Rugby Union News

Nehe Milner-Skudder will make his long-awaited return to Super Rugby on Saturday when the Hurricanes play the Western Force in Perth. Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd made six changes to the …

Bernard Foley says the NSW Waratahs have been inspired rather than deflated by last week’s adverse Super Rugby results and want to finally unleash their full potential in Saturday’s must-win …

While there’s no easy path to the Wallabies, prop Toby Smith has done it tougher than most this season. The Melbourne Rebel only played his first Super Rugby game in …

Andrew Ready has learnt his lesson and is ready to make up for lost time after falling victim to his own hype, Queensland Reds coach Nick Stiles says. Tipped for …

Injury has denied Wallabies prop Ben Alexander from setting a new Brumbies caps record in Saturday’s Super Rugby home clash with the Melbourne Rebels in Canberra. Alexander was on course …

An ankle injury has ruled Wallabies halfback Nick Phipps out of the NSW Waratahs’ must-win Super Rugby match against the Chiefs. Jake Gordon, who scored two tries after replacing Phipps …

Tour captain Sam Warburton will lead the British and Irish Lions in their opening tour match against the New Zealand provincial Barbarians in Whangarei. Flanker Warburton forms part of an …

Australia’s under-20s have opened their World Rugby U20s Championship account in style with a hard-fought 24-17 win over Wales in Georgia. Wednesday’s game went down to the wire with Queensland …

Western Force fullback Dane Haylett-Petty admits he is a tad lucky to earn his latest Wallabies call-up but is keen to make the most of the opportunity. Haylett-Petty was named …

Barely six weeks ago, Scottish halfback and skipper Greig Laidlaw was looking ahead at a rugby-less northern summer. Yet fast forward to the present day – and 18,000 kilometres across …

All Blacks skipper Kieran Read continues to tick along nicely for an injury return in his side’s first British and Irish Lions Test. The 31-year-old Read has played just 128 …

British and Irish Lions skipper Sam Warburton believes their gruelling match schedule on Kiwi soil has its perks and might even work in their favour. Warburton, his 40 Lions teammates …

The misery has continued for lock Rob Simmons with the veteran dumped from Queensland’s Super Rugby starting side, less than 24 hours after missing Wallabies selection. Simmons, after playing 60 …

Karmichael Hunt will wear any number as long as it’s on the back of a gold Wallabies jersey after his selection in the Australian squad for the June Tests. After …

Uncapped Wallaby squad members Jack Dempsey and Ned Hanigan have declared themselves ready to rip into Test rugby while expressing thanks to those they have replaced. The two NSW Waratahs …

With the pain of last month’s upset loss to the Melbourne Rebels still fresh, the Brumbies can avenge the defeat and clinch the Australian Super Rugby conference in one fell …

British and Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland admits losing a mid-week game or two “isn’t the end of the world” as his Test selection focuses on claiming their second ever …

This time last year Joe Powell thought his inclusion in the Wallabies’ June Test squad was a joke, but now he’s just relieved. Such has been the emergence of the …