10:12 PM BST Greg GrowdenESPN Rugby Close After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media in Australia, Greg Growden now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one of Australia’s most renowned writers. The Wallabies have tried all
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10:55 AM BST Leicester Tigers have added international experience to their front row with the signings of Fiji’s Campese Ma’afu and Tonga’s David Feao. The duo will bolster Leicester’s options after the departures of several first-team props since the end of last season as well as the injury to England international Ellis Genge. England captain
12:57 PM BST ESPN staff Chris Ashton has revealed that he only found out about his call-up to Eddie Jones’ latest England training squad after being added to the team’s WhatsApp group. Ashton, who this summer cut short his stint with French side Toulon before joining Premiership outfit Sale, is back in contention for England
10:14 AM BST New Argentina coach Mario Ledesma has wasted little time in making his mark on the side by naming six uncapped players in an extended squad for the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship. Ledesma was named Pumas coach in June following Daniel Hourcade’s decision to step down after they won just two of their
2:52 AM BST The Brumbies have signed Chiefs speedster Toni Pulu in an impressive signing for the Super Rugby club. The winger scored 14 tries in 32 appearances for the Waikato-based Chiefs after making his debut in 2016. Former Chiefs coach Dave Rennie was blown away by Pulu after he burst onto the scene two
8:03 AM BST Brumbies recruit Toni Pulu is immediately eligible for Wallabies duties due to a World Rugby dispensation, a Rugby Australia spokesperson has stated. Holding a current Australian passport, the 29-year-old was cleared by World Rugby to throw on the gold jersey if Michael Cheika called up the speedster after he previously played sevens
Aug 7, 2018 Sam Bruce & John Goliath Attention has quickly turned from Super Rugby to the Rugby Championship with all four nations revealing extended squads for the opening two weeks of the tournament. The action begins on August 18 when Australia host New Zealand in Sydney, before a return meeting in Auckland a week
3:14 PM BST KweséESPN Staff Bath have confirmed the signing of Lions Super Rugby prop Jacques van Rooyen. The South African, who has played more than 60 times for the Lions since making his debut in 2014, is expected to arrive in the West Country in the next few days after playing in the Super
10:52 AM BST Australia international Henry Speight has joined PRO14 side Ulster on a six-month contract. Speight has been capped by Australia 19 times since making his debut in 2014 and was part of the 2015 World Cup squad. The winger will return to Australia at the end of the year, rejoining his Super League
3:20 AM BST About 20 minutes after fulltime it came. After the Crusaders had thanked their fans and belted out a rendition of the team song, which nowadays borrows from Macklemore’s Glorious, Scott Robertson did his thing. To the chant of “Ooh ahh, Razor Ray; Ooh ahh, Razor Ray,” Robertson busted out his now customary