The Hurricanes timed their run perfectly to take out a see-saw Super Rugby match 29-26 over the Crusaders in Christchurch on Friday night. With just seven minutes remaining, and trailing …
Scans have shown Blues and All Blacks halfback Piri Weepu has a small hole in his heart, which could have led to the minor stroke he suffered this month. Weepu, …
Queensland general Will Genia has promised the Reds’ maligned pack will unleash fury on Saturday night after the Stormers received South African intelligence to outmuscle them up front. Genia was …
Wycliff Palu can’t quite believe he’ll celebrate 100 Super Rugby games for NSW this weekend, but the Test star admits he stayed with the Waratahs to chase even greater spoils. …
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie is looking as much at the attitudes of players as their form in plotting his course towards next year’s World Cup. In firm words that suggest …
Blues coach Sir John Kirwan compares him to a bottle of fine wine although lock Tom Donnelly will need to uncork a vintage performance off the reserves bench against a …
Nearly half of the Chiefs’ Super Rugby team have been dropped for their clash with the Bulls in Pretoria on Sunday. The wholesale changes come in reaction to the two-time …
Australian Rugby Union chief executive Bill Pulver says he’s prepared to hire a foreigner as the new coach of the national Sevens team, with the list of candidates thin. Following …
Sentiment hasn’t swayed calculated Queensland coach Richard Graham, who has dumped hooker Saia Fainga’a to the Reds bench for his 100th Super Rugby match on Saturday night. Despite being in …
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie is spending the opening five months of 2014 as Wallabies chief executive – restructuring operations and reducing costs. In his first full year after replacing Robbie …
Barnstorming Highlanders centre Malakai Fekitoa has a point to prove when he plays in Saturday’s Super Rugby match against the Blues at Eden Park in Auckland. Fekitoa, 21, was part …
Melbourne Rebel Colby Fainga’a has a point to prove when he comes up against his former Brumbies teammates in their Super Rugby clash on Friday night. But the point isn’t …
Incoming Hurricanes back Tim Bateman has defended coach Mark Hammett against claims he is stifling their natural attacking style. Skilled midfielder Bateman makes his first appearance of the Super Rugby …
Brumbies hardman Pat McCabe is playing too well to ask him to make way for returning Wallabies inside centre Christian Lealiifano, says director of rugby Laurie Fisher. Lealiifano will make …
Auckland Blues coach Sir John Kirwan is looking to Ma’a Nonu and Jerome Kaino to bring more intensity to the team’s Super Rugby clash against the Highlanders at Eden Park …
Heightened pressure in the cut-throat Australian conference is giving the NSW Waratahs extra motivation to knock over Super Rugby’s competition leaders in Durban this weekend. With the Western Force, who …
All Blacks and Blues halfback Piri Weepu has been ruled out of Super Rugby for at least a month after suffering a minor stroke. Weepu, 30, will undergo testing after …
The Queensland Reds’ Super Rugby hopes have been dealt a big blow with Wallaby flanker Liam Gill and exciting fullback Aidan Toua ruled out for extended periods. Following scans, the …
