Rugby can grow from a niche sport to be as big as football in China and eventually rival the cash-rich Chinese Super League in popularity, the head of the sport in the world's most populous nation...
Code-hopping All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams is set to make his return to the 15-a-side game on Saturday, eight months after he ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing sevens at the Rio...
Try-machine Dan Norton has a world record in his sights as England seek a long-awaited victory at this week's Hong Kong Sevens to close the gap on series leaders South Africa. The 28-year-old wing...
The All Blacks hope to warm-up for the British and Irish Lions tour with a Test match against Samoa, New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew has revealed. Tew said the world champions wanted a...
Springbok great Joel Stransky on Tuesday urged SANZAAR to stop delaying and unveil its revamped Super Rugby format, saying the governing body needed to make tough decisions and stand by them....
South Africa coach Allister Coetzee vowed Monday that the defensive "chaos" of last season will not reoccur when they host France during June in a three-Test series. "It was chaos last year,"...
Waikato Chiefs centre Jonathan Faauli was suspended for four weeks Monday over a high tackle during his team's win over the Northern Bulls on the weekend, governing body SANZAAR said. Faauli was...
In a bid to rebuild from a disastrous 2016 South Africa appointed former centre Brendan Venter as defence coach on Sunday giving him two months to prepare for a three-Test home series against France...
The Canterbury Crusaders joined the Waikato Chiefs and Western Stormers as the only unbeaten teams in Super Rugby with a smashing win over the NSW Waratahs in Sydney on Sunday. The seven-time...
Australia's professional rugby players may go on strike early next year if one of their Super Rugby teams is axed in a shake-up of the competition, a report said on Friday. Fairfax Media said...
The Waikato Chiefs have been told to get their act together for their Super Rugby clash with the Northern Bulls after an unconvincing win over the struggling Melbourne Rebels. Coach Dave Rennie read...
Ex-England international Josh Lewsey Wednesday said the British and Irish Lions had a great chance to overturn the All Blacks this year with the rebuilding world champions not at the "peak of their...
An appeal for New Zealanders to "adopt-a-Lion" by billeting travelling fans during this year's blockbuster British and Irish Lions tour has prompted an "overwhelming" response, organisers said...
The friendly match between Senegal and Ivory Coast Monday night with a 1-1 tie aborted because fans stormed the field and the players' safety was at risk. The problems in the Stade Sebastien Charlety...
Ramiro Moyano scored a superb try as the Jaguares of Argentina continued a great start to the Super Rugby season by defeating Queensland Reds of Australia 22-8 Saturday. The winger side-stepped...
Teenager Curwin Bosch continued Saturday to be an outstanding deputy for injured Coastal Sharks skipper Patrick Lambie, kicking 18 points in a 38-30 Super Rugby victory at Central Cheetahs. The...
Blue cards are set to be issued to players suffering from signs of concussion, the Australian Rugby Union said Thursday in a bid to improve safety during matches. The system, to be trialled in the...
The looming British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand has added a twist to the Crusaders this week as the Canterbury franchise look to go top of the Super Rugby table. With the Waikato Chiefs and...
Former Wallabies star Peter Kimlin is one of six rugby players arrested in France for allegedly drugging and gang raping a woman in a hotel after a match. Kimlin, 31, was detained by French police...
Six Grenoble rugby players including two Irishmen, two New Zealanders and an Australian, were detained Wednesday following a rape complaint, prosecutors said. Prop Denis Coulson and centre Chris...
