Twelve Australians have been selected in the Barbarians team to give Samoa a Rugby World Cup warm up match in London on Saturday. Having missed the cut for Australia’s World …
Veteran All Blacks hooker Keven Mealamu will hang up his boots at the end of the year. The 36-year-old, who played his 126th Test in the Bledisloe Cup defeat of …
The Barbarians have included four World Cup winners in a squad for Saturday’s clash with Samoa, in what will be the first rugby match staged at London’s Olympic Stadium. New …
Sam Burgess will find out if his decision to change codes so he can play in the rugby union World Cup has been a success when coach Stuart Lancaster names …
Wallabies workhorse Scott Fardy concedes he doesn’t have the glamour factor of fellow flankers David Pocock and Michael Hooper, but he’s happy to stay under the radar and keep his …
Former Australian sevens coach Michael O’Connor says coaches will be “knocking the door down” to take the team to the Rio Olympics following Geraint John’s shock resignation on Monday. John, …
The Australian Rugby Union is on the hunt for a new sevens head coach after the shock resignation of Geraint John. John, who had served as the ARU’s sevens director …
Feeling as fit as ever, Wallabies backline ace Kurtley Beale has unfinished business to tend to at next month’s Rugby World Cup. After starting the last World Cup in career-best …
Bernard Foley admits Australia’s under-performing halves and goalkickers must step up for the Wallabies to have any hope of winning a third Rugby World Cup. A relieved Foley and the …
Towering Wallabies lock Will Skelton is working overtime to improve his lineout jumping ahead of next month’s Rugby World Cup. The big-hitting Skelton knows the set-piece, as ever, will be …
Billy Vunipola has resisted his Tongan heritage by slimming down on a jelly baby-free diet of salad and vegetables in the hope of becoming an omnipresent member of England’s back …
European champions Toulon slumped to a 27-22 home defeat to Racing-Metro on Friday with their former All Blacks back-row forward Chris Masoe scoring the winning try in the Top 14 …
The elder statesman of Fijian rugby, Seremaia Bai, is the notable omission after Fiji coach John McKee named his 31-man squad for the Rugby World Cup. Fiji are in the …
He could well be the biggest selection gamble in the Wallabies squad, but Kane Douglas couldn’t care less and is ready to repay the enormous faith shown in him by …
A bemused Michael Cheika has defended his decision to persist with mercurial playmaker Quade Cooper at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Cheika’s gamble to pick the polarising No.10 in last …
Four years after being controversially overlooked, Matt Giteau can hardly believe he’s been recalled for a third Rugby World Cup appearance. Giteau’s selection in Australia’s 31-man squad on Friday was …
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika admits he’s rolling the dice by taking only two specialist halves and hookers to Britain for next month’s Rugby World Cup. Lock James Horwill, Australia’s captain …
Will Genia admits he’s embarrassed to have earned a Rugby World Cup spot ahead of fallen halfback Nic White. But now that he’s made Australia’s 31-man squad and restored to …
