6:12 AM BST Just one round remains in this year’s shortened Rugby Championship, with the Springboks, All Blacks and Wallabies all still a chance to lift the trophy in a little over a week’s time. South Africa head to Argentina for a date with the Pumas in Salta, while the Bledisloe Cup heads to Perth
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6:34 AM BST Rugby World Cup-winning coach Bob Dwyer says it’s not too late for Wallabies selectors to be experimenting but the threat posed by outside centre Tevita Kuridrani is in danger of being wasted. After starting their Rugby Championship campaign with an away loss to South Africa and a home win over Argentina, Australia
12:32 AM BST Israel Folau arrives for his conciliation hearing with Rugby Australia at the Fair Work Commission in Sydney, June 28, 2019 Don Arnold/Getty Images Israel Folau has formerly launched Federal court proceedings against Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Waratahs over his dismissal for a code of conduct breach, the former Wallabies fullback
9:55 AM BST The All Blacks are standing behind Beauden Barrett’s ploy to roll the ball closer to the goalposts before a penalty kick, which sparked pockets of outrage in South Africa. Five-eighth Barrett was picked up by television cameras promoting the ball about two metres closer to its target ahead of a successful three-pointer
4:29 PM BST England flanker Brad Shields will be sidelined for four to six weeks after damaging a ligament in his foot at a training camp in Italy last week, assistant coach John Mitchell said on Tuesday. Shields, 28, was replaced by Harlequins’ Alex Dombrandt at the training camp and the Wasps back-row forward’s recovery
11:49 PM BST WELLINGTON — Outside back Jordie Barrett has committed to the All Blacks for three more years in a win for New Zealand Rugby. The versatile 22-year-old, who can cover most positions in the backline and has scored eight tries in 10 Tests, has chosen to stick with his Super Rugby team the
11:24 PM BST SYDNEY — Wallabies star Kurtley Beale has signed a one-year contract with the NSW Waratahs, driven by the desire to win more silverware. Beale said winning just one premiership (2014) as well as two Rugby Championships (2011 and 2015) from a professional career that began in 2007, was the prime motivation to
3:13 PM BST Exeter Chiefs winger Jack Nowell has been sent from England’s World Cup training camp to undergo further assessment on an ankle injury. Nowell underwent successful ankle surgery in June after he was forced off the field in a 37-34 defeat to Saracens in the Gallagher Premiership Final earlier that month following a
3:23 AM BST The Rugby Championship will go down to its closing round after the All Blacks and Springboks played out a 16-all draw at the weekend. Both teams remain in contention for the title, as do the Wallabies, who held off Argentina to triumph 16-10 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Read on as we
11:43 PM BST The return of Christian Leali’ifano and a powerful scrum performance not seen from an Australian side in years have breathed life into the Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup campaign just when it was most needed. And it came on a night of southern hemisphere rugby that suggested the ninth showing of the game’s