat the Sharks 27-10 at King’s Park on Saturday to secure top place in the Super Rugby standings and secure home advantage if they reach next month’s final. …

If the Australian Rugby Union want to kill the Western Force, they are going to have to defeat the riches of mining magnate Andrew Forrest first. The Force’s bid for …

Besieged Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson insists he’s the right man to turn around NSW’s flagging Super Rugby fortunes despite overseeing one of the worst campaigns in the franchise’s history. The …

The Western Force’s bid for Super Rugby survival has received a massive boost, with billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest pledging he will do whatever he can to ensure the Perth-based …

The Western Force bid farewell to retiring flanker Matt Hodgson in grand style, thumping the NSW Waratahs 40-11 in Saturday night’s Super Rugby clash in Perth. The Force ran in …

Alan Jones will return to rugby union coaching after a 30-year absence to lead the Barbarians against the Wallabies later in the year. Jones, who coached the Wallabies to the …

Japan’s Sunwolves have left their best until last, crush the three-time Super Rugby champion Auckland Blues 48-21 in their final match of the season. Timothy Lafaele scored a hat-trick of …

The Chiefs have overcome a second-string Brumbies outfit 28-10, but could face a much stiffer test if the two sides meet again in next week’s Super Rugby quarter-final. The Australian …

The Blues have melted in the Tokyo heat, going down 48-21 to an unfancied Sunwolves outfit in their Super Rugby dead rubber in Japan. In temperatures reaching 42 degrees in …

Departing coach Tony McGahan says he’ll leave it to others to mark his time at the Melbourne Rebels but his skipper Nic Stirzaker is certain of his positive influence. The …

Rebuilding the Reds will not involve a frenzied dash for players cut from either the Western Force or Melbourne Rebels. With the axe set to fall on one of Australia’s …

Retiring Western Force captain Matt Hodgson has been acclaimed by NSW Waratahs counterpart Michael Hooper, as they prepare to butt heads at the breakdown for the last time. Hodgson, will …