John Mitchell will meet with management at South Africa’s Lions rugby team on Friday in a bid to return as coach of the relegated Super Rugby outfit after his representatives …
South Africa-born Richardt Strauss is set to make his Ireland debut against the Springboks in Dublin on Saturday after being given a place in coach Declan Kidney’s injury-hit starting XV. …
Italy coach Jacques Brunel insisted he was not thinking about the formidable challenges of New Zealand and Australia as he named his team on Thursday for the first of three …
Tom Youngs is set to complete a remarkable transformation in his rugby career after being named to make his Test debut in an inexperienced England side against Fiji at Twickenham …
French coach Philippe Saint-Andre has thrown the keys to his backline to born-again five-eighth Frederic Michalak for this weekend’s Test against the Wallabies in Paris. The 30-year-old Michalak, who moved …
Last time Adam Ashley-Cooper played a Test at Stade de France, he walked off the ground with a mouthful of stitches looking like he just got mugged. That was on …
The Australian Rugby Union will need to placate Super Rugby provinces with financial compensation if they go ahead with their mooted plan of resting key players, according to two head …
Goalkicking ace Mike Harris held out a fit Berrick Barnes to keep his place at fullback for the Wallabies’ European tour opener against France in Paris on Saturday (Sunday AEDT). …
The NRL has blocked Newcastle hooker Danny Buderus from taking up a coaching role with Super Rugby club the Brumbies. Earlier on Thursday, the Canberra-based franchise announced the 34-year-old would …
Interim Wales coach Rob Howley has told his country’s growing number of overseas-based rugby players their international careers could suffer if they remain with foreign clubs. Howley stunned many observers …
Coach Michael Cheika says the NSW Waratahs need to be compensated financially if the Australian Rugby Union want him to rest his international players during the Super Rugby season. National …
The Fiji Rugby Union will decide later this week whether to ask the International Rugby Board to act on claims that French club Racing Metro paid three Fiji players to …
Veteran NRL star Danny Buderus will cross codes one day a week to teach tackle skills to the Brumbies ahead of the 2013 Super Rugby season. Buderus will assist the …
French captain Pascal Pape fired a warning shot at the Wallabies by declaring his team is expecting Australian skipper Nathan Sharpe’s final game against Les Bleus in Paris is going …
Blues Super Rugby coach John Kirwan admits he unsuccessfully pursued high-profile Australian code-hopper Israel Folau. Former Australian and Queensland rugby league back Folau is poised to return to the 13-man …
Three new international rugby rules being unveiled on the upcoming series in Europe have been given the thumbs up by All Blacks veterans Andrew Hore and halfback Piri Weepu. Rule …
Injury-hit Ireland suffered another setback ahead of their clash with South Africa when Paul O’Connell was ruled out of this weekend’s match at Dublin’s Lansdowne Road with a back problem. …
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer named Pat Lambie at five-eighth as one of three injury-enforced changes for this weekend’s tour-opening international against Ireland at Dublin’s Lansdowne Road. Lambie replaced Johan …
