1:11 AM BST All Blacks star five-eighth Beauden Barrett has committed to New Zealand rugby for four more years but has announced a seismic domestic shift from the Hurricanes to the Blues. Barrett joined fellow-Test stars Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock in ignoring the lure of rich European clubs signing until after the 2023 World
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7:35 AM BST Will Genia and Quade Cooper will join Japan’s Kintetsu Liners following the Rugby World Cup, the club announced on Thursday. The Melbourne Rebels duo, who also played together in Queensland for the Reds, are the latest among top players to head to Japan to play club rugby after the country hosts the
1:35 PM BST Rugby World Cup-winning winger James Small has died at the age of 50. Small’s mother, Vaughn Small, confirmed the news to Afrikaans publication Netwerk 24. Small played 47 Tests for South Africa between 1992 and 1997, and was a part of the Springboks team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup on
11:04 AM BST Champions Saracens will play Harlequins in the first rugby match at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Gallagher Premiership has confirmed with the release of its fixtures for the 2019-20 season. The derby, to be played on Saturday March 28, will take place at the new 62,000 seat arena after previously being
9:50 AM BST All Blacks assistant Ian Foster has reaffirmed his desire to succeed Steve Hansen as head coach after the Rugby World Cup, ensuring Crusaders boss Scott Robertson will have competition for the role. Foster, in his eighth season as a Hansen deputy, told reporters in Auckland on Wednesday that he was keen to
8:41 AM BST Former European player of the year Steffon Armitage has signed with the San Diego Legion for next season, becoming the latest established player in Europe to head for Major League Rugby. Armitage, who made five appearances for England and played more than 300 professional matches in England and France, winning three European
10:57 AM BST Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones has signed a new contract with home-town club Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby Union until 2021. The second row helped Wales to a Six Nations Grand Slam earlier this year and will lead the squad at the World Cup in Japan starting in September. By signing the
12:22 AM BST Former bad boy James O’Connor is flying out to link with the Wallabies squad in South Africa even before signing to return to Australian rugby. O’Connor got the chance after winger Marika Koroibete was allowed to remain in Melbourne for the imminent birth of his second child. Rugby Australia says O’Connor, who
4:18 AM BST Richie Mo’unga’s form for the Crusaders in their run to a 10th Super Rugby title could yet thrust All Blacks coach Steve Hansen back into a debate over his fly-half options that he thought was long done and dusted. The 25-year-old’s poise under pressure in Saturday’s final against the Jaguares, when he
3:10 AM BST A three-peat of titles and a second Crusaders dynasty secured, the big question now is whether coach Scott Robertson moves on to pastures greener, or black, to be precise. The Crusaders on Saturday night farewelled veterans Kieran Read, Owen Franks, Jordan Taufua, and the injured Ryan Crotty, defeating the Jaguares 19-6 at