Rugby Sport News

Cowan-Dickie out of World Cup as Borthwick names training squad

LONDON : Luke Cowan-Dickie has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup through injury, while back rower Zach Mercer was a high-profile absentee from the 41-man official training squad named by England coach Steve Borthwick on Friday.

Rugby stakeholders hope new calendar proposals improve player welfare

Rugby's stakeholders hope proposals for developing a new optimised global calendar will help improve player welfare, with a new two-division international competition set to provide more opportunities for countries to progress on the world stage.

Eddie Jones charged up to beat Boks at Loftus for first time: '100 percent committed to winning'

Upbeat Wallabies coach Eddie Jones on Friday said he intends to kick off his reign by creating history against world champions South Africa in Pretoria in a week's time, with a winning mentality key to his new-look Australia.

Nigeria battles South Africa, Kenya, Algeria, others for rugby ticket

Bok plans take shape ahead of Rugby Championship: 'This is going to be a challenging competition'

Wallabies centre Kerevi on the plane to South Africa

SYDNEY : Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi was on the plane when the Australia squad departed for South Africa for next week's Rugby Championship opener on Friday, coach Eddie Jones confirmed at Sydney airport.

'They will fight': Co-hosts New Zealand name squad for Women's World Cup

New Zealand coach Jitka Klimkova said the "Football Ferns" would fight for their country at the Women's World Cup they are co-hosting with Australia after naming her 23-woman squad for the tournament on Friday (Jun 30).

Bulls lure former Lions, Edinburgh and Scotland pivot to Loftus

The Bulls have confirmed their latest signing in former Lions and Edinburgh flyhalf Jaco van der Walt, who makes his return to South African rugby following a six-year stint in Scotland.