11:19 PM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has liked what he’s seen in Super Rugby AU this season, but it hasn’t stopped him lamenting the likely departure of yet another big-name player overseas. Melbourne Rebels winger Marika Koroibete looks set to become the latest Wallabies player to take his talents offshore, a move that would
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6:19 PM BST If there’s one thing this Six Nations has proven, it’s that rugby never stands still. The balance of pressure on the international scene is a shifting beast and with one championship-deciding match still to come, the rugby landscape will only settle in 2023 at the next World Cup. With rugby perennially preoccupied
2:37 PM BST Spit tests may in future be an answer for doctors seeking swift and non-invasive ways to diagnose concussion among male rugby players after a study found that tell-tale biomarkers of traumatic brain injury show up rapidly in saliva. A three-year research project involving more than a thousand professional men’s rugby players found
12:38 PM BST France coach Fabien Galthie will ring the changes and turn on the power against Scotland on Friday, when his team will bid for their first Six Nations title since 2010. Galthie has made five changes to the side that beat Wales last weekend, with Arthur Vincent coming in at centre and Gael
Mar 22, 2021 Rugby Australia boss Andy Marinos remains positive that the trans-Tasman Super Rugby competition will proceed, despite New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s revelation that her government would announce a potential date for the opening of a travel bubble with Australia on April 6. Indications are that it would take a month for
4:33 PM BST The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa will go ahead as planned after officials said on Tuesday that they had dismissed the idea of staging the series in the United Kingdom and were now looking at only one option. A joint statement from the Lions and SA Rugby said
8:00 AM BST Jonny Gray has not recovered from a shoulder injury in time for Scotland’s final Six Nations game against France on Friday while Sean Maitland also misses out, Scottish Rugby said. Gray was excluded from the 29-man squad named by coach Gregor Townsend for the trip to the Stade de France. The influential
4:28 AM BST The prospect of the Super Rugby trans-Tasman crossover series proceeding as planned is no clearer after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed only that her government would announce a potential date for the opening of a travel bubble with Australia on April 6. As it stands there is only quarantine-free travel
11:10 PM BST Another weekend of Super Rugby is in the books and there are clear competition leaders in both Australia and New Zealand. With one full cycle of Super Rugby AU behind us, the Reds sit atop the ladder with a perfect 4-0 record; their 26-19 win over the Force a fourth victory on
10:11 PM BST France denied Wales a second Six Nations Grand Slam in three years when Brice Dulin scored a stoppage-time try to give them a 32-30 home victory on Saturday. Dulin dived over as France completed a remarkable turnaround to give Les Bleus the win and a bonus point that leaves them needing to