11:01 AM GMT ESPN staff Duane Vermeulen signed for the Bulls instead of the Stormers because “it was the right thing to do” after the Pretoria-based Super Rugby franchise were “the first team to reach out to me last year”. The two Super Rugby franchises were interested last year in signing the Springboks No.8 for
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8:23 AM GMT England centre Ben Te’o has been ruled out of their Six Nations opener against Ireland on Saturday with a side strain, opening the door for Manu Tuilagi to make his first start since 2014. England coach Eddie Jones listed on Tuesday the 25 players in contention to face Six Nations champions Ireland
1:53 PM GMT Bulls and South Africa lock R.G. Snyman has undergone ankle surgery and will miss the opening two months of of the season, his Super Rugby franchise has announced . Snyman returned to the Bulls at the weekend from a brief stint at Honda Heat in Japan, where he sustained an ankle injury.
10:21 AM GMT England defence coach John Mitchell believes that Ireland will attempt to “bore the s—” out of England when the two sides meet in the Six Nations opener this weekend. Ireland defeated England in the tournament on their way to claiming the Grand Slam last year and Mitchell is convinced that Ireland will
11:07 PM GMT Wallabies veteran Adam Ashley-Cooper has signed a one-year deal to return to NSW Waratahs for the upcoming Super Rugby season. The 34-year-old outside back wants to use the opportunity to push his claims to play for the Wallabies at a fourth World Cup in Japan later in the year. Based overseas since
3:04 PM GMT Scotland have made three changes to their Six Nations squad ahead of the opening match against Italy on the weekend. Head coach Gregor Townsend has called up uncapped Glasgow centre Stafford McDowall, Warriors wing Rory Hughes and Edinburgh scrum-half Henry Pyrgos. Glasgow trio Matt Smith, Alex Dunbar and Rob Harley – who
Jan 25, 2019 James Harrington With less than nine months to go until the start of the Rugby World Cup, you would expect that international sides would be as settled as they could be — injuries permitting. Ireland and Wales have named experience squads for the Six Nations, but the rest have been forced to
12:36 PM GMT “Gutted” coach Tim Walsh harbours hope Australia can repeat their heroics at this week’s Sydney Sevens rugby tournament despite falling flat on the final day of the Hamilton round. The Australians lost their quarter-final 24-17 to hosts New Zealand on Sunday and suffered a 24-14 defeat to Scotland in a classification game.
3:04 PM GMT The Rugby Football Union (RFU) ended a trial aimed at making the game safer by lowering the legal height of tackles after a study revealed that it increased the likelihood of concussion, according to multiple reports. The rule change — where the height of a tackle was lowered from the line of
9:40 AM GMT SA Rugby and the country’s players’ association, MyPlayers, on Thursday held a workshop on the advancement of concussion protocols in the local game, with the aim of increasing concussion prevention and rehabilitation training. With the topic of player safety increasingly under scrutiny, and in the wake of Samoan rugby player Faiva Tagatauli’s