Rugby News

South Africa have made 10 changes to their side to kick off the Rugby Championship against Argentina in Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday, with hooker Joseph Dweba set to make his debut and players who did not feature again...

Brothers Sione and Peter Mata'utia cannot promise there will be no fighting when they go head to head for the first time in Super League.

Four players with a point to prove in the 2021 Rugby Championship. The post Four players to watch in the Rugby Championship appeared first on PlanetRugby.

Harlequins head coach Tabai Matson has recruited a player he coached at former club Waikato Chiefs The post Harlequins announce capture of Viliami Taulani from Chiefs appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Former Lions scrum-half Matt Dawson has compared Finn Russell to All Black legend Dan Carter after his performance against South Africa. The post Finn Russell ‘the next Dan Carter’ appeared first on PlanetRugby.

Ireland and Leinster legend Rob Kearney has joined Gaelic Football Club Cooley Kickhams as he attempts to switch sports from rugby union. The post Sport switch for Ireland legend Rob Kearney appeared first on PlanetRugby...

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber says Pieter-Steph du Toit could be out for the rest of 2021 and also gave an update on Duane Vermeulen. The post Pieter-Steph du Toit has surgery, out ‘for some time’ appeared first o...

Rugby Championship organisers have confirmed that the 20-minute red card and the 50-22 kick will be part of law trials in this year's tournament. The post 20-minute red card to be part of Rugby Championship appeared firs...

Harlequins have completed the signing of Tongan international forward Viliami Taulani, who joins them from Super Rugby giants the Chiefs. The post Chiefs’ Tongan back-row signs for Harlequins appeared first on PlanetRu...

The All Blacks are focused on reducing their penalty count when they take on the Wallabies in Saturday's second Bledisloe Cup Test in Auckland. The post All Blacks focused on reducing penalty count appeared first on Plan...

Elton Jantjies is keen to take his chance when he starts for the Springboks in their Rugby Championship opener against Argentina on Saturday. The post Elton Jantjies relishing Springbok return appeared first on PlanetRug...

Ethan Havard may have been born in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia and spent some of his early years growing up in the rugby union hotbed of Bath, but the Wigan Warriors forward has always had rugby league in his blood.