Leinster to wait before assessing Ciarán Frawley injury

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says they will wait until Monday to fully assess Ciarán Frawley’s ankle injury. The out-half was replaced just 16 minutes into Saturday’s 33-12 win…

Black humour in the face of extinction: ‘A Year in the Life and Death of the Melbourne Rebels’

From the beginning of pre-season in November 2023 year, Geoff Parkes embedded himself into the Melbourne Rebels, intending to provide rugby followers with insight into what makes a…

Handre Pollard finishes outlandish Leicester trick play as Tigers fight back to beat Gloucester

Leicester Tigers recovered from a 19-8 half-time deficit to beat Gloucester 29-26 in a thrilling Premiership game at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium on Sunday. The visitors were impressive…

RG Snyman rips Connacht to shreds as Leinster continue their perfect start while Andy Farrell sweats over Ciaran Frawley

Springboks lock RG Snyman produced a man-of-the-match performance as Leinster continued to their perfect start to the United Rugby Championship campaign with a 12-33 victory over Connacht. It…

McLennan calls on Wallabies to throw mega bucks at Cleary to save rugby in Australia ‘or there’ll be nothing left to sell’

Former Rugby Australia chair Hamish McLennan is urging the Wallabies to make a multimillion-dollar play for Panthers star Nathan Cleary to save the sport in Australia. Almost a…

Newcastle end 25 game losing streak

Newcastle ended their 25-match losing streak by defeating Exeter 24-18 in the English Premiership on Friday, registering a first win since March 2023. Despite falling behind to an…

What Steve Diamond said about first Newcastle win in 25 league games

Steve Diamond has expressed his delight after his Newcastle team earned a long-awaited Gallagher Premiership victory with a 24-18 win over Exeter at Kingston Park. A hard-fought Friday night performance saw the Falcons end…

Tweak to 20-minute red card trial doesn’t go far enough

On Friday afternoon, the Six Nations confirmed a number of law trials which would be tested out during next month’s Autumn Nations Series of games. The biggest, and…

‘Start winning Super Rugby titles’: Why RA has splurged on 64-player tour, and their ‘pivot’ to ward off NRL threat

It’s not quite a cast of thousands, but a huge Australian contingent will be heading to the northern hemisphere over the next two months for six matches –…

‘Laughable decision’ as Springboks hooker sees red in Bulls defeat as Tongan star escapes punishment

The Bulls fell to their first defeat of the URC season as the Scarlets capitalised on Johan Grobbelaar’s red card to seal a 23-22 victory. Grobbelaar, who made…