6:30 AM BST Former Wallabies centre Rob Horne is still coming to terms with life with a paralysed arm after a tackle ended his career while playing in the UK three months ago. The 28-year-old says he has full paralysis of his right arm and is in chronic pain after detaching nerves from his spinal
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3:00 PM BST Sam Warburton’s career was far too short but as he draws a line under a bruising nine-year spell, his legacy in the game rivals any in the northern hemisphere and in the British & Irish Lions’ fine history. Aged 29, it seems unfathomable that Warburton will not be leading Wales into the
2:35 PM BST Elton Jantjies has played a massive part in the Lions’ recent success, being pivotal in their successful ball-in-hand approach that helped them reach the past two Super Rugby finals. But he should also take a lot of responsibility for them not getting over that final hurdle in 2016, against the Hurricanes, and
2:14 AM BST ESPN Staff with AAP He may be causing havoc as Israel Folau’s aerial accomplice, but NSW Waratahs forward Ned Hanigan is wary of the Highlanders “organised chaos” style heading into their Super Rugby quarter-final. Fullback Folau is an established aerial threat and Wallabies flanker Hanigan has also developed into a nuisance for
3:35 PM BST While the Blitzboks are one of the favourites to win the Rugby World Cup Sevens Men’s Championship Cup in San Francisco this weekend, the South African Women’s Sevens team are not expected to fight for a place on the podium. However, coach Paul Delport says his side hasn’t travelled halfway across the
12:55 PM BST New Zealand sevens veteran Kelly Brazier believes the women’s game may only be scratching the surface in terms of its potential, and she is prepared for a whole new level of “crazy” when the Rugby World Cup Sevens gets underway in San Francisco this weekend. It will be the just the third
Super Rugby’s regular season is done for 2018, after a final round that produced a couple of upsets and ensured the final make-up of the top eight remained unknown until the hooter sounded in Durban. The Sharks’ victory over the Jaguares was enough for the South Africans to squeeze into the playoffs at the expense
7:52 AM BST SANZAAR will launch a review into television match official (TMO) interventions, admitting current rules are “clearly not working” after a string of recent controversies in Super Rugby and Tests. The review comes after widespread uproar over a red card to Sunwolves flanker Ed Quirk for a “love tap” on a Queensland Reds
1:48 AM BST Sunwolves flanker Ed Quirk has been issued with a two-week ban for the “love tap” that saw him controversially red-carded in Friday night’s Super Rugby clash against the Queensland Reds. Reds back-rower Caleb Timu has also copped a two-week suspension for another incident in the game- but neither will miss a single
9:56 AM BST Melbourne Rebels star Amanaki Mafi has been charged by New Zealand police following an alleged assault on teammate Lopeti Timani in Dunedin. Loose forward Mafi will appear in Dunedin District Court on Monday charged with injuring with intent to injure in an incident in South Dunedin. It’s a dismal postscript to the