Rugby Union News

Australia must defy history at home and abroad if they’re to secure one of the four automatic spots for the inaugural Olympic Games rugby sevens tournament in 2016. The 2014-15 …

Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has denied he shares an intimate relationship with team business manager Di Patston and doesn’t believe his position in charge of the Australian side has been …

Uncapped Counties Manukau halfback Augustine Pulu has been called into the All Blacks squad for the third Bledisloe Cup Test in Brisbane. Pulu, 24, is the third halfback in the …

Kurtley Beale’s short-term Wallabies future is in serious jeopardy after the ARU launched a fresh investigation into the troubled star allegedly distributing offensive text messages concerning a team staff member. …

Kurtley Beale will be left out of the Wallabies squad to play the All Blacks due to the Australian Rugby Union launching another investigation involving the star back. Already under …

Sonny Bill Williams got 20 minutes off the bench for Counties Manukau on his return to rugby. Whether his next step is a starting spot against national provincial championship high-flyers …

All Blacks veteran Dan Carter has been scrubbed from contention for the third Bledisloe Cup Test in Brisbane due to ongoing injury issues. Coach Steve Hansen wants five-eighth great Carter …

All Blacks veteran Dan Carter’s chances of playing against Australia next week have dive-bombed following more injury problems. Carter, 32, is ruled out of Sunday’s NPC game for Canterbury against …

Sonny Bill Williams says there is plenty of work to do, but he’s pleased with the start he made in his return to rugby union. Williams came on in the …

The Australian Rugby Union has been criticised for not dealing with the Kurtley Beale mid-air drama quickly enough as their integrity unit started their investigations on Wednesday. Former Wallabies back …

Australia’s Rugby Sevens coach Geraint John won’t consider luring the nation’s top players to his team until after next year’s Rugby World Cup. Australia begins its quest to qualify for …

A family link has helped deliver Queensland a Super Rugby recruit who looms as more influential than James O’Connor and Karmichael Hunt – former All Blacks flanker Adam Thomson. Thomson, …

The Queensland Reds have secured an important boost to their forward pack by signing former All Blacks back-rower Adam Thomson for the 2015 Super Rugby season. Capped 29 times for …

Under-pressure Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie may be forced to name his squad for next week’s Bledisloe Cup match before an ARU investigation into Kurtley Beale is completed. Troubled star Beale …

He was shunted out when the ‘three amigos’ were Robbie Deans’ new best mates but Matt Giteau’s French renaissance has shown the former poster-boy’s enduring powers. Giteau has been named …

Former Wallaby star Matt Giteau has been named the player of the year in French rugby for the 2013/14 Top 14 season. And Australia’s 2003 World Cup tormentor Jonny Wilkinson …

The Sydney Stars are still winless after seven rounds of the National Rugby Championship after going down late to the NSW Country Eagles at Leichhardt Oval on Monday. The Eagles …

The welcome mat has been thrown out to code-hoppers by Australian Rugby Sevens coach Geraint John just days before the start of their opening Rio Olympic qualifying tournament. John said …