Rugby Union News

Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has urged his former employers to be strong in their negotiations over the future of Super Rugby and says New Zealand Rugby owed trans-Tasman …

The Western Force say their strong Super Rugby AU performance against the Waratahs wasn’t about proving a point. Playing their first match since being exiled from the original Super Rugby …

NSW Waratahs coach Rob Penney says it’s unfair to compare his team’s Super Rugby AU match against the Western Force with the enthralling Super Rugby Aotearoa showdown also played on …

NSW Waratahs coach Rob Penney says it’s unfair to compare his team’s Super Rugby AU match against the Western Force with the enthralling Super Rugby Aotearoa showdown also played on …

The Western Force have shown they aren’t in Super Rugby AU to make up the numbers after giving the NSW Waratahs a scare in their first outing at the SCG. …

The Crusaders saw off an intense challenge from the Blues in a furious final quarter to complete a 26-15 victory in their Super Rugby Aotearoa clash in Christchurch on Saturday. …

A group of former All Blacks, including two-time World Cup winner Jerome Kaino, are behind a bid to establish the first professional rugby union team in Hawaii, a move they …

English rugby’s Premiership will return to action on August 14 with the remaining nine matches of the season to be crammed into a six-week window. After the completion of the …

The Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels have played out an 18-18 draw in professional rugby’s historic first golden-point extra-time finish. A last-minute try to Reds replacement Alex Mafi, followed by …

Getting a win is the only motivation the NSW Waratahs will be using to counter the emotion of a Western Force side making their return to top flight rugby on …

Western Force’s last Super Rugby game read like a movie script, and the franchise is hoping the sequel will be even grander. On July 15, 2017, the Force defeated NSW …

Pressure is escalating from both sides of the Tasman for New Zealand Rugby to agree to a full contingent of Australian teams in any post-Super Rugby franchise competition from next …

NSW Waratahs coach Rob Penney has labelled Saturday’s Super Rugby AU clash with a Justin Langer fired-up Western Force as a potential massive banana skin for his side. It’s likely …

NSW Waratahs coach Rob Penney has fired a warning shot at New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to weigh the importance of trans-Tasman relations when considering a new competition to replace Super …

Western Force coach Tim Sampson expects his team will be in the thick of the action at the “pointy end” of Super Rugby AU, and he doesn’t mind their underdog …

New Zealand Rugby insists it has made no decision about its preference for a trans-Tasman competition to replace Super Rugby next year and hasn’t been pressured by Australian interests. NZR …

Almost three years to the day since their last Super Rugby match, the Force make their return to top tier club rugby. In that match they defeated the Waratahs 40-11 …

You could feel the relief across Suncorp Stadium on Friday night as the Reds ended a painful losing streak against the Waratahs. Now they turn their attention to getting off …