10:19 PM GMT He’s had to do things the hard way, but Brumbies back-rower Lachie McCaffrey is a lesson in point for any young Australian rugby player for whom things might not have exactly gone to plan. And the 28-year-old’s story offers an interesting sidebar to a hot topic in Australian rugby, the global player
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9:39 PM GMT Wallabies star David Pocock has been named to boost a buoyant Brumbies team for their Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes. Pocock missed the Brumbies’ stunning 54-17 demolition of the Chiefs in Canberra last Friday with concussion but has been cleared for the trip to Palmerston North. He played just five minutes
Feb 28, 2019 The conflict between the Namibian Rugby Union (NRU) and Namibia Rugby Limited (NRL), which threatened to put the country’s Rugby World Cup participation at risk, is heading towards a happy ending. The NRU and NRL have been at loggerheads over the control of the Namibian national rugby team, the Welwitchias, and the
12:56 PM GMT Former South Africa and Stormers forward Schalk Burger will be leaving English club Saracens at the end of the Premiership season, the club announced on Wednesday. The Springboks legend, who won a Rugby World Cup with the Boks and was the World Player of the Year in 2004, will leave Sarries after
8:10 AM GMT CAPE TOWN – English Premiership side Sale Sharks announced the capture of Springboks flyhalf Robert du Preez and hooker Akker van der Merwe on Tuesday, taking advantage of the rule change that allows South African players to go overseas and remain eligible for the national team. It comes just days after Springbok
2:42 AM GMT 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
3:42 PM GMT Wales lock Cory Hill has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations with an ankle injury, the Welsh Rugby Union has confirmed. The forward scored a crucial try in his side’s 21-13 win over England last Saturday, but was replaced a few minutes later. He will miss Wales’ fixtures
7:00 AM GMT The Lions’ Super Rugby campaign has been dealt a significant blow with the news that stalwart captain Warren Whiteley has been ruled out for six to eight weeks, after injuring a pectoral muscle against the Stormers on the weekend. The Springboks loose forward sustained the injury to his left pectoral in the
1:44 AM GMT Queensland flyer Jordan Petaia set tongues wagging after an eye-catching display in Queensland’s Super Rugby opener, but his usually understated coach may have just provided the biggest compliment yet. A last-minute injury stopped the 18-year-old becoming the third-youngest Wallabies player of all time last November when he was ruled out of the
8:22 PM GMT James Harrington What a difference a fortnight can make. France only had one representative in the ESPN Fantasy Rugby team of the week 14 days ago, but after that bonus-point win over an injury-hit and generally poor Scotland on Saturday, they have four in this week’s select XV. Ireland, too, despite a