Category: Australia Rugby

Rugby fans have been left shaking their heads in response to a medic’s classless act of unsportsmanship on the sideline of a game in Australia this week.

The MCG’s hopes of hosting the 2027 Rugby World Cup final, and Victoria’s chances of hosting other major rugby events are in severe doubt, over the shutdown of the Melbourne Rebels.

Rugby Australia has rejected an application from a consortium seeking take over the Melbourne Rebels with a move to the courts the only possible saviour for the embattled club which will be shut down after 14 seasons.

A South African schoolboy rugby player has gone viral after he carried his opponent 20m backwards in wild scenes during a recent match.

Waratahs coach Darren Coleman was given credit for navigating “three challenging seasons” but won’t get a fourth after the battling Super Rugby outfit confirmed he wouldn’t be offered a new contract.

Could the Gold Coast Titans be considering handing out-of-contract utility Josh Schuster an NRL lifeline?

England and Saracens forward Billy Vunipola was convicted of assault and injuring a police officer in Mallorca, a Spanish court said Tuesday (AEST).

Former Wallabies star Drew Mitchell has backed Michael Hooper’s quest to represent Australia in rugby sevens at the Paris Olympics after the former skipper made an encouraging start to his career in Hong Kong.

Waratahs’ fans have always been a faithful and patient lot, able to cling to the slimmest glimmer of hope when everything else seems lost.

Renowned scrum doctor Mike Cron has joined the Wallabies coaching staff.

Wallabies legend Michael Hooper will take his first big steps towards the Paris Olympics when he makes his rugby sevens debut for Australia in Hong Kong next weekend.

The Sydney Roosters have denied they have offered rugby starlet Max Jorgensen a big-money offer to move to the NRL – but remain interest in poaching the 19-year-old talent at some point.

Winning is always important but when you are literally playing for your future and even when success doesn’t guarantee the doors will stay open resilience can sometimes overwrite skill to get the job done.

Scans have cleared Wallabies and Waratahs centre Lalakai Foketi of major spinal damage but he’s not yet “out of the woods” after suffering a neck injury at training on Thursday.

Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh isn’t putting a line through the future of the debt-ridden Melbourne Rebels beyond 2024, but concedes the conversation needs to be “accelerated” to given players and coaches certainty.