The Wallabies have opened 2014 in sizzling style by thrashing an overwhelmed France 50-23 at Suncorp Stadium. Australia were ruthless on Saturday night in an attacking masterclass to pick up …
The Wallabies captaincy curse has reared its ugly head again with Stephen Moore lasting just five minutes in his first game as skipper. Moore is in grave doubt for the …
The Wallabies have opened 2014 in sizzling style by thrashing an overwhelmed France 50-23 at Suncorp Stadium. Australia were ruthless on Saturday night in an attacking masterclass to pick up …
Coach Steve Hansen has backed Aaron Cruden’s decision to opt for a late penalty tap that eventually led to the decisive try in the All Blacks’ 20-15 win against England. …
Stephen Moore has lasted just five minutes in his first game as Wallabies captain. Moore badly injured his left knee in the opening minute of play against France at Suncorp …
A scratchy All Blacks side have survived a scare to down England 20-15 in Auckland in the opening match of their three-Test rugby series. It took until three minutes from …
The Springboks will face a star-strewn World XV on Saturday in Cape Town, a side, which on paper at least, presents the injury depleted South Africans with a stern test. …
Uncapped back-row forward Robbie Diack will make his Ireland rugby debut against Argentina in Saturday’s first Test in Resistancia on Saturday. South Africa-born Diack, 28, fills in for the injured …
The Wallabies’ highest-profile casualty from their Dublin drinking capers, Adam Ashley-Cooper, admits Ewen McKenzie’s hard-line punishment needed to happen. Now stunned to be appointed vice-captain to play France, Ashley-Cooper was …
Skipper Richie McCaw wants the All Blacks to exit the blocks at speed in the opening match of the three-Test series against England and won’t use early season rust as …
New year, new captain, and the chance for a new platform and renewed confidence. The Wallabies kick off 2014 against an under-strength France at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday aiming to …
Wycliff Palu can only marvel at what sort of Test rugby records fellow milestone man James Slipper may break before his Wallabies career ends. In the same game 31-year-old Palu …
Matt Giteau will captain a World XV against South Africa on Saturday. The former Australia international will play at flyhalf and is joined in the world team by Toulon teammates …
Israel Folau is predicting the unpredictable on Saturday night from a France outfit he’s likened to himself. Twelve months since his two-try Wallabies debut against the British and Irish Lions, …
Mercurial French flyhalf Frederic Michalak is starting his first Test in a year, hasn’t played rugby in a month and is jet-lagged from a rushed trip to Brisbane. But Les …
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is confident Aaron Cruden is ready to do the job against England despite limited game time. Cruden has been handed the starting five eighth role …
Loose forward Jerome Kaino will make his return for the All Blacks after a break of two-and-a-half years when he runs out against England in Auckland on Saturday night. He …
Veteran second-rowers Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha will start alongside each other for the first time in three years in South Africa’s season-opening game against a World XV on Saturday. …
