Rugby Union News

Spurned Wallaby Matt Giteau has the chance to cap his debut season for Toulon by lifting the European Challenge Cup in Friday’s all-French final against Biarritz in London. Giteau, 29, …

Improved attack is coach Michael Foley’s focus as he attempts to prevent the NSW Waratahs’ Super Rugby season from slipping away completely. Foley has made four changes to his Waratahs …

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has opted to delay naming his first Test team of the year until two days before meeting Scotland on June 5 in Newcastle. The Test at …

The Queensland Reds have been installed as the $1.30 favourite by online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to re-sign star Quade Cooper. The Western Force look to be the Reds biggest threat to …

Star All Black Dan Carter is back at five-eighth for the Crusaders after coach Todd Blackadder wielded the axe following last week’s shock Super Rugby loss to the Melbourne Rebels. …

Edinburgh winger Tim Visser has been picked for Scotland’s tour of Australia, Fiji and Samoa next month even though he’s not eligible to play until after the Wallabies test. Dutch-born …

Softly spoken Samoan international Tusi Pisi’s low-key approach brings a calm confidence to the Hurricanes as they target their seventh Super Rugby win of the season against the Brumbies in …

The Western Force claim they are well advanced in finalising a Super Rugby head coach to replace Richard Graham, saying their list of candidates has been trimmed and is ready …

Zack Holmes is unfazed at being thrust into the Brumbies’ five-eighth hot seat for his run-on debut in Friday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes in Wellington. The inexperienced …

Queensland Reds drawcard Quade Cooper has two auditions, including a shock Super Rugby start on Saturday night, to regain his Wallabies No.10 jersey in next month’s internationals. Two days after …

Zack Holmes will make his run-on debut when he fills the Brumbies’ five-eighth hot seat in Friday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes in Wellington. Holmes comes into the …

Improved Super Rugby performers Melbourne say they can’t afford to take the Western Force lightly when the teams meet on Sunday in Perth. Confidence is high in the Rebels camp …

Wallabies star Quade Cooper will be a shock starter in his long-awaited return from a knee reconstruction for the Queensland Reds on Saturday night. Cooper was named on Wednesday to …

Wallabies star Quade Cooper is expected to make his long-awaited return from a knee reconstruction for the Queensland Reds on Saturday night. Cooper is set to be named on Wednesday …

Rugby’s television referees will be given wider powers under a series of rule changes that will be implemented later this year. The amendments, which were announced on Tuesday by the …

Beauden Barrett may have earned an All Blacks call-up this week but he has been relegated to the bench for the Hurricanes’ Super Rugby match against the Brumbies. Barrett, 20, …

The Rugby World Cup which England is to host in 2015 will kick off on the compromise date of September 18, rugby union’s governing body, the IRB, has announced. The …

Irish trio Jonathan Sexton, Rob Kearney and Stephen Ferris have made the shortlist for the European Player of the Year for the 2011/12 season along with Ulster’s South African half-back …