In a tumultuous week when their unity and culture was questioned, the Wallabies answered with a grinding victory full of guts and character at Murrayfield. Australia rolled with the punches …
Scotland coach Scott Johnson could only lament he didn’t have his own Israel Folau. In a rugged Test on a boggy, shifting Murrayfield surface where attacking chances were few and …
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has praised the character of his strike-torn side as they put a tumultuous week behind them to guts out a rugged 21-15 win over Scotland at …
JP Pietersen scored a try with barely more than one minute played as South Africa beat France 19-10 in a scrappy rugby union contest. The right winger charged down scrumhalf …
Israel Folau emphasised his immense worth to Australian rugby by producing the million dollar touches for a grinding 21-15 win over Scotland in a Murrayfield bog. Folau combined brilliantly with …
Defending history will be just as important to the All Blacks as creating it in their season-ending Test against Ireland at Dublin. Victory on Sunday would be New Zealand’s 14th …
World Champions New Zealand will have to battle all the way against Ireland on Sunday if the All Blacks are to become the first team in the professional era to …
Fly-half Nicolas Sanchez kicked 14 points to help a defensively-astute Argentina to a deserved 19-14 win over Italy in the hosts’ final Test of the November rugby union series on …
Ewen McKenzie is successfully doing the job he was hired to do by cleaning up rugby’s image and the Wallabies’ culture, according to Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver. Pulver …
The Australian Rugby Union will next year resurrect the national club competition model thrown on the scrapheap after just one season last decade. Seven years after the Australian Rugby Championship …
A revamped New Zealand side will bid on Sunday to achieve what no team in the professional era has done and win all their Test matches in a calendar year …
Wales coach Warren Gatland remains “very confident” of beating Australia despite an unconvincing 17-7 victory over Tonga in Cardiff. Owen Williams and Ashley Beck scored first-half tries but a second-string …
European champions Toulon were jeered off the pitch despite extending their French Top 14 lead with a 15-9 win at home to Perpignan on Friday. England legend Jonny Wilkinson kicked …
Ireland rugby coach Joe Schmidt gives his team a fighting chance of toppling the All Blacks after three key backs were cleared to start their Test in Dublin. Five-eighth Jonathan …
Ben Mowen put himself on an booze ban this year, as he went from Super Rugby journeyman to Test rookie and now Australia skipper. Mowen, who supports coach Ewen McKenzie’s …
The upheavals continue at the Brumbies with longstanding chief executive Andrew Fagan resigning less than six months after renewing his contract with the Super Rugby franchise. Fagan’s departure follows South …
The All Blacks selectors have made seven changes to their starting team to face Ireland, explaining that a gruelling two months has caught up with them. While two centurions – …
The Wallabies, as a group, have plenty to prove at Murrayfield this weekend as they attempt to shake the Scottish monkey off their backs. But no individual feels it more …
