11:38 AM BST It looks like it happened ages ago but it has been only four years since Jaguares joined Super Rugby. The Argentine franchise quickly gained confidence in the competition and will now play an unprecedented final against New Zealand’s Crusaders, three season on from making the quarterfinals. The 2019 season, under new head
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3:20 AM BST The names included in Michael Cheika’s first official Wallabies squad of 2019 will hardly strike fear into the Rugby World Cup contenders, but it at least affords Australia an opportunity to evolve. The big-name omission from a 34-man squad to contest the Rugby Championship, starting with a Test against South Africa in
1:54 PM BST Prop Joe Marler has come out of retirement to be included in England’s Rugby World Cup training squad, while fly-half Danny Cipriani has retained his place despite another shake-up of personnel by head coach Eddie Jones. Harlequins forward Marler, 28, retired from international rugby last September citing personal reasons, but has reversed
2:36 PM BST The kings of Super Rugby, the nine-time champion Crusaders, have reached a 14th final in the competition’s 23-year history. It is a simply astounding record; so, too, the fact they have triumphed on nine of those previous 13 occasions, and have won two deciders outside New Zealand. This season, however, has not
11:59 AM BST Michael Cheika says Christian Lealiifano’s backstory is inspirational but it was cold, hard Super Rugby form that has won him a Wallabies recall. Cancer survivor Lealiifano is in line for his first Test in more than three years when Australia open their Rugby Championship campaign against South Africa this month after being
6:49 AM BST Rob Horne has faced a few challenges over the past 15 months but he is now just a few weeks away from what will be his toughest assignment yet: trekking the Kokoda Trail. The former Waratahs and Wallabies back’s career came to a sudden halt while playing for English club Northampton in
3:04 PM BST South Africa are to take a “conservative approach” with Siya Kolisi ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan, with the injured team captain likely to play Currie Cup matches before he returns to the Springboks jersey. Kolisi injured a knee playing for the Stormers in Super Rugby at the end of
11:45 AM BST Harlequins have signed Fiji winger Vereniki Goneva from Newcastle Falcons, the club announced Wednesday. Goneva, 35, has made 55 international caps and scored 20 tries for Fiji, and comes as a replacement for retired winger Tim Visser. 🚨 NEW SIGNING ALARM! 🚨 👀 Watch @_gabs11 as he finds out who is coming
10:05 AM BST Agustin Creevy says the Jaguares now believe they can win every time they take to the pitch regardless of the opposition — and that includes Saturday’s Super Rugby final against the Crusaders. The Argentine team have reached the final in their fourth season in Super Rugby but will be rank outsiders when
1:31 AM BST Craig Dowd Close Craig Dowd played 60 Tests for New Zealand between 1993 and 2000, including in two World Cups, and he was part of the All Blacks team that won their first series in South Africa in 1996. He played for the Blues and Auckland in New Zealand domestic rugby, and