2:00 AM BST Reds winger Chris Feauai-Sautia scores a try against the Waratahs in Sydney, March 9, 2019 Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Round 14 of Super Rugby is highlighted by the second Reds-Waratahs derby for the season, with both sides requiring a win to keep pace in a tight Australian conference. The actions kicks off in Wellington
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5:12 PM BST Mako Vunipola will miss the rest of Saracens’ season after being ruled out with a torn hamstring, but is expected to recover in time for the Rugby World Cup in Japan this September. Vunipola played just half an hour of the Champions Cup final win against Leinster on Saturday, before succumbing to
May 17, 2019 England prop Mako Vunipola requires surgery on his hamstring and will be out for at least three months, the RFU have confirmed. Vunipola played just half an hour of Saracens’ Champions Cup final win against Leinster on Saturday, before succumbing to injury and leaving the field along with fellow prop Titi Lamositele,
8:57 AM BST Flanker Sam Cane’s remarkable bid to resume his All Blacks career begins this weekend when he returns to rugby seven months after breaking his neck. Sixty-Test veteran Cane has been named on the Chiefs’ bench for their Super Rugby match against the Blues at Eden Park on Saturday, with the 27-year-old’s recall
3:54 AM BST Few people know what’s going through Israel Folau’s mind. But if anyone can imagine what the isolation feels like, it’s Karmichael Hunt. In vastly different circumstances to Folau’s, Hunt also found himself frozen out from his Super Rugby team last year, when at the Queensland Reds before being handed a career lifeline
10:38 AM BST South African Super Rugby side the Bulls have confirmed the departure of Springboks flyhalf Handre Pollard for French Top 14 side Montpellier, but will welcome back the experienced Morne Steyn for the 2020 season. Pollard has long been linked to the Top 14 and will join several other Boks in the south
5:25 AM BST Two-time World Cup winner Dan Carter has laughed off suggestions he could make a surprise return to the All Blacks squad for this year’s tournament as New Zealand grapples with concerns over their depth at fly-half. The 37-year-old has not played for the All Blacks since the 2015 final and is not
NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson admits it will be a sad day for rugby if Israel Folau is sacked. The Waratahs and Wallabies superstar is expected to learn his fate this week, possibly as early as Wednesday, after being found guilty of a high-level breach of Rugby Australia’s professional players’ Code of Conduct. The independent
3:46 AM BST There are just five rounds to go in Super Rugby’s regular season, with all the Australian and South African conferences very much in the balance. The Crusaders remain in control of the New Zealand conference ahead of the second game of their two-week tour of South Africa, Saturday’s contest with the Stormers.
4:15 AM BST Star recruit Matt Toomua didn’t know how to find his home after training on day one but says he’ll be ready for the Melbourne Rebels’ Super Rugby clash against the Bulls on Friday night if required. Due to arrive from England club Leicester next week, Wallabies five-eighth Toomua’s return was fast-tracked after