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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoRead signs off after 12 years
KIERAN Read thanked the Crusaders as his 12- year stint came to and end as he prepares to leave New Zealand...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoArgentine history boys power into Christchurch
By GEORGE LAWRENCE THE Jaguares made light work of the Brumbies in Buenos Aires to power into their first ever final....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoRef’s blunder helps Crusaders march on
By SAM JACKSON Hitman: Sevu Reece celebrates the first of his two tries for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images Erratic: Beauden...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoWarren Gatland to take over at Chiefs on four-year deal
The Wales head coach will return home to New Zealand to coach the Chiefs – but won't affect his duties with...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoJaguares show Chiefs who’s boss in Argentina
By SAM JACKSON Comeback: Matias Moroni scores for the Jaguares PICTURE: TRP Photographer THE JAGUARES made history by qualifying for the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoFolau asks fans to fund his legal fight
NEWS EXTRA ISRAEL Folau has appealed for public donations to help him legally contest his dismissal by Rugby Australia. Folau, 30,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoWales face All Blacks in 2020
WALES are set to play two Tests in New Zealand in July 2020. The trip to his home country will be...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeoff Parling opens up on misery of England dressing room after World Cup defeat to Wales
'I messed up the lineout call' - former England lock Geoff Parling
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years ago’Coakroach’ blast from coach after Am nicks it
■By ADAM ELLIS Rapid: Lukhanyo Am breaks through for Sharks’ winner PICTURE: Getty Images Aussie champs: Brumbies will face the Sharks...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup ticket touts face jail time in Japan
RUGBY SHORTS UNDER new Japanese laws aimed at clamping down on ticket touts, those caught selling tickets for profit can face...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoScarlets part ways with Sam
SCOTLANDNo.9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne has left the Scarlets. The 25-year-old signed from Edinburgh last summer and made 18 appearances for the side....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoMcCrory steps down
WORCESTERco-owner Jed McCrory has left Sixways, eight and a half months after leading a consortium that took control of club in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRonan O’Gara to leave Crusaders for move closer to home
O'Gara said in May that he is always in contact with Munster amid 'two or three other options'
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoChiefs’ comeback floors the champs
By ADAM ELLIS Wrapping up the win: Chiefs celebrate Tumua Manu’s final try to down Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images Return: Beauden...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoLyon dig in to keep the dream alive for Delon
Finishing in style: Lyon full-back Delon Armitage could go out a champion Direction Bordeaux next weekend where Toulouse will face La...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Haley earns call up for Irish training MUNSTER duo Mike Haley and Jean Kleyn are the only uncapped players included in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPocock leaves the Brumbies but available for Wallabies
Pocock heads to Japan, but Giteau rule means he can play for Wallabies
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSuper Rugby: Jaguares play-off surge a good omen for Los Pumas
The Jaguares sit at the summit of the South African Conference
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoTeague gets in line for coach’s job at Racing
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Farewell: Mathieu Bastareaud plays his last match for Toulon today Racing are out to win a top...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
DoR Morris exits Exiles LONDON Scottish director of rugby Dave Morris will leave the club in June as a result of...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoFortune favours the Nonu braves
By ADAM ELLIS Warrior: Ma’a Nonu led the way for Blues LUCK was on the side of the Blues as they...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSam Cane back for the Chiefs after severe neck break
The All Black has been named on the Chiefs' bench for the trip to play the Blues in Auckland
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSharks Sharks bring Jean-Luc du Preez back for second loan stint along with twin brother Dan
Three Du Preez brothers will play for Sale Sharks next season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHandre Pollard out, Morne Steyn in at the Bulls
Bulls star fly-half destined to move north from Super Rugby home, while Steyn gets homecoming
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoTenacious Chiefs tame the Sharks
By ADAM ELLIS Tomahawk: Chiefs scrum-half Brad Weber continued his return from injury with two tries PIC: Getty Images STAND-IN skipper...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoWild warns his rebels it’s Meyer’s way or highway
