Wallabies flanker Michael Hooper has slammed New Zealand rugby fans for their continued booing of teammate Quade Cooper. In echoes of the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand, Australian playmaker …
Outstanding Wallabies openside flanker Michael Hooper has signed a new three-year deal with the Australian Rugby Union and NSW Waratahs through to the end of 2016. Twenty one-year-old Hooper won …
Westpac Stadium bosses are confident the earthquake-shaken venue will be given the all clear to host Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup rugby Test. Engineers were going over the 13-year-old Wellington stadium on …
The All Blacks are going to extra lengths to uncover their next Test hooker. A succession-planning programme has been launched that will see some of New Zealand’s best young hookers …
Five-eighth Colin Slade and three uncapped players have been called into the All Blacks squad as injury cover ahead of the second Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship Test. Slade, inside …
The Springboks have travelled to Argentina for their next Test in the Rugby Championship without scrumhalf Fourie du Preez and new prop Trevor Nyakane. The South African Rugby Union says …
The ruthless All Blacks are promising no respite for the Wallabies when they seek to lock up the Bledisloe Cup for an 11th consecutive year in Wellington on Saturday. Unbeaten …
The Wallabies want yellow cards issued in Saturday’s do-or-die Bledisloe Cup clash in Wellington after the All Blacks’ spoiling tactics once again frustrated Australia in the first-Test rout in Sydney. …
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie will consider deploying Israel Folau at fullback in a bid to maximise his game-breaking attacking potential and keep Australia’s Bledisloe Cup hopes alive. The Wallabies must …
South Africa crushed Argentina 73-13 at Soccer City stadium in Soweto on Saturday to set the early pace in the Rugby Championship. The bonus-point win over rivals who had two …
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has both baited and damned the Wallabies with faint praise after his relentless All Blacks performed another demolition job on Australia. The 47-29 loss in …
Rugby’s new scrum calls produced a first-night lottery according to Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie and All Blacks counterpart Steve Hansen said they created ‘another wee issue’. The revised calls of …
The mighty All Blacks have chalked up their 100th Test win over the Wallabies – a commanding 47-29 triumph – to leave Australia’s Bledisloe Cup hopes in tatters for yet …
The Wallabies are backing Quade Cooper to blow Saturday night’s Bledisloe Cup clash wide open whenever coach Ewen McKenzie opts to unleash his super-sub on the All Blacks. McKenzie says …
With history stacked against them, the Wallabies know Australia can all but kiss the Bledisloe Cup goodbye for a 12th straight year if they can’t topple the All Blacks in …
The All Blacks will target uncapped five-eighth Matt Toomua in a bid to starve Australia’s hungry backs and ultimately deny the Wallabies first blood in the Bledisloe Cup opener on …
Wingers Israel Folau and James O’Connor have been handed a license to thrill as the Wallabies look to maximise their potent back three in Saturday night’s opening Bledisloe Cup clash …
Springboks captain Jean de Villiers says South Africa must consider following rivals New Zealand and Australia in barring overseas-based players from the national team as an exodus of talent weakens …
