England coach Stuart Lancaster has dropped five players from his initial 50-man pre-tournament World Cup squad, the Rugby Football Union announced on Friday. The remaining 45 players will head to …
There’s a good chance Australia could send a rugby union team to play a Pacific test in the future, Australian rugby union boss Bill Pulver says. However, a match could …
Coach Michael Cheika claims Wycliff Palu’s omission from the Australian squad for their opening Rugby Championship match against South Africa is a double-edged victory for the Wallabies. The powerful back-rower, …
Skyscraper second-rower Rory Arnold and fellow lock Dean Mumm have kept their prospects of making the Wallabies World Cup party alive by making the squad for their opening Rugby Championship …
Chiefs assistant coach and Samoa technical adviser Andrew Strawbridge has arrived home from Samoa and remains in a critical condition. Strawbridge was admitted to Motootua National Hospital in Samoa on …
Wycliff Palu and Christian Leali’ifano are the two high-profile omissions from the 31-man Wallabies squad announced on Friday ahead of the Rugby Championship opener. The other seven players left out …
The Wallabies will get a look at the future of South African rugby this weekend when exciting Bulls fullback Jesse Kriel shifts to outside centre against the World XV in …
Dublin-based Wallabies forward Kane Douglas, a potential key World Cup inclusion, is desperate to break his Irish club contract to return home for family reasons. Douglas says he has spoken …
Auckland has snared two of the three Tests the British and Irish Lions will play during their 10-match tour in 2017. The Test series starts in Auckland on June 24, …
Three Australians have been selected in the World XV starting line-up to play South Africa in a Cape Town exhibition match to kick off the Springboks’ season ahead of the …
South African No.8 Warren Whiteley will make his first start for the Springboks against a World XV in Cape Town this weekend ahead of their Rugby Championship opener against the …
With Wallabies coach Michael Chieka preparing to swing the selection axe, his players remain in the dark as to who among them faces the chopping block. Cheika will cull a …
The All Blacks will prepare for one of the great adjustments in Test rugby with words of warning ringing in their ears from Steve Hansen. The coach was unimpressed with …
Matt Giteau is by far the Wallabies’ best option to play five-eighth at the Rugby Championship and World Cup. That’s the opinion of the Wallabies’ 1991 World Cup-winning coach Bob …
Jean de Villiers has made a quicker-than-expected recovery from a serious left knee injury to be picked on the bench for the Springboks’ opening game of the season, giving the …
Will Genia’s Wallabies and Queensland Reds teammate James Slipper has welcomed talk of the star No.9 backflipping on a deal to play in France. Fairfax Media reported the 58-Test halfback …
Samoa believe they are on the verge of dining at world rugby’s top table after nearly claiming the All Blacks’ scalp in Apia. Disappointment mixed with delight in the home …
The All Blacks have survived a Pacific-sized scare to beat Samoa 25-16 in their historic Test in Apia. New Zealand’s first Test visit to Pacific island soil nearly threatened to …
