The Brumbies are eyeing off the Bulls’ revamped lineout as a potential pressure point ahead of Sunday’s (AEST) knock-out Super Rugby semi-final. Territory will always be a focal point in …
New Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has recalled controversial five-eighth Quade Cooper and revealed he is looking at incumbent pivot James O’Connor primarily as an outside back. Cooper returns to the …
New Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has ended the ill-fated James O’Connor experiment at five-eighth, also recalling forgotten man Quade Cooper to a 40-man training squad ahead of next month’s Rugby …
Queensland five-eighth Quade Cooper has been recalled to a 40-man Wallabies training squad ahead of the Rugby Championship. Veteran lock James Horwill will captain the squad, which will be culled …
It’s not often a team who are defending champions and top qualifiers find themselves outsiders in any sports playoff contest. That’s the scenario for 2012 Super Rugby maiden champions the …
Former All Black lock Ali Williams, a Rugby World Cup winner in 2011, was presented as Toulon’s latest A-list star on Thursday and insisted he was braced for a new …
Chiefs prop Ben Tameifuna believes the set-piece battleground will determine the winner of their Super Rugby semi-final against the Crusaders in Hamilton. The defending champion Chiefs failed to fire up …
Springbok loose forward Schalk Burger has been cleared to return to rugby training after a year of injury and illness saw him spend six weeks in hospital and another eight …
Israel Folau has reportedly agreed to a two-year contract with the NSW Waratahs and is now hoping to complete a deal with the Australian Rugby Union to extend his Wallabies …
Western Force centre Ben Jacobs has announced he’s leaving the Super Rugby club to rejoin English club London Wasps. The 31-year-old was only elevated to the senior Force squad midway …
Quade Cooper says he is fitter, stronger and mentally in a better place ahead of his recall to the Wallabies fold on Friday. Cooper will return to the national ranks …
Visiting teams have kicked less than six goals from every 10 attempts at Loftus Versfeld in 2013. Bulls sharpshooter Morne Steyn is nailing almost nine. Yet Brumbies coach Jake White …
New Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie will cast his net wide on Friday by naming 40 players in his first national squad for the four-nation Rugby Championship. McKenzie said when he …
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has no qualms about leaving All Blacks captain Richie McCaw on the bench for Saturday’s Super Rugby semi-final against the Chiefs in Hamilton. Blackadder stuck with …
Champion South African winger Bryan Habana says he still hopes to play in the 2015 Rugby World Cup after completing his move to big-spending French Top 14 club Toulon. The …
All Blacks great Richie McCaw is on the reserve bench again as Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder stays true to his in-form starting side to face the Chiefs in their Super …
The Brumbies will risk Morne Steyn’s deadly-accurate boot once more in a bold attempt to bully the Bulls at the breakdown. The Brumbies have conceded more penalties than any other …
Chiefs prop Ben Tameifuna is hoping his resurgence in form has caught the eye of All Blacks coach Steve Hansen. Last year, the big tighthead prop burst onto the Super …
