8:50 AM BST Disappointment is set to galvanise the chastened NSW Waratahs, for their Super Rugby quarter-final against a Highlanders side poised to bring back some of their biggest stars. A lacklustre effort in their 40-31 home loss to the Brumbies on Saturday dropped NSW to third overall, propelling them into a tough elimination game
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10:41 PM BST Veteran fullback Israel Dagg has ruled himself out of All Blacks contention for the rest of the year after signing a short-term contract in Japan. Dagg confirmed he will join the Canon Eagles when his Super Rugby duties finish and return to New Zealand in December. The 66-Test veteran hasn’t played for
10:40 AM BST Every member of the U.S. Sevens squad is getting super excited because the days are counting down to the start of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco — it is only a week away! After thinking about it for so long, we are now so close to that first game
2:40 AM BST A return to the days of round-robin competition and a little more ‘common sense’, that’s what Chiefs veteran Liam Messam wants for Super Rugby as he prepares to sign off from the tournament after 12 seasons in Hamilton. The former All Blacks back-rower will likely play his final home game on Friday
2:27 PM BST KweséESPN Staff Stade Delort in Marseille, France, will host the Rugby World Cup 2019 repechage tournament to decide the 20th and final place at the Rugby World Cup. The line-up for the four-team tournament will be confirmed on Aug. 18, when the Rugby Africa Gold Cup concludes; the winners of that tournament
11:26 PM BST Even at under-8s level, people were talking about George Smith. On Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the young Smith was dominating junior-age rugby and forging a path that, almost 30 years later, would see him bow out of the Australian game as a Wallabies great and a player who inspired a generation of No.
3:25 PM BST PRO 14 side Cardiff Blues have signed U.S. rugby international Samu Manoa from Toulon. The 6-foot-7, 20-stone No. 8 arrives in Wales following three seasons in France, having previously spent four seasons at Northampton Saints, where he won the Aviva Premiership in 2014. Scarlets’ Wayne Pivac will succeed Warren Gatland as Wales
2:36 PM BST Professional rugby will come to Los Angeles next year when LA Coast Rugby joins Major League Rugby, bringing the sport to a city where interest in it has been steadily growing. Both LA Coast Rugby and Rugby United New York will enter the league for the 2019 season, bringing the total number
9:32 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. At last an Australian local
After 18 rounds of competition, Super Rugby has just one weekend left to run of its regular season. The New Zealand and Australian conference titles have been won by the Crusaders and Waratahs respectively, thus earning home quarterfinals, but their opposition for the opening week of the finals remains unknown. Meanwhile, there is a real