New Zealand just can’t seem to avoid France at the Rugby World Cup. This time, though, with their meeting in Pool A not being a playoff match, the All Blacks will destroy them and progress to a Quarterfinal against either England or Argentina.

Any request from Wallabies star Matt Giteau for a French “sabbatical” is likely to be refused, the Australian Rugby Union said on Saturday.

NSW rugby union chairman Ed Zemancheff says the Waratahs have ended their search for an import and won’t be using the departures of three prominent Wallaby forwards as an excuse in the coming Super 14 season.

The fourteenth edition of the Super Rugby tournament kicks off in Dunedin on Friday, February 13 when the Highlanders host the ACT Brumbies in a Trans-Tasman clash, according to the official draw which was released on Monday.
Read the full 2009 Super 14 draw

The strip worn by the England rugby team is the modern version of the battle dress worn by English crusaders of the twelfth century, so it was ironic that they were crushed by an Australian team bearing all the hallmarks of another bunch of Crusaders – the Canterbury version.

It is high time that the raging young hooker Tatafu Polatu Nau should be given a starting berth for the Wallabies autumn tests in the U.K.

Robbie Deans has revealed his left-field selection of Peter Hynes in his first Wallabies Test side this year was little more than a gut feeling, a bold show of faith in an untapped talent looking for a break. Five months on and Hynes has proven to be of the great finds in world rugby.

Around the late 1980s you’d often hear this question asked at pub quizzes: name the five American professional sports teams which don’t end in S? Then the answer was the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Utah Jazz, Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. Then the Tampa Bay Lightning came onto the scene followed by the [...]

Timana Tahu couldn’t disguise his anguish after having his worst fears realised today with his spring tour of Europe over almost before it began.

Australian referees can control matches involving Australian teams and foreign rivals in the Super 14 from next season.

Without a hint of insincerity or gamesmanship, Italy coach Nick Mallett has all but written off his side’s chances of beating the Wallabies in Saturday’s Test in Padova.

Timana Tahu has the chance to resurrect his international rugby career on Saturday after earning a surprise recall in the centres for the Wallabies’ European tour-opening Test against Italy.

Former Wallabies winger Clyde Rathbone may look to become a Winter Olympian if he fails to put his injury woes behind him next season.

The British rugby establishment is awaiting the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby invasion of the Northern Hemisphere nations with a similar awe and puffed up defiance as the Romans adopted when they tried - unsuccessfully - to confront the barbarian hordes.

I went to the Rugby League Opening ceremony and a cracker of a game of rugby league between Samoa and Tonga at Penrith. My beloved Wallabies did battle against the Blacks last night, but I couldn’t get to Hong Kong. I suppose that is one achievement of the RLWC: it is here.

Australian Rugby Union boss John O’Neill has called for an open player market between the southern hemisphere powerhouses to help curb an alarming talent drain to Europe.

The Super 14 finals series will not be expanded until at least the 2010 season after the SANZAR nations were unable to agree on a format for the planned six-team playoffs.

I like Ruan Pienaar at flyhalf. I know he’s been vocal about playing 9, but he has two choices: risk being a Chris Whitaker, warming the bench behind Fourie du Preez for most of his career, or taking a shot at being a Steve Larkham, who moved from 9 to 10 to become one of [...]

Four years ago, the All Blacks embarked on an end of season tour that dramatically changed the fortunes of New Zealand rugby. Up until that tour, local rugby had been in the mire.

Graham Henry has named a very capable looking team for the Bledisloe Cup, with the world’s premier fly half playing out of position.