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  • Former Wallaby Rod Kafer appointed to National Coach Development role

    Jul 18, 17 • 1950 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Former Wallaby Rod Kafer appointed to National Coach Development role

    The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has appointed former Qantas Wallabies playmaker Rod Kafer to a project role within its High-Performance department, where he will lead the facilitation of Australia’s elite coach development program. Kafer, a 12-Test Wallaby...

  • Experienced All Blacks Sevens coaching line-up announced

    Jul 18, 17 • 1351 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Experienced All Blacks Sevens coaching line-up announced

    New All Blacks Sevens Head Coach Clark Laidlaw has announced an experienced coaching line-up for the bumper 2017/2018 season. Laidlaw’s new coaching line-up will guide the side as they compete for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title, push for gold at...

  • England Sevens finish sixth at Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s

    Jul 17, 17 • 1482 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England Sevens finish sixth at Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s

    England finished sixth at the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s in what was the final leg of the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series. The young side were beaten 17-12 by Georgia in the fifth-place final having earlier defeated Germany. Their day started with a...

  • England Sevens through to Cup quarter-final of Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s

    Jul 17, 17 • 1427 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England Sevens through to Cup quarter-final of Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s

    England will face Ireland in the Cup quarter-final of the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s. They ended day one with a 19-5 victory over Italy with tries from George Chatterton, Alex Davis, and Mason Tonks. That followed two earlier defeats to Spain and Germany in...

  • Rugby partnership for kids’ health launches in Samoa

    Jul 17, 17 • 1399 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Rugby partnership for kids’ health launches in Samoa

    A new Pacific sporting partnership between New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the New Zealand Government kicked off with a game of Quick Rip as a curtain raiser before the Test match between Samoa and Fiji at Apia Park National Stadium yesterday. Samoa is the...

  • Kebble and Schickerling come in for DHL WP

    Jul 14, 17 • 1794 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Kebble and Schickerling come in for DHL WP

    Prop Oli Kebble and lock JD Schickerling will both start for DHL Western Province in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge Final against Tafel Lager Griquas at Florida Park in Ravensmead on Sunday. DHL Western Province will be looking to continue their unbeaten run...

  • Wallabies announce training camps in the lead-up to the Bledisloe Cup opener

    Jul 14, 17 • 1358 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Wallabies announce training camps in the lead-up to the Bledisloe Cup opener

    The Qantas Wallabies will have training camps in the regional centres of Newcastle and Cessnock before converging on Penrith in the lead-up to the opening Bledisloe Cup clash in Sydney on August 19. Newcastle will play host to the Wallabies in the last week...

  • Rugby fans chomp through data during Lions Series

    Jul 14, 17 • 1232 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Rugby fans chomp through data during Lions Series

    Vodafone saw a remarkable increase in data traffic during the DHL New Zealand Lions Series, reaching its highest peak during the kick off of the final Test between the British & Irish Lions and the All Blacks. At that moment, the network inside the...

  • Eto Nabuli locked in for 2018  

    Jul 14, 17 • 1542 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Eto Nabuli locked in for 2018  

    Queensland Rugby Union today announced recent Wallabies debutant Eto Nabuli will remain with the St.George Queensland Reds through 2018. Nabuli is currently in his second season of Super Rugby, after joining the Reds from the National Rugby League ahead of...

  • Girls squad named for 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

    Jul 14, 17 • 1305 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Girls squad named for 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

    The Australian Youth Girls Rugby Sevens team has been named for the upcoming 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas. The Australian side will be out to defend their Gold medal, following their win at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in 2015. Coach...

  • Queensland Premier Rugby Preview – Round 16

    Jul 14, 17 • 1421 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Queensland Premier Rugby Preview – Round 16

    Queensland Premier Rugby returns for Round 16 tomorrow as the 2017 finals series draws ever closer, with just three regular season fixtures remaining. The Game of the Round will this week see Sunnybank host GPS at Oldmac Oval in a second-v-third playoff. Liam...

  • DHL Stormers gain experience for Loftus clash

    Jul 13, 17 • 1246 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on DHL Stormers gain experience for Loftus clash

    The DHL Stormers welcome back the experienced trio of Rynhardt Elstadt, Juan de Jongh and Sikhumbuzo Notshe to the match-day squad for their Vodacom Super Rugby encounter with the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Elstadt comes back into the...

