Rugby Union News

Sonny Bill Williams will replace a bank’s logo on his Blues jersey with an advertisement for a children’s support service for the rest of the Super Rugby season. Williams taped …

The New Zealand Rugby Union has agreed to allow Sonny Bill Williams to continue covering up the logo of a major bank sponsor of his Super Rugby side the Blues. …

Wales flanker Sam Warburton, one of the favourites to be captain for the British and Irish Lions’ tour to New Zealand, has been ruled out for about six weeks because …

Alan Jones has unloaded on the ARU board – but without offering up any great solutions to Australian rugby’s state of turmoil. The former Wallabies coach used ARU chairman Cameron …

Quade Cooper’s return can’t come soon enough for the Queensland Reds and he owes them some strong performances. Wallabies playmaker Cooper is set to make his comeback from a three-match …

All Blacks skipper Kieran Read will make his first appearance of the Super Rugby season when the Crusaders tackle the Sunwolves in Christchurch on Friday. Read will wear the No.8 …

The future of Australian rugby may be up in the air but Karmichael Hunt is certain his lies with the Queensland Reds. At 30, Hunt aims to earn a contract …

Wallabies centre Matt Toomua is unlikely to play for English club Leicester this season, according to coach Matt O’Connor. Toomua underwent knee surgery after damaging ligaments during a European Champions …

Drawing the Super Rugby saga out further has continued the “enormous stress” placed on Melbourne Rebels and Western Force players, according to RUPA chief executive Ross Xenos. The players’ union …

The SANZAAR saga is set to drag on through Easter – and possibly beyond – after the ARU offered the Melbourne Rebels and Western Force more time to state their …

Off-contract Brumbies duo Aidan Toua and Jarrad Butler want to re-sign with the club as Super Rugby’s player market heats up following the ARU’s decision to axe an Australian Super …

With their Super Rugby future hanging in the balance, the Melbourne Rebels are torn between wanting to hear the right answer and just wanting to know one way or the …

Brumbies back-rower Jarrad Butler is expecting the under-threat Melbourne Rebels to be desperate to prove a point in Saturday’s Super Rugby showdown. The ARU on Tuesday revised its initial timeline …

The ARU has offered the Melbourne Rebels and Western Force more time to state their case for Super Rugby survival beyond 2017. ARU chairman Cameron Clyne says the governing body’s …

The Japan Rugby Football Union has welcomed the Sunwolves’ switch to Super Rugby’s Australian conference next season, saying the club will benefit from shorter flights and less disruptive changes in …

Stephen Larkham says the Brumbies will resume their search for his coaching successor now that the ARU has finally confirmed the franchise’s Super Rugby survival. While always quietly confident the …

RugbyWA says it has issued legal proceedings against the Australian Rugby Union as the axe hovers over the embattled Western Force Super franchise. After what it described as an “unsatisfactory …

ARU chairman Cameron Clyne says it would be dangerously irresponsible for Australian rugby chiefs to try to bully their New Zealand counterparts into agreeing to a trans-Tasman competition. While explaining …