Rugby Union News

Italy coach Jacques Brunel on Friday included two new faces as he named a 30-man squad for upcoming international rugby tests against Australia, Tonga and New Zealand. Treviso centre Tommaso …

Robbie Deans’s greatest ally has left the building but it seems there is still plenty of support where it matters for the Wallabies coach. The long-time ARU chief executive John …

Veteran Australian Rugby Union (ARU) boss John O’Neill believes the time was right for him to stand down with the move leaving his successor to oversee some crucial issues facing …

John O’Neill has stood down as chief executive of the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). The decision comes earlier than O’Neill had originally forecast in the wake of the Wallabies’ semi-final …

Australia’s rugby sevens coach Michael O’Connor believes Luke Morahan has shown it’s possible to successfully combine a 15-a-side elite career with sevens. The Queensland Reds back has only just returned …

Sydney has won its bid to host the 2014 Bingham Cup, the world’s top gay rugby tournament. The International Gay Rugby Association and Board (IGRAB) made the announcement early on …

Australia’s rugby sevens coach Michael O’Connor has named his 12-man squad to play in this weekend’s opening round of the IRB world series on the Gold Coast. O’Connor has had …

NSW coach Michael Cheika has moved quickly to bolster his halves stocks at the Super Rugby franchise with Queensland five-eighth Sam Lane among four additions to the Waratahs squad for …

Wallabies great John Eales says Australia will benefit if Nathan Sharpe shelves retirement plans yet again to lead the Wallabies on their upcoming European tour. With Australia still nursing an …

Former Wallaby and ex-Melbourne Rebels skipper Stirling Mortlock will join the Super Rugby club’s coaching staff. The Rebels confirmed on Wednesday Mortlock, who retired at the end of last season, …

Evergreen dual international Brad Thorn is reportedly set to write a final chapter in his remarkable playing career by returning to Super Rugby with New Zealand franchise the Highlanders. The …

All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has revealed that his foot injury at last year’s Rugby World Cup was so bad that he came close to limping out of their semifinal …

Governing body SANZAR will question the Argentina Rugby Union about opposition players being targeted with laser beams by Pumas supporters. SANZAR chief executive Greg Peters has reacted to two incidents …

After adding the final pieces of the puzzle to their coaching structure, the Western Force will turn their attention to bolstering their Super Rugby playing squad over the coming weeks. …

The Western Force have finalised their coaching structure for the 2013 Super Rugby season, with former Bath coach Steve Meehan and ex-Queensland Reds strategist Phillip Fowler linking up with the …

Robbie Deans rightly says the Wallabies will benefit from the adversity of their rocky Rugby Championship campaign but the question still remains whether he’ll be around to reap it in …

Just four weeks after being dropped to the bench for a second time in three Tests, Kurtley Beale highlighted his remarkable turnaround by piloting the Wallabies to a savoured South …

It’s not what the Wallabies want to hear but All Blacks coach Steve Hansen warns his runaway Rugby Championship winners are improving. “We are getting better,” said Hansen after New …