  • England Sevens same squad for Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s

    Jul 13, 17 • 1334 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England Sevens same squad for Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s

    Simon Amor makes three changes for final leg of Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series Tickets for the weekend are still available here Simon Amor has named the England Sevens side that will compete in the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s this weekend (15-16 July)....

  • Hodgson Returns for last hurrah

    Jul 13, 17 • 1662 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Hodgson Returns for last hurrah

    Club legend and retiring great Matt Hodgson will start in his famous No.7 jersey against the Waratahs in his final appearance for the Road Safety Western Force at the Force Field (nib Stadium) at 5:45 PM on Saturday, 15 July. Hanging up his boots at the end...

  • England Under 18 name squad for 2017 South Africa tour

    Jul 12, 17 • 1444 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England Under 18 name squad for 2017 South Africa tour

    England Under 18s have named a 26-man squad for their three-match tour of South Africa in August. England face South Africa Schools in their opening fixture on Friday 11 August in Cape Town before a match against Wales four days later. The side then finish...

  • St.George Queensland Reds team to play Highlanders in Dunedin 

    Jul 12, 17 • 1322 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Highlanders in Dunedin 

    The St.George Queensland Reds have named their side to take on the Highlanders in their final clash of the 2017 Vodafone Super Rugby season. Head coach Nick Stiles has made just two changes to the starting side traveling to Dunedin for the Friday night...

  • Qantas Wallabies Bledisloe Cup & TRC tickets on sale

    Jul 11, 17 • 1684 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Qantas Wallabies Bledisloe Cup & TRC tickets on sale

    General public tickets are now on sale for the 2017 Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup Test matches in Australia, with four huge battles set for Sydney, Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane. The Rugby Championship will see historic rivalries resume and for the...

  • Match officials named for Springboks’ 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship fixtures

    Jul 11, 17 • 1259 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Match officials named for Springboks’ 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship fixtures

    Romain Poite of France will take charge of the Springboks’ first 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship fixture on 19 August against Argentina in Port Elizabeth, World Rugby confirmed on Monday. South Africa travel to Argentina the following week for the...

  • Qantas Wallabies TRC & Bledisloe Cup tickets on sale tomorrow

    Jul 10, 17 • 1402 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Qantas Wallabies TRC & Bledisloe Cup tickets on sale tomorrow

    General public tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday 11 July) for the 2017 Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup Test matches in Australia, with four huge battles set for Sydney, Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane. The Rugby Championship will see historic...

  • England Women qualify for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018

    Jul 10, 17 • 1358 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England Women qualify for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018

    England finish second in Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan Simon Amor now leads England women’s and men’s sevens programs England Women finished runners-up in the second leg of the two-part Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan, after 21-0 defeat...

  • Women’s Interprovincials gets off to flying start

    Jul 10, 17 • 1420 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Women’s Interprovincials gets off to flying start

    The SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competition got off to a flying start on Saturday as the three winning teams all scored over 40 points to make a strong statement in the opening round of the A division. Border, who won the last four titles, registered...

  • Thanks everyone – twelve years in the making and worth the wait

    Jul 10, 17 • 1371 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Thanks everyone – twelve years in the making and worth the wait

    At the end of an amazing 10-match DHL NZ Lions Series, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has congratulated the All Blacks and British & Irish Lions on a hard-fought Test Series and thanked New Zealanders and visiting fans for their support of the13th tour by the...

  • New Zealand Rugby congratulates Test centurion Kieran Read

    Jul 10, 17 • 1388 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby congratulates Test centurion Kieran Read

    New Zealand Rugby has to lead the tributes to All Blacks Captain Kieran Read who tonight became the All Blacks’ seventh Test Centurion in the historic third Test of the DHL New Zealand Lions Series at Eden Park. The Test ended in 15-15 draw, resulting in a...

  • BMW Australian Schoolboys Team named as ACT win Championship

    Jul 10, 17 • 1525 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on BMW Australian Schoolboys Team named as ACT win Championship

    ACT has won the 2017 Australian Schools Championship with an impressive performance that saw them defeat QLD II, 30-11 in the final at St Ignatius College, Riverview in Sydney. It is the first time since 1988 that ACT have won the title and only the fourth...

  • Ticket sales for Test in Bloemfontein open

    Jul 9, 17 • 2088 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Ticket sales for Test in Bloemfontein open

    Free State Rugby is delighted to announce that the Castle Lager Rugby Championship match between the Springboks and Wallabies on Saturday, 30 September 2017 will be hosted in Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein. “We are very excited to host a Test after all...