Rugby Union News

How the injury-hit Wallabies finish their Rugby Championship campaign with a maiden combined tour of South Africa and Argentina will speak volumes for Robbie Deans’ future in charge. Under the …

A sickening finger injury to rookie winger Dom Shipperley may save playmaker Quade Cooper from being the latest Wallabies star to feel the axe. Cooper endured a horror first hour …

Promising rugby union player Nevin Spence died alongside his father and brother late Saturday after they fell into a slurry tank at their farm in Northern Ireland. Spence, 22, rose …

All Blacks No.8 Kieran Read has emphasised the need for improved discipline when the unbeaten world champions play away Tests against Argentina and South Africa in the next few weeks. …

All Blacks’ coach Steve Hansen described it as “a cheap shot” and there was no sympathy for South African prop Dean Greyling from his team management after he was sin-binned …

Wallabies winger Dom Shipperley is in doubt for Australia’s next Rugby Championship clash after suffering a sickening finger injury in Saturday night’s 23-19 win over Argentina. Shipperley suffered a dislocation …

Relieved coach Robbie Deans has stressed no one should devalue the Wallabies’ nerve-wracking 23-19 escape-act against improving rivals Argentina. Los Pumas were poised for their maiden Rugby Championship win, and …

Argentina gave the Wallabies the fright of their lives before Australia amazingly survived with a 23-19 Rugby Championship victory at Skilled Park on Saturday night. The Wallabies scored 17 unanswered …

Dropped scrum-half Aaron Smith was the hero on Saturday for New Zealand, moving off the bench to score a game-changing solo try as the All Blacks defeated South Africa 21-11 …

Dropped scrum-half Aaron Smith was the hero on Saturday for New Zealand, moving off the bench to score a game-changing solo try as the All Blacks defeated South Africa 21-11 …

Former Leeds winger Francis Cummins is set to take over as Bradford head coach as the Bulls prepare to go on trial in 2013. The Bulls were yesterday given the …

The All Blacks expect to be targeted by an aerial bombardment as South Africa search for a way to break the world champions’ stranglehold on the Rugby Championship on Saturday. …

Berrick Barnes’s unerring right boot has kept him in the Wallabies backline but it’s his untested hands, to defuse Argentine bombs certain to come his way, which Australia must rely …

Argentina take extra motivation into Saturday night’s Rugby Championship clash with Australia as they aim to celebrate vice-captain Patricio Albacete 50th Test with an historic victory. France-based Albacete has stamped …

Pat McCabe has made his name as a Wallabies battering ram, but the courageous centre wants to show there’s plenty more dimensions to his game on Saturday night. Coach Robbie …

Wallabies skipper Nathan Sharpe believes Argentina’s high-spirited approach and unorthodox methods make them dangerous underdogs at Skilled Park on Saturday night. Captaining Australia in the first Test to be played …

Australia’s horror injury toll is looming as Wallabies coach Robbie Deans’s ‘get out of jail free’ card. Under immense pressure to keep his job for next year’s eagerly-anticipated British and …

Powerhouse hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has warned the Wallabies forwards face their toughest assignment in the Rugby Championship on Saturday night by rating Argentina’s pack the best in the competition. The …