Papua New Guinea gains a team in Aussie rugby league in diplomatic push

Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced yesterday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South

Former England player Voyce feared dead after car went into a river

Former England rugby international Tom Voyce is missing and feared dead after his car was recovered from a flood-swollen river, police said yesterday . Northumbria Police

Australia women win the Dubai Sevens again and Fiji men end their title drought

A 90-meter intercept try by women’s sevens player of the year Maddison Levi clinched Australia’s fifth successive Dubai title against archrival New Zealand in the final on Sunday

Pieter-Steph du Toit and Ellie Kildunne named world rugby’s best players

South Africa flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit and England fullback Ellie Kildunne were named World Rugby’s players of the year yesterday . Antoine Dupont was the best

Springboks fielding Hendrikse brothers and taking winless Wales seriously

Brothers Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse will start as South Africa’s halves against Wales in their autumn tour finale in Cardiff on Saturday. The world champion

Record Wallabies win in Cardiff plunges Wales to worst losing run in history

Wales 20, Australia 52 Australia condemned Wales to the worst losing run in its 143-year rugby history after a record 52-20 win under the Principality Stadium

France beat All Blacks for record-tying third straight time

France shook off a slow start to beat New Zealand 30-29 for a record-tying third straight time in a bruising autumn rugby test at Stade de France

Bats kicks off season with bang

Local rugby team, the Macau Bats played in their first Hong Kong festival of season Sunday. The club took four teams to compete at the

League convert Sua’ali’i in Wallabies squad for tour of Britain and Ireland

Rugby league convert Joseph Sua’ali’i featured in the Australia squad named yesterday for the four-test tour of Britain and Ireland next month. Beside Sua’ali’i, who has

Willemse and Mostert back for Springboks’ end-of-year European tour

Rugby World Cup winners Franco Mostert, RG Snyman, Damian Willemse and Andre Esterhuizen returned to South Africa’s squad after injuries for the end-of-year European tour. The

Roigard named in All Blacks squad for Japan and European tour

Scrumhalf Cam Roigard has overcome a major injury to win a place in the 36-strong All Blacks squad named yesterday to play Autumn test matches against Japan,

Springboks win first Championship title since 2019 in style

South Africa won its first Rugby Championship title since 2019 in style by blowing away contender Argentina 48-7 over the weekend. In a strange quirk, while

Springboks close in on championship crown after fourth straight win over All Blacks

South Africa regained the Freedom Cup and put a hand on the Rugby Championship trophy by beating New Zealand 18-12 for a rare fourth successive time on

Du Toit at lock for Springboks among nine changes for test vs. New Zealand

Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has named backrower Pieter-Steph du Toit at lock in place of injured Eben Etzebeth in his lineup for the Rugby Championship test against

France Sevens raises expectations for home Olympics after first world series win

High expectations on the France rugby sevens side for its Paris home Olympics will intensify after it won its first world series title in Madrid yesterday.

Provinces reject governance change, sparking fears of a civil war in rugby

Domestic provinces have overwhelmingly rejected a new governance plan for New Zealand Rugby in a move some observers fear will fracture the national sport along

Macau Rugby Club to hold fundraising tournament

The Macau Rugby Club will host a rugby tournament Saturday where all proceeds will go to a local cancer charity organization. The third Lusofonia Touch

Rugby Australia to help run debt-affected Melbourne Rebels for Super Pacific season

Rugby Australia said yesterday it is working with the debt-affected Melbourne Rebels to ensure they field a team in this year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition. The

British and Irish Lions launches women’s team

The British and Irish Lions has launched a women’s team, with its first tour coming in 2027 in New Zealand. The inaugural women’s Lions tour

Barrett to stick with New Zealand through 2027 Rugby World Cup

All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby through the 2027 World Cup. The two-time World Rugby Player of the Year also

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