Teenage flanker Liam Gill has replaced Beau Robinson in one of three changes to Queensland’s starting pack for Saturday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Melbourne Rebels. The rising No.7 …
Former All Blacks and Crusaders lock Brad Thorn has signed a three-month contract with European champions Leinster. Thorn joins Leinster on temporary loan from Japanese club Fukuoka Sanix Blues, where …
World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry will return to international rugby as adviser to Argentina in its first season of competition against powerhouses New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. The 65-year-old …
Ulster hooker Rory Best will captain Ireland in their Six Nations international against Scotland at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on Saturday. Ireland were dealt a huge blow when tournament captain …
England coach Stuart Lancaster has been slammed by Leicester counterpart Matt O’Connor over his treatment of halfbacks Ben Youngs and Toby Flood. Tigers scrum-half Youngs and No.10 Flood were England’s …
Last season’s Six Nations breakthrough star Fabio Semenzato will get his first start in this season’s competition in place of the injured Edorado Gori against Wales at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium …
France coach Philippe Saint-Andre has dropped experienced halves Morgan Parra and Francois Trinh-Duc for the Six Nations match against England on Sunday, replacing them with Julien Dupuy at scrumhalf and …
The struggling Western Force have been boosted by the return of internationals Richard Brown and Cameron Shepherd to their starting line-up for Friday’s Super Rugby game against the Hurricanes. The …
Two new faces feature in the Hurricanes Super Rugby team named to take on the Western Force in Perth on Friday. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen will start at tighthead prop and TJ …
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has kept the same starting team which dismantled the Blues 29-14 last week for Friday’s third-round Super Rugby match against the Crusaders in Napier. The only …
All Blacks winger Zac Guildford will earn his first start for the Crusaders this year in Friday’s Super Rugby match against the Chiefs in Napier. Guildford played the second half …
Two-try centre Tom Carter has been dropped to the bench to make way for Berrick Barnes’ Super Rugby season debut for the NSW Waratahs against the Highlanders in Dunedin on …
New Zealand’s 2011 player of the year Jerome Kaino has been ruled out of the Blues’ tough two-match Super Rugby tour to South Africa with a shoulder injury. Among title …
Ireland’s star wing Tommy Bowe is to return to Ulster from Welsh club the Ospreys and will resume playing for his native province next season on a contract until 2015. …
Nick de Luca has been recalled by Scotland to face Ireland in Saturday’s Six Nations international in Dublin. Edinburgh midfielder de Luca was the only change to the starting team …
Wales captain Sam Warburton will miss the Grand Slam-chasers’ Six Nations match against Italy at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday with a knee injury. Veteran prop Gethin Jenkins …
Former England captain Lewis Moody confirmed on Tuesday that he is retiring from rugby with immediate effect. The 33-year-old Bath flanker, who won 71 caps and played in two Tests …
Milestone man Nathan Sharpe retains high hopes of ending his Super Rugby career with a bang despite the Western Force’s stumbling start to the season. Sharpe will become the first …
