Rugby Union News

NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson is backing his new-breed loose forwards to lift his side with their energy and cause havoc with their ball-running out wide. The Tahs already boast …

Exciting winger Tevita Li is among five players named to make their Highlanders debut in the season-opening Super Rugby match against the Chiefs. The 21-year-old, is on the home team’s …

It’s been a long, long time since Karmichael Hunt dominated a game of football. Eight years to be exact – not since his last season of NRL in 2009 has …

A hamstring injury means Nehe Milner-Skudder’s long wait to return to Super Rugby with the Hurricanes continues. All Blacks winger Milner-Skudder wasn’t among the 25 players who boarded a flight …

NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson will throw all his major scrummaging artillery at a Western Force side he expects will test his team in that area. Gibson opted for an …

NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson will throw all his major scrummaging artillery at a Western Force side he expects will test his team in that area. Gibson opted for an …

Queensland Reds lock Rob Simmons admits he has a point to prove after falling in and out of favour with Wallabies coach Michael Cheika last year. Dumped from the Reds’ …

Samoan international Tim Nanai-Williams has revealed he was close to linking with cousin Sonny Bill Williams at the Blues before deciding to return for another Super Rugby season at the …

Melbourne will have three debutants in their starting line-up but no star recruit Marika Koroibete as they open the Super Rugby season against a depleted Blues on Thursday night. Jackson …

A concussion concern over five-eighth Bernard Foley is the main fitness worry for NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson, as he prepares to thrust Super Rugby rookie Irae Simone into Saturday’s …

Queensland Reds lock Rob Simmons admits he has a point to prove after falling in and out of favour with Wallabies coach Michael Cheika last year. Dumped from the Reds’ …

The Melbourne Rebels are set to throw rookie Jack Maddocks into the Super Rugby cauldron in Thursday night’s season-opening clash with an under-strength Blues at AAMI Park. With their team …

Rather than being daunted by following in the footsteps of Canberra’s goal-kicking ace Jarrod Croker, Aidan Sezer is relishing his chance to kick the Raiders into gear this NRL season. …

French number eight Damien Chouly and centre Mathieu Bastareaud will miss France’s match against Ireland in the Six Nations. The French Rugby Federation said Chouly sprained an ankle in training …

Newly-elevated Reds leader Samu Kerevi has hailed Queensland’s culture the best he’s seen at the rebuilding Super Rugby club. Kerevi, just 23 and only in his fourth season of Super …

With his cancer in remission, Christian Lealiifano is back with the Brumbies full-time to mentor his teammates while he builds towards returning to rugby. Having recently passed 100 days since …

Joe Powell is set to take over at halfback for the Brumbies as new faces vie to fill the vacuum left by the departure of a slew of experienced players …

BREAKING DOWN SUPER RUGBY 2017 * The season will run from February 23 to August 5 with a break for the test window in June. * The New Zealand sides …