Rugby Union News

New Zealand’s top players are divided over whether new head coach Ian Foster and his assistants are the right men to lead the All Blacks, according to an eyebrow-raising poll. …

The Hurricanes have virtually ended the Chiefs’ Super Rugby Aotearoa title ambitions with a 25-18 victory, despite playing almost the entire second half of their clash in Hamilton with 14 …

The Brumbies say they’re indebted to the Melbourne Rebels for enabling the smooth, if unusual, take-off of the new Super Rugby AU competition. The Brumbies shook off some rust to …

Olympic champion Charlotte Caslick is planning to switch from rugby sevens to rugby league in the hopes of pulling on the Queensland jersey in the State of Origin. The Sydney …

The Brumbies have picked up where they left off pre-shutdown to post a thrilling 31-23 Super Rugby AU win over the Melbourne Rebels in Canberra. There was rust early but …

Loose forward Tom Christie scored two second-half tries for the Crusaders as they relentlessly ground down the Highlanders to record a 40-20 victory in their Super Rugby Aotearoa clash in …

Former All Blacks five-eighth Dan Carter gave himself a pass mark after his first game of rugby in New Zealand since 2015, but was not expecting to make a marketers’ …

Ten years on from his Wallabies’ heroics in Hong Kong, James O’Connor is stepping up to kick match-winning goals again in a welcome and familiar sight for Queensland Reds coach …

Queensland Reds’ next wave have lifted an 11-year curse off the Super Rugby club and kick-started a new chapter in the rivalry after a tough 32-26 defeat of NSW Waratahs …

Queensland Reds have ended an 11-game losing streak against the NSW Waratahs, defying a second-half comeback to win 32-26 in Super Rugby AU’s Friday night launch. The Reds cruised to …

Michael Stolberg’s rugby journey has taken him halfway around the world and now away from his baby daughter. The giant lock will make his debut for the Melbourne Rebels against …

Brumbies skipper Allan Alaalatoa says each game in the Super Rugby AU competition will feel like a final, starting with their round one clash with Melbourne in Canberra on Saturday …

Star All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett has signed a lucrative one-season Japanese club deal for next year before seeing out his New Zealand contract up to the 2023 World Cup. …

A hungry Queensland is ready to turn the tables and break their Super Rugby drought against bitter rivals NSW, with both sides throwing verbal barbs before Saturday’s clash in Brisbane. …

Local product Mack Hansen will get his first start for the Brumbies in Saturday’s opening-round Super Rugby AU clash with the Melbourne Rebels in Canberra. Hansen, who made his Super …

Injuries have opened the door for four players to make their Melbourne Rebels debut against the Brumbies in their Super Rugby AU competition kick-off on Saturday night in Canberra. The …

Western Force have signed former Wallabies Pek Cowan and Nick Frisby before the launch of Australia’s new domestic rugby competition. Cowan joined the Force’s foundation squad in 2006 as an …

It is something of a surprise that the Reds will go into this clash with the Waratahs as favourites. The Waratahs have won the past 11 games played between the …