Be like the Springboks? Why Rugby Australia can't abolish the Giteau Law
Should Rugby Australia mirror South Africa and abolish the Giteau Law entirely? It would be a dangerous move.
Should Rugby Australia mirror South Africa and abolish the Giteau Law entirely? It would be a dangerous move.
Wales rugby great Ken Owens announced his retirement from the sport on Wednesday, ending an 18-year professional career.
Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira, the World Cup-winning former South Africa prop, has backed the USA's potential as a rugby nation, but said they will need a structural overhaul before they can match emerging superpower Japan.
Welcome to Round 9 of Super Rugby Pacific. Stay across all the weekend's line-ups, team news and odds here.
Scotland and Bath Rugby are sweating on the fitness of fly-half Finn Russell as he recovers from a "significant groin injury."
British insurance firm Royal London has given the rugby unions of England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland £3 million ($3.7 million) to invest in female coaches and players ahead of the British and Irish Lions women's inaugural tour.
It's back to the future for Australian rugby this season, with the Wallabies confirmed to play two afternoon fixtures during the Rugby Championship later this year.
Joey Manu's code switch has finally been confirmed, the Roosters star to join former All Blacks coach Ian Foster in Japan's League One next year.
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.