DAVID BARNES New contract: Stade Francais coach Heyneke Meyer The man trying to restore Stade Francais to their former glories has...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup winners join Hall of Fame
NEWS EXTRA TWO Harlequins and a Northampton Saint will join the Premiership’s illustrious Hall of Fame. Jason Leonard and Matt Dawson...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIsrael Folau $4m deal hangs in the balance
Rugby Australia code of conduct hearing finds Israel Folau guilty of contract breach – no decision on sanction made yet
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoFainga’a cashes in with a hat-trick
■ By ADAM ELLIS Brumbies hero: Folau Fainga’a scored three tries in an epic fightback against Blues PICTURE: Getty Images THE...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoToulouse can’t stop breaking records
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Toulouse are the recordbreakers who are leaving the entire Top 14 in their glittering wake. For a...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoRodwell to call time on 7s career
JAMES Rodwell, the most capped Sevens player of all time, will retire at the end of the season. In January Rodwell...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLions won’t sack defence coach found guilty of indecently assaulting female hotel staffer
Set to resume coaching responsibilities on 6 May
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoLegend Watson accuses Sharks of ‘culture of fear’
By ADAM ELLIS Determination: Andre Esterhuizen scores for the Sharks THE SHARKS took full advantage of an ill-disciplined Waratahs team to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMatt Moulds follows Blues teammate Melani Nanai in Worcester move
Worcester Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons’ raid of Super Rugby outfit Blues has continued with the signing of hooker Matt...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoFoley leads Tahs to victory post-Folau
■By ADAM ELLIS Big contribution: Bernard Foley makes a break for the Waratahs PICTURE: Getty Images Impressive: Kurtley Beale ISRAEL FOLAU’S...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoChiefs continue Blues dominance thanks to Parete
By ADAM ELLIS Game winner: Jesse Parete celebrating the Chiefs’ winning try with Ataata Moeakiola, right FOUR WINS on the bounce...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘Hell awaits you’: Israel Folau posts another anti-gay judgement
Folau condemns alcoholics, atheists and fornicators in new controversial Instagram post
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoAll Black Crotty confirms switch to Japan
NEWS EXTRA NEW Zealand centre Ryan Crotty has joined the exodus of senior All Blacks who will move to Japan after...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoNonu defies the age gap in his bid for World Cup
By ADAM ELLIS A VINTAGE display by All Blacks great Ma’a Nonu put the Blues on the path to a chest-thumping...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoThese veterans could still get call for Japan
NEIL DE KOCK Superfit: Schalk Brits THE impact veterans Ma’a Nonu and Schalk Brits have made for the Blues and Bulls...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoCrusaders flair puts All Blacks on pole, but defence is key too
Almost six months after the Autumn Internationals, the picture in the Southern Hemisphere is beginning to take shape with the 2019...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoQuade puts Thorn in the Reds side
■By ADAM ELLIS REVENGEtasted sweet for Quade Cooper after he guided the Rebels to a 32-13 win over old club Queensland...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAaron Mauger confirms Highlanders back Aaron Smith to miss six weeks
Double blow for the Highlanders after losing to the Blues
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoSix tries no longer guarantee winning a Test
THE very thought of a team scoring six tries in a Test match and not winning would have been dismissed by...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoFolau equals Howlett as Crusaders mourn
■By ADAM ELLIS Landmark: Israel Folau cuts through to score against Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images ISRAEL Folau scored a try to...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoWainwright shows Parisse how to do it
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW SERGIOParisse has spent 17 seasons in the Six Nations without ever coming remotely...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoRegions need to find more caped crusaders
The European Champions’ Cup emerges from hibernation next weekend with the Grand Slammers in the embarrassing position of joining the Italians...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSunwolves to be dumped out of Super Rugby
Introduced to Super Rugby along with the Jaguares as part of the expansion to 18 teams three years ago
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNew Zealand’s sports minister supports calls for Crusaders name change after terror attack
New Zealand MP would welcome discussions after last week's Christchurch terror attack
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoMarx leads young Lions in stunning fight back
■ By ADAM ELLIS Party time: Lions celebrate the win over Rebels Double: Folau Fainga’a helped Brumbies to victory MELBOURNE Rebels...