Kurtley Beale’s Wasps have lost 20-18 to Connacht in rugby’s European Champions Cup with Jack Carty converting Naulia Dawai’s injury-time try in Ireland. The Irish province’s Galway ground rocked to …
All Blacks winger Nehe Milner-Skudder plans to take part in the Hurricanes’ pre-season campaign, including an appearance at the Brisbane Global Tens tournament. Milner-Skudder has spent the past nine months …
Rory Arnold has shunned big-money interest from French glamour club Toulon to pledge his future to Australian rugby, signing a new three-year deal with the ACT Brumbies. The 208cm giant …
Queensland Reds star Karmichael Hunt reckons players would get behind a rugby union adaptation of State of Origin but warned those behind it not to simply copy the NRL showpiece. …
Queensland Reds recruit Lachlan Maranta has brushed off criticism from former Wallaby Greg Martin over his move from the NRL. Maranta, 24, was slammed as “the worst signing I have …
Rugby union’s world governing body announced new measures on Wednesday to protect players from head injuries. World Rugby said in a statement that from January 3 two new categories of …
Former Black Ferns great Farah Palmer has become the first woman to win inclusion on the board of New Zealand Rugby. The three-time World Cup-winning skipper was unanimously elected as …
England captain Dylan Hartley was banned for six weeks on Wednesday for striking an opponent playing for his club Northampton, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) said in a statement. The …
The Wallabies will take on England again in a Test next November at Twickenham. England beat the Wallabies four times this year, including a 3-0 Test series whitewash in Australia. …
New Zealand Rugby has boosted its fund of top-up retainer payments used to discourage their best players from heading overseas to pursue more lucrative contracts as part of a new …
The future of beleaguered Springbok coach Allister Coetzee will be revealed next month after he submitted a review of his team’s dismal 2016 season to South Africa Rugby’s Springbok Steering …
The struggling Springboks’ first Tests of 2017 will be a three-game home series against France in June. Beleaguered coach Allister Coetzee will hope it is the start of a revival …
A war of words has broken out between the Fijian Rugby Union and the coach who steered the Islanders to a first Olympic gold in the nation’s history. Ben Ryan, …
WALLABIES COACH’S REALITY CHEIKA After guiding the NSW Waratahs to a drought-breaking Super Rugby title in 2014, then steering Australia to the Rugby World Cup final in 2015, the honeymoon …
Kurtley Beale has produced a man-of-the-match performance in his return from a seven-month injury lay-off, helping Wasps to a European Champions Cup win on debut for the English rugby club. …
England have upset home favourite South Africa 19-17 in the final of Cape Town’s rugby sevens, with the hosts missing a last-second conversion to force extra time. Werner Kok scored …
Wallabies back rower Ben McCalman and hooker Heath Tessmann are the new co-captains of the Western Force after Matt Hodgson decided to stand down from the role. Hodgson announced in …
South Africa’s rugby union announced major changes to the structure of the game in the country on Friday, but resisted the immediate temptation to dismiss embattled coach Allister Coetzee. SA …
