2:33 PM BST ESPN staff Reigning Premiership champions Saracens have announced a new agreement with Nike to supply their kit for the 2018/19 season. The two parties have agreed a three-year deal with the American sportswear company entering the rugby market to make Saracens their only partner Premiership Rugby side. Nike also supplied Saracens’ kit
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12:09 PM BST ESPN staff Reigning champions Saracens will begin the defence of their Premiership title at Newcastle after the fixtures for the 2018/19 season were released. Sarries begin with their longest trip of the season on Saturday September 1 while an enticing West Country derby between newly-promoted Bristol Bears and neighbours Bath will kick
2:56 PM BST The Queensland Reds have all but snuffed out Melbourne’s Super Rugby finals hopes with an upset 37-23 win on Friday night. Scrum dominance and dogged persistence delivered the Reds a hard-earned four-tries-to-two victory at Suncorp Stadium, snapping a run of five consecutive defeats. “It probably won’t mean much to the tournament but
11:11 AM BST Winger George Bridge scored two tries as the Canterbury Crusaders sealed the top spot in Super Rugby throughout the playoffs with a 45-22 victory over the Otago Highlanders to celebrate Wyatt Crockett’s 200th match milestone on Friday. David Havili, Scott Barrett and Richie Mo’unga all crossed for the Crusaders in the highly
8:00 AM BST Karmichael Hunt will make his return to rugby on the Gold Coast on Saturday when he lines up in a club match alongside fellow exile Quade Cooper. Nine months after his last outing and six months after the arrest that led to his banishment from the Queensland Reds, Hunt has been registered
1:14 AM BST He’s the son of an All Blacks great, yet Michael Little could end up wearing the red and white of Japan as he continues to star for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby. And he has a message for those who want to bring an end to the Sunwolves when the current SANZAAR
4:51 PM BST The Stormers’ master of many trades Pieter-Steph du Toit will achieve a personal milestone when he leads the side against the Sharks at Newlands on Saturday, bringing down the curtain on the Super Rugby season for the battling Cape Town side. Do Toit will be captain in the absence of Springboks skipper
Jul 6, 2018 Chris M Jones Dave Williams is taking nothing for granted despite his Glendale Raptors team heading into the inaugural Major League Rugby championships final as firm favourites. Rugby union in the United States is enjoying a much deserved period in the sporting spotlight thanks to recent U.S. Eagles wins over Scotland and
7:44 AM BST Prolific winger Ben Lam is among a host of Hurricanes to pay for their slumping Super Rugby form in a heavily-changed team to face the Blues. Lam is the competition’s leading tryscorer with 14 but makes way as the backline is overhauled for Saturday’s game. Last week’s shock 24-12 loss to the
7:19 PM BST The Tunisia Rugby Union has blamed Zimbabwe national rugby team for the hotel debacle on Monday, saying “the delegation of Zimbabwe started complaining as soon as they arrived” in the country. The Sables, who is coached by former Springbok mentor Peter de Villiers, slept on the street on Monday evening, after they