Young Melbourne Rebels fullback James Woodward has been ruled out for six weeks after injuring a tendon in his finger at Super Rugby pre-season training. The 22-year-old Woodward is facing …
Bewildered Brumbies coach Jake White believes Wallabies plans to strip Australian Super Rugby teams of their Test players for crucial penultimate round matches are blatantly unfair. White has joined his …
Uncapped Gloucester centre Billy Twelvetrees is set for an England debut against Scotland at Twickenham this weekend after being confirmed in coach Stuart Lancaster’s 23-man matchday squad. With powerful Leicester …
Ireland great Brian O’Driscoll is among several senior players restored by Declan Kidney to the starting XV for this weekend’s Six Nations opener away to Wales in Cardiff. Also taking …
New Zealand-born Sean Maitland is set to join the ranks of Scotland’s ‘kilted Kiwis’ after being handed a Test debut for the Calcutta Cup Six Nations clash away to England …
Israel Folau has revealed he’s spent most of his NSW pre-season training at fullback as the Waratahs weigh up throwing their star recruit straight into the key position. Folau says …
The Western Force will unveil their new-look 9-10 combination in Friday night’s Super Rugby trial match against the Brumbies in Darwin. The Force overhauled their backline following last year’s disastrous …
Reds coaching director Ewen McKenzie has allayed the Blues’ fears that their opening rugby trial in flood-hit Queensland could be cancelled. Blues coach John Kirwan thought the worst after witnessing …
Reds coaching director Ewen McKenzie has allayed the Blues’ fears that their opening rugby trial in flood-hit Queensland could be cancelled. Blues coach John Kirwan thought the worst after witnessing …
Centre Anthony Faingaa will captain a 28-strong Queensland Reds squad boasting 11 Wallabies in their opening Super Rugby trial against the Blues at Toowoomba on Saturday night. Faingaa beat a …
Centre Mathieu Bastareaud, recalled after a near three-year absence, made the cut on Monday for France’s Six Nations opener in Rome after head coach Philippe Saint-Andre trimmed his initial 33-strong …
Kelly Brown has been retained as Scotland captain by interim coach Scott Johnson for the Six Nations opener against England at Twickenham on Saturday. The 52-times capped Brown retained the …
Ewen McKenzie believes new Waratahs coach Michael Cheika is tailor-made to reawaken the sleeping Super Rugby giant that is NSW. Former Waratahs mentor McKenzie, who took the underachieving province to …
James O’Connor or Kurtley Beale at No.10? That’s the big dilemma facing Melbourne Rebels coach Damien Hill at the start of 2013. But it’s unheralded youngster Angus Roberts who’s set …
An impressive comeback from a serious knee injury at a high-quality tournament in Fiji has convinced Australian selectors that Queenslander Ben Adams is ready to step up to the IRB …
All Blacks and Crusaders wing Zac Guildford, 23, is withdrawing from Super Rugby indefinitely in a bid to resolve alcohol-related issues that have dogged his career. Guildford voluntarily stood down …
Toulon stretched their lead in French rugby’s Top 14 to seven points on Friday with a 15-9 win over rock-bottom Mont de Marsan while second-placed Clermont slumped to a 26-19 …
Prized recruit Israel Folau will play a big part in the NSW Waratahs trials as coach Michael Cheika weighs up whether he starts the Super Rugby season at fullback or …
