The inaugural Rugby Championship u20 competition will get underway on Thursday. The round one fixtures will be (a) New Zealand vs South Africa (b) Argentina vs Australia. The matches are being played on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. The…
New Zealand U20 head coach Jono Gibbes has named a 23-man team to play South Africa on the Sunshine Coast in the inaugural U20 Rugby Championship opener.
New Zealand Rugby referees boss and former international referee Chris Pollock has made a comeback to help combat a referees shortfall in Hawke’s Bay. Chris Pollock, the former international rugby referee who answered the call at the…
Australian rugby has many problems – financial crisis, ever-shrinking audiences, shortage of coaching expertise, Greg Martin, etc etc. But one problem which I have come to notice after many years of careful study is perhaps not mentioned…
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Prop Zachary Porthen will lead the Junior Springboks against New Zealand on Thursday, in the opening round of the inaugural Under-20 Rugby Championship in Queensland, Australia.
Shocked witnesses have described the death of New Zealand construction worker Cory Heather as a 'freak accident' after he died after a terrible accident during a rugby match on Saturday.
Grant eventually abandoned his baseball dreams and has just been selected for the New Zealand Under 20s to compete in the inaugural SANZAAR Under-20 Rugby Championship.
If there was ever a testament required to the success of the New Zealand Warriors, we might have seen it this last weekend passed. While the Aussie media has fallen in love with the Wahs thanks to their huge crowds, their redemptive…
PREVIEW: The door is ajar for Australia's Super Rugby Pacific teams to tip the win-loss ledger against New Zealand sides in their favour in the race to win that trans-Tasman battle for the first time.
The door is ajar for Australia's Super Rugby Pacific teams to tip the win-loss ledger against New Zealand sides in their favour in the race to win that trans-Tasman battle for the first time.
There have been ructions in the New Zealand Rugby boardroom. Illustration / Paul Slater For eight long months, New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) biggest test has been happening behind the scenes. NZR has been at loggerheads with the provincial…
Then came that weekend, the sealing of promotion with the Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks, the Division Three Tokyo club he signed for on a two-year deal after his two years at Lyon in France came to an end before his Rugby World Cup adventure…
Two die-hard New Zealand rugby league fans have boldly chosen to get 'Champions 2024 Warriors' tattoos to permanently showcase their support for Andrew Webster's NRL team.
Clark Laidlaw comes from a proud Scottish rugby family but it is in New Zealand that he has made his mark as a forward-thinking coach with a focus on “mind, body and soul”. Following success with the All Blacks Sevens, Laidlaw took over at…
Clark Laidlaw comes from a proud Scottish rugby family but it is in New Zealand that he has made his mark as a forward-thinking coach with a focus on "mind, body and soul"."I think we're holistically fit -- what I mean by that is mind,…
Former New Zealand rugby icon Richie McCaw has transitioned into a dynamic post-retirement life, embracing thrilling pursuits beyond the field. Join the RUCK’s WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent…
Sydney Roosters centre Joey Manu has confirmed he will leave the NRL at the end of the season to join Japanese rugby club Toyota Verblitz. He won NRL premierships in 2018 and 2019.