Rugby Union News

Toulon ended Toulouse’s reign as French Top 14 champions with a 24-9 semi-final success on Friday to remain on course to complete a double. The newly-crowned European champions took their …

The Melbourne Rebels put a serious dent in the Waratahs’ surge to the Super Rugby finals with a 24-22 upset win on Friday night. The Rebels finally got a taste …

Defending Super Rugby champions the Chiefs took a firm grip of the New Zealand conference and kicked clear at the top of the overall standings with a brutal 28-19 win …

Western Force coach Michael Foley says his team’s best chance to avoid the Super Rugby wooden spoon is simply not to dwell on it. The Force have made important strides …

So often the joker, Ali Williams revealed an emotional side as he announced his retirement from international rugby after 77 All Blacks Tests. World-class lock Williams broke down at a …

Brumbies coach Jake White is desperate to avoid what would be a first for him – a third consecutive loss in Super Rugby. It will be anything but easy for …

Melbourne Rebels hooker Shota Horie and former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones will lead the Japanese charge as rugby union’s new-look Pacific Nations Cup gets underway this weekend. Japan, fresh from …

The Queensland Reds are taking confidence from their best away win in the past decade into Sunday morning’s (AEST) crucial Super Rugby clash in Cape Town. The last time the …

All Blacks midfielder Ma’a Nonu returns from injury in one of a raft of changes to the Highlanders side for the bottom-of-the-table Super Rugby clash with the Western Force. Nonu …

Veteran hooker Keven Mealamu says the Blues need to heed the lessons from their wet-weather defeat last weekend as they try to maintain a spot in Super Rugby’s top six. …

The NSW Waratahs have apologised for an offensive four-letter word appearing on their Twitter account overnight. The Super Rugby club say their account was hacked and immediately removed the tweet …

Queensland cult hero Radike Samo will start his first Super Rugby match of the year while fullback Jono Lance returns from injury for the Reds’ clash with the Stormers on …

Lock Ali Williams will retire from the international arena after 77 All Blacks Tests, but will stay on in Super Rugby with the Blues. Williams made his announcement to his …

Japan-bound Wallabies veteran Radike Samo is poised to return to the Queensland pack as the Reds aim to break down the strong Stormers defence in Cape Town on Sunday morning …

SANZAR has brought a misconduct complaint against Blues assistant coach Sir Graham Henry following his provocative criticism of Super Rugby match officials. Former All Blacks coach Henry’s comments came in …

Blues coach Sir John Kirwan says the NRL’s move to tweak their video refereeing procedure this season has been a positive one and it’s something Super Rugby could learn from. …

The Melbourne Rebels had a minor win over the NSW Waratahs in re-signing young forward Luke Jones but they are eyeing a much bigger prize at AAMI Park on Friday …

Brumbies flanker Colby Faingaa will return to the Brumbies starting line-up for the first time in over two years as the only run-on change made for Saturday’s Super Rugby clash …