“It’s not you, it’s me”, was how the conversation went between Wallabies coach Michael Cheika and backrower Scott Higginbotham. Only the pair weren’t breaking up, but making up with the …

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika wants skipper Stephen Moore to play on until the next Rugby World Cup, insisting his axing from the starting side for their Test against Fiji isn’t …

True to his word, British and Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland will give the final 11 players of his 41-man squad a starting role for Saturday’s clash with the Crusaders. …

Fiji will unleash 121kg wrecking ball Jale Vatubua as one of three debutants in their line-up to face the Wallabies on Saturday in Melbourne. The inside centre, likened to All …

All Blacks boss Steve Hansen is already toying, it seems, with British and Irish Lions counterpart Warren Gatland. Having fallen to the Blues 22-16 in Auckland on Wednesday, Gatland insisted …

Veteran Brumbies hooker Josh Mann-Rea has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the club until the end of the 2019 Super Rugby season. The late-blooming Mann-Rea …

Code-hopping Karmichael Hunt will make his long-awaited Wallabies debut along with Waratahs backrower Ned Hanigan with the pair named to start in Saturday’s Test against Fiji in Melbourne. Hunt was …

All Blacks hooker Dane Coles is a near certainty to miss the side’s first two Tests against the British and Irish Lions – and isn’t especially likely to play the …

A Crusaders starting team featuring eight All Blacks will set out to defend their perfect 2017 record when they host the British and Irish Lions. Coach Scott Robertson has named …

Charlie Ngatai and Nehe Milner-Skudder have been included in a Maori All Blacks squad to face the British and Irish Lions. Maori All Blacks coach Colin Cooper has named an …

Injured All Blacks hooker Dane Coles has been named alongside three Barrett brothers in Steve Hansen’s All Blacks squad for the three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions. Captain …

Blockbusting second five-eighth Ngani Laumape has bolted into the All Blacks squad for the three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions. Laumape and fellow-Hurricanes back Jordie Barrett are the …

Blockbusting second five-eighth Ngani Laumape has bolted into the All Blacks squad to for the three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions. Laumape and fellow-Hurricanes back Jordie Barrett are …

* For 0900 NZT release – leave for NZ to publish in AM The British and Irish Lions avowed themselves to a patient approach at the start of their 10-match …

Ask Wallabies bolter Lukhan Tui who his favourite footballer is and he reels off NSW Origin star Andrew Fifita, Storm enforcer Jesse Bromwich or winger Manu Vatuvei from his beloved …

If All Blacks boss Steve Hansen needed any last-minute reassurance of Rieko Ioane’s worth to his set-up, he got it on Wednesday night. With Hansen set to name his Test …

Not chaos rugby – Blues rugby. Blues skipper James Parsons has lauded his side for sticking to their traditional running-rugby style in Wednesday’s shock 22-16 win over the British and …

British and Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland insists the gulf in quality between New Zealand’s Super Rugby squads and the All Blacks isn’t all that large, despite his side going …