Rugby Union News

He is Queensland’s best finisher and made an instant 2012 impact with the Wallabies but blazing winger Dom Shipperley expects to hit new heights by finding another gear of speed. …

By his own admission, Israel Folau needs to take the blinkers off. In his Super Rugby debut last Saturday night for the Waratahs, the destructive ball-runner was well contained by …

Waratahs coach Michael Cheika insists his side’s nine-match Super Rugby losing streak is no burden as he recalled prop Benn Robinson to the starting team for Friday night’s clash with …

New Zealand-born Scotland wing Sean Maitland believes last week’s Six Nations win over Ireland could be the start of a new era for a side under the caretaker charge of …

Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder was most impressed with the Blues’ first-round Super Rugby win against the more favoured Hurricanes and expects his team to face more of the same in …

Wallabies prop Benn Robinson has been recalled to the NSW Waratahs starting team for Friday night’s Super Rugby clash against the Melbourne Rebels but Berrick Barnes is again missing through …

Hurricanes captain Conrad Smith has shaken off a head knock and will lead the side against the Reds. Smith left the field eight minutes from the end of Saturday’s 41-27 …

London Welsh’s position in England’s top-flight Premiership rugby competition is at risk after the club revealed it has been charged with fielding an ineligible New Zealand player in games this …

After a horror run with injuries, Aidan Toua hopes to revive the razzle dazzle of his schoolboy years spent playing alongside Quade Cooper in Queensland’s Super Rugby clash with the …

Rebels five-eighth Kurtley Beale will tackle his old side after recovering from a shoulder injury but Melbourne have lost captain Gareth Delve for the clash with NSW. The Wallabies No.10 …

Veteran back-rower Radike Samo has been recalled to the Queensland Reds line-up for Friday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes at Suncorp Stadium. Samo has recovered from a pre-season …

New ARU chief executive Bill Pulver believes he doesn’t need a deputy to run Australian rugby, with confirmation long-serving executive Matt Carroll will stand down from his position next month. …

Melbourne Rebels five-eighth Kurtley Beale looks set to tackle his old side NSW after recovering from a shoulder injury. The Wallabies No.10 ran strongly at Rebels training and will be …

Former Hurricanes halfback Chris Eaton has joined the Western Force on a short-term Super Rugby contract while Brett Sheehan remains sidelined. Sheehan is still recovering from an ankle injury suffered …

Halfback Nic White will tell you the Brumbies come first. But in the back of his mind he still craves that Wallabies No.9 jersey. The boy from Maitland was chosen …

Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has slammed suggestions cross-code superstar Israel Folau is too raw to be playing fullback, claiming wing is in fact the more difficult position to adjust to. …

Demoted NSW prop Benn Robinson is desperate to brush aside early-season disappointment and lead the Wallabies front row in what would be a “career highlight” against the British and Irish …

Having stood up to and at times over the Waratahs’ Wallabies-strength pack, coach Ewen McKenzie says Queensland face an equally important challenge of overcoming one of their Super Rugby bogey …