Rugby Union News

Super Rugby’s feel-good story of 2014, the Western Force, have shown they’re the real deal – now they can prove they’re genuine title contenders. Their dramatic 32-29 comeback win over …

Has the Queensland Reds’ slide begun? So it seems after their gut-wrenching 32-29 Super Rugby loss to the Western Force at their own Suncorp Stadium fortress. The defeat to a …

NSW Waratahs sensation Kurtley Beale might have had Israel Folau’s “big shoes to fill” at fullback, but that didn’t hinder him from helping boot his side to a gritty 22-11 …

The Chiefs conducted their second South African Super Rugby escape act in the space of a week to draw 43-43 with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. In a game baring remarkable …

Munster outplayed four-time champions Toulouse to reach the European Cup semi-finals on Saturday but Ulster slumped to a controversial defeat to Saracens after being reduced to 14 men inside four …

The NSW Waratahs ground down the Stormers 22-11 in Cape Town to finish their South African tour on a high with their first away win of the Super Rugby season. …

A post-siren try by right-wing Tim Nanai-Williams enabled Waikato Chiefs to snatch a 43-43 draw at Central Cheetahs in a Super Rugby thriller on Saturday. Fly-half Aaron Cruden converted from …

The Western Force recorded a club-record winning streak thanks to a sensational late Jayden Hayward try that sunk Queensland 32-29 in a Super Rugby thriller on Saturday night. Kiwi-born fullback …

A couple of late Beauden Barrett penalties has helped the Hurricanes repel a valiant Bulls fightback and secure a hard-fought 25-20 Super Rugby win in Napier. Despite having to overcome …

Brumbies director of rugby Laurie Fisher is confident hardman centre Pat McCabe is tracking for a Wallabies recall if he maintains his rampaging form. McCabe speedbumped young Auckland Blues five-eighth …

The Melbourne Rebels are filthy at themselves after letting another golden opportunity to crack their first overseas Super Rugby victory slip by. For the third time in as many games …

A barnstorming double from comeback king Pat McCabe has helped lift the Brumbies to a 26-9 Super Rugby win over the Auckland Blues in Canberra. Man-of-the-match McCabe was superb for …

The Highlanders have got back to winning ways by holding off a strong-finishing Melbourne Rebels to secure a 33-30 Super Rugby victory in Dunedin. Melbourne fullback Jason Woodward scored with …

The Melbourne Rebels’ quest for their first Super Rugby win abroad has fallen tantalisingly close with a 33-30 defeat to the Highlanders in Dunedin. Fullback Jason Woodward scored with only …

If the NSW Waratahs want to be a force come the Super Rugby finals, they need to start winning on the road – with or without key attacking weapon Israel …

The Queensland Reds know what’s coming on Saturday night – it’s a blueprint their own coaches devised at the Western Force. But overcoming the Force’s off-the-ball attacks on Will Genia …

Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie insists Australia’s Olympic Sevens campaign won’t cause carnage to his Test team in 2016, despite potentially losing some of his star players. Australian Rugby Union boss …

Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie insists Australia’s Olympic Sevens campaign won’t cause carnage to his Test team in 2016, despite potentially losing some of his star players. Australian Rugby Union boss …