The Brumbies have opened their 2016 Super Rugby campaign with a 52-10 bonus-point demolition of last year’s finalists the Hurricanes in Canberra. The ACT outfit’s big names stepped up on …
The Blues have given new coach Tana Umaga a winning start to Super Rugby, downing the defending champion Highlanders 33-31 in a pulsating season opener in Auckland. After a freewheeling …
The Queensland Reds are trying their darndest to balance a healthy optimism about their future with the overwhelming likelihood they will be Super Rugby cannon fodder this year. But even …
New NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson is wary of an unheralded Queensland Reds side, as he prepares to unleash his new look team in the first Super Rugby match of …
They’re not going to be as fast as a speeding bullet, but Western Force coach Michael Foley hopes his team’s new up-tempo style will eventually lead to Super Rugby glory. …
Look for improved set-piece defence from the Crusaders when they host the Chiefs in Christchurch in Super Rugby’s opening round. Plugging the holes has been a major focus for the …
Western Force coach Michael Foley hopes his team’s new attacking mindset will eventually lead to a Super Rugby title. The Force finished last in 2015, but Foley has since overhauled …
Eddie Jones is determined to shield rising England star Maro Itoje from the spotlight after seeing Courtney Lawes struggle to maintain the standards he set earlier in his career. Itoje, …
Quade Cooper has been named in Australia’s rugby Sevens squad for the next leg of the world series in Las Vegas next month. Cooper was confirmed in the 12-man squad …
Wing Tim Visser will return for Scotland in Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Italy in Rome after recovering from a hamstring injury that ruled him out of the defeats by …
England boss Eddie Jones has heightened tensions with Ireland by claiming Johnny Sexton’s parents will be worried about his long-term health. Jones claimed Ireland fly-half Sexton’s parents must harbour concerns …
Lock Maro Itoje will make his first England start on Saturday after being named in the side to play Ireland in the Six Nations at Twickenham. Itoje, 21, impressing off …
The defending champion Highlanders will again rely on a pack, short on big names, something new co-captain Shane Christie sees as a strength. Christie says it’s no different from last …
It’s been cleaned and polished, and now the Brumbies are ready to show off their attacking game in Friday night’s Super Rugby season-opener against the Hurricanes in Canberra. Coach Stephen …
NSW Waratahs fans might be asking Jed who? But new Waratahs No.8 Jed Holloway says he’s ready to add pace and “X-factor” to the back row – and he has …
Richard Graham has lost one of his biggest backers at Ballymore with Queensland Rugby Union chairman Rod McCall officially stepping down from the role with immediate effect. The Super Rugby …
Queensland Reds coach Richard Graham says a trip to face the NSW Waratahs without star flanker Liam Gill will be a perfect test of the new-look Super Rugby side’s resilience. …
Saracens back-rower Maro Itoje looks set to make his first England start after Joe Launchbury was ruled out of this weekend’s Six Nations rugby match against Ireland. Launchbury had pulled …
