Rugby Union News

Australia have qualified for the knock-out stages of the World Sevens Series in Hong Kong despite a 22-5 loss to Fiji on Saturday. The Wallabies finished second in Pool C …

Jake White’s young Brumbies have claimed their biggest scalp of the Super Rugby season after taking down the previously unbeaten Highlanders 33-26 at Canberra Stadium on Saturday night. Two tries …

NSW coach Michael Foley said Tom Carter was an “inspiration” in the Waratahs’ 34-30 Super Rugby win over the Sharks, just two days after the controversial inside centre was labelled …

The Crusaders celebrated their first Super Rugby home game in more than a year with a 28-21 win over the Cheetahs at Rugby League Park in Christchurch on Saturday. In …

NSW avoided their worst ever start to a Super Rugby season after a try in the dying minutes secured a spirited come-from-behind 34-30 victory over the Sharks at Allianz Stadium. …

Melbourne are confident they will have Wallabies James O’Connor and Kurtley Beale back in the line-up for their next Super Rugby clash with the Highlanders. Not that really they need …

Western Force skipper David Pocock always knew their upcoming Super Rugby clash with Queensland would be big. But after their heart-stopping one-point loss to Melbourne, the importance of the match …

Series leaders and defending champions New Zealand and closest rivals Fiji both got off to strong starts as the sixth leg of the Sevens World Series got underway in Hong …

England and Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care has been questioned about a sexual assault on a woman. Care was arrested by West Yorkshire Police following an incident in Leeds in the …

The Melbourne Rebels overcame injuries and a Western Force fightback to secure their first win of the Super Rugby season with a gutsy 30-29 victory at AAMI Park. It looked …

A last-minute try to captain Conrad Smith and some ice-cool kicking from five-eighth Beauden Barrett gave the Hurricanes a hard-earned 26-25 Super Rugby win over the Blues at Eden Park …

Queensland are determined not to post back-to-back Super Rugby losses for the first time since 2010, when they clash with the Bulls in Pretoria on Sunday morning (AEDT). The Reds …

Injuries might have begun taking a toll on the unbeaten Highlanders, but Brumbies coach Jake White denies it makes the Super Rugby ladder-leaders any less dangerous. After four consecutive wins, …

Wycliff Palu says NSW are prepared to win ugly if that’s what it takes to avoid their worst-ever start to a Super Rugby season against the Sharks at Allianz Stadium …

The road to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England will start not in one of the sport’s heartlands but in the unlikely setting of Mexico City on Saturday. There …

Stade Francais will consider handing a debut to Wallabies great George Smith against Agen this weekend as French Top 14 rugby action heats up in the lead-in to the semi-finals. …

World Cup-winning All Black Jerome Kaino is leaving New Zealand rugby to play in Japan. The Blues loose forward has signed for the Toyota club on a two-year contract. The …

Six months after his World Cup dream was shattered by a torn adductor muscle, All Blacks five-eighth Dan Carter is poised to return to rugby for the Crusaders. Carter will …