The Melbourne Rebels have ambitious plans to stamp themselves as one of the best defensive teams in the Super Rugby competition. Under new coach Tony McGahan, the Rebels are working …
Seven players will pull on a Highlanders jersey for the first time after being named in the starting team for a pre-season match against the Brumbies on Friday. Four more …
David Pocock will play his first game in ten months when he captains the Brumbies in their first trial game for 2014 against the Highlanders. The openside flanker will skipper …
Former Wests Tigers playmaker Benji Marshall is set to play his first game for the Blues after switching codes last year. Marshall is likely to see some game time when …
New Zealand remain on target to win the Las Vegas leg of the sevens rugby world series for the first time after thumping England 24-7 in the quarter-finals. Following a …
Samoa have scored a late converted try to beat Australia 12-10 in the quarter-finals of the rugby sevens world series event in Las Vegas. Lio Lolo scored under the posts …
Wales captain Sam Warburton has become the first player from his country to sign a central contract, the Welsh Rugby Union announced on Saturday. The 25-year-old flanker’s contract with the …
Even Quade Cooper can understand why ARU boss Bill Pulver is opposed to the Wallabies vice-captain pursuing boxing. However, Cooper said the noble art had only improved his rugby – …
With the trophy cabinets of Brumbies stalwarts Ben Alexander and Stephen Moore undeniably bare, the duo are intent on going one better in Super Rugby in 2014. They have a …
Wales lock Ian Evans is set to miss this season’s Six Nations after receiving a 12-week ban on Thursday. The Ospreys second row was sent off for stamping on Leinster’s …
NSW Waratahs prodigal son Kurtley Beale is set to make his comeback from shoulder surgery in his team’s first trial against his former club. Gifted back Beale has returned to …
Australian born Kiwi Toby Smith and Brit Max Lahiff are on the radar of Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie. The Test coach has been at Melbourne Rebels training and kept a …
Stuart Lancaster refuses to gamble on team selection for England’s Six Nations opener against France, despite the dwindling opportunities to assess his options for the 2015 World Cup. While stability …
France coach Philippe Saint-Andre insists the influx of overseas players into the Top 14 is harming the national team. Saint-Andre names tighthead prop, fly-half and wing as the positions most …
Wales lock Ian Evans will discover this week if he will miss the Six Nations as he faces a European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing. The Ospreys second-row was sent off …
A surge of support for the Penrith Panthers has seen them firm into outright second favouritism behind hosts New Zealand to win next month’s Auckland Nines. $300 AUCKLAND NINES FREE …
The experience of former Wallaby Luke Burgess is set to give him a head start in his race against Nic Stirzaker to be the Melbourne Rebels’ starting halfback. Taking on …
Veteran former Scottish international lock Nathan Hines signed for English Premiership side Sale Sharks on Monday from French giants Clermont. The 37-year-old – born in Australia but capped 77 times …
