All Black Jordie Barrett to join Leinster in Dec.
New Zealand rugby star Jordie Barrett is set to play for Irish club Leinster for six months from December 2024.
New Zealand rugby star Jordie Barrett is set to play for Irish club Leinster for six months from December 2024.
Things went from bad to worse for the Crusaders in Round 8, a yet another young winger emerged in Australia.
And just like that the Super Rugby Women's regular season is over with the Waratahs remaining unbeaten, the Force downing the Brumbies and the Rebels securing the first win in four years.
The Waratahs will enter the Super Rugby Women finals as overwhelming favourites, the Force edge the Brumbies in a thriller, and the Rebels stage an almighty upset.
Former Australia hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa is heading back to Super Rugby Pacific after signing a long-term deal with the Western Force.
A hat trick from exciting youngster Darby Lancaster has helped Melbourne march into the Super Rugby Pacific top four after a 47-31 bonus-point victory over the Highlanders.
Scrumhalf TJ Perenara equalled the Super Rugby Pacific all-time try-scoring record in the Wellington Hurricanes' 36-23 victory over Waikato Chiefs on Saturday, while New South Wales Waratahs won a golden-point thriller against Canterbury Crusaders.
Ten years on from their first and only Super Rugby title, the Waratahs broke Crusaders' hearts again in scenes reminiscent of the 2014 final, but this time it was Will Harrison who proved the iceman, kicking his side to a dramatic golden point victory.
Will Harrison has breathed life into the Waratahs' ailing Super Rugby Pacific season by scoring a field goal in extra time to seal a 43-40 defeat of the equally desperate Crusaders.
Poor discipline from Wallabies halfback and Queensland Reds captain Tate McDermott has cost his side badly in a 17-14 loss to Moana Pasifika.
In this week's Rugby Friday Five we hear from Kurtley Beale in his first press conference since his move to Perth, Kevin Foote unloads on the Sanzaar judiciary and a former Wallaby suggests a radical positional change for injured Angus Bell.
Louis Rees-Zammit has opened up on signing for the Kansas City Chiefs, text messages he's received from Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, and the daunting task ahead of him.
Amid news of the planned Club World Cup and the looming Nations Championship the answer to rugby's commercial woes might lie in a nod to the old school, for New Zealand and South Africa at least.
Women's Elite Rugby announced Wednesday the formation of the first women's rugby league in the U.S. in which the players will be paid, with its inaugural season slated for next year.
The Waratahs have confirmed Wallabies star Angus Bell will miss the rest of the season with the recurrence of a toe ligament issue suffered in Saturday's loss to the ACT Brumbies.
This week's action is headline by a New Zealand derby, meanwhile the Waratahs and Crusaders face-off in a 2014 grand final rematch in Sydney. Stay across all the weekend's line-ups, team news and odds here.
Former Melbourne Rebels halfback Frank Lomani has been slapped with a six-game ban for his shocking elbow against his former side at the weekend.
Plans for a rugby Club World Cup where the best northern and southern hemisphere club sides will compete against each other are in the offing, sources have told ESPN, with the tournament set to launch in 2028.
Steve Borthwick has appointed Andrew Strawbridge to his permanent coaching staff ahead of England's summer tour to Japan and New Zealand.
Fijian Drua have condemned the alleged racist abuse aimed at scrumhalf Frank Lomani by a fan during last weekend's Super Rugby Pacific match against Melbourne Rebels.
The first of the bye rounds was hardly inspiring viewing with two teams scoring over 50 points each, while Fijian Drua will be counting the cost of their brain explosions in their lose to the Rebels on Friday.
Kurtley Beale has joined Western Force on a short-term deal, the 95-cap Wallabies star signing until the end of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season.