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The Waratahs ran the Western Force ragged in a 28-8 win on the Gold Coast on Friday to keep their play-off hopes alive in Super Rugby AU. Alex Newsome, Jack Maddocks and Harry Johnson-Holmes scored the tries for the Waratahs, with young fly-half Will Harrison booting 13 points off the tee. Another two tries went […]
Manu Tuilagi is poised to ‘run over’ opponents when Premiership Rugby returns with a bang tonight. Sale’s heavyweight lockdown signing makes his Sharks debut at Harlequins as the English top flight resumes behind closed doors after 159 days and 21 blank weekends. With nine of the 22 regular season rounds still to play Steve Diamond’s […]
The Asian time zone could prove Australia's trump card in winning a third Rugby World Cup after Japan delivered a cash bonanza to World Rugby last year. Australia is bidding for the hosting rights to the 2027 tournament but will come up against stiff competition, potentially including Russia, the United States and England. Japan’s historic […]
Leading rugby clubs turn to mouthguard technology in attempt to prevent injury pile-up ahead of restart with special gumshields able to measure impact of every collision Mouthguard technology could be brought in to prevent injuries in rugby games Premiership Rugby begins again on Friday after the coronavirus hiatus Leicester and Harlequins are two of the […]
Rugby Australia will pitch a player draft and ask New Zealand to send over its surplus players to ease depth fears about Australian Super Rugby sides. RA chairman Hamish McLennan said he would propose a competition-wide draft if Australia was forced to go it alone with another Super Rugby AU season next year. Jacques Potgieter […]
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Come on and entertain us! Ditch the reset scrums, endless box kicks and slow lineouts. Now rugby’s back it needs to be thrilling… and here are my five stars to watch out for The season resumes on Friday with Harlequins hosting Sale at The Stoop Fixtures will take place behind closed doors […]
A Champions League style "Super Eight" concept, to run after either a domestic competition or trans-Tasman equivalent, and Australian rugby's own State of Origin series are two fresh ideas included by Rugby Australia in a new broadcast package that will be taken to market. Monday's announcement came as interim RA boss Rob Clarke put the […]
Eddie Jones believes rugby’s forced hiatus due to coronavirus will have benefited Saracens’ England players and insists they will be selected if they can prove their form in the Championship. England stars Owen Farrell, Jamie George, Mako and Billy Vunipola, Maro Itoje and Elliot Daly are all on board for the Championship campaign with Saracens, […]
Billy Vunipola believes he let down England at last year’s World Cup and has even failed to offer enough support to brother Mako. The Saracens number eight has revealed he used the coronavirus lockdown for “self-reflection”, and now wants to make up for lost time with team-mates and family. Vunipola revealed he has spoken to […]
He has thrilled rugby fans around the world for over a decade: after a stunning London Sevens debut as a fresh faced 19-year-old in 2009, Dan Norton would go on to become the world’s top try scorer in the history of the game, win an Olympic silver medal and be on the cusp of breaking […]