Rugby Union News

The importance of clutch goalkicking in Super Rugby’s torrid local derbies has put Queensland radar-boot Mike Harris’s nose in front in the battle to replace Quade Cooper. Harris’s impressive three-for-three …

Playing in a backline bulging with Wallabies, Danny Cipriani can make or break his rugby career this Super Rugby season at the Melbourne Rebels. Coach Damien Hill said Cipriani had …

Jake White has his first major headache as Brumbies coach with a worrying shoulder injury to irreplaceable Wallabies rake Stephen Moore creating a hooking crisis. Twelve days out from their …

The Six Nations match between France and Ireland was cancelled just before kick-off at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday because of concerns over the pitch. English referee …

England overcame a half-time deficit to hit back and deny Italy a historic victory at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday in a pulsating 19-15 Six Nations rugby victory. …

Super Rugby champions Queensland kicked off their 2012 campaign with a 27-20 trial victory over a willing Brumbies outfit but aren’t much closer to finding the man to replace Quade …

Danny Cipriani showed all his star power with a stand-out performance for the Melbourne Rebels in their Super Rugby trial against the Blues. The Rebels led until the 65th minute …

Series leaders New Zealand raced out of the gate on the opening day of the US leg of the IRB Rugby Sevens World Series, the fifth of the championship’s nine …

The top four rugby teams in this year’s IRB Sevens World Series played true to form on Friday at the three-day USA Sevens, with New Zealand, Fiji, England and South …

Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper is at peace with his tumultuous Rugby World Cup campaign which he believes suffered for over-analysis. Almost four months on after struggling to perform under a …

South African recruit Sarel Pretorius made a strong debut for the Waratahs in a convincing 83-5 Super Rugby trial victory over Samoa A in Tamworth on Friday. The halfback didn’t …

South African recruit Sarel Pretorius made a strong debut for the Waratahs in a convincing 83-5 Super Rugby trial victory over Samoa A in Tamworth on Friday. The halfback didn’t …

The Wallabies will lose their most-capped lock while the Western Force are braced to farewell their “Mother Hen” when Nathan Sharpe hangs up his boots this year. Sharpe, 34 this …

Queensland playmaking contender Ben Lucas doesn’t mind being the Reds’ Mr Fix-It but he’s ready to lose his tag as the “nearly man” of Australian rugby. Lucas, who went agonisingly …

Quade Cooper will officially test his reconstructed knee for the first time on Saturday – but a desperate airport dash has already seen the Wallabies playmaker take a significant leap …

The steep learning curve may have hit a speed bump last week but rookie Melbourne Rebels coach Damien Hill feels his men are on track for an improved performance in …

His hand forced by necessity, France rugby coach Philippe Saint-Andre has returned to the halfback combination that carried the team to their last Six Nations grand slam. With veteran halfback …

Most-capped Wallabies second-rower Nathan Sharpe is to retire from all competitive rugby at the end of the 2012 Super Rugby season. Sharpe, who turns 34 on February 26, said he …