Brave Blossoms to face British and Irish Lions for first time in June
Japan will play the British and Irish Lions for the first time on June 26, 2021, at Edinburgh's Murrayfield stadium, the Japan Rugby Football Union said Wednesday. The Brave Blossoms will ...
New Zealand, England and Canada were confirmed as the top three seeds for the women's 2021 Rugby World Cup after the game's governing body opted to use rankings from the ...
All Blacks scrumhalf TJ Perenara will join Osaka-based NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes in the Japan Top League from early 2021 in a move which may foreshadow the end of his ...
Young winger Caleb Clarke stars as All Blacks beat Wallabies
The win in front of a packed Auckland crowd gave New Zealand momentum heading into the upcoming three-team Rugby Championship.
The decision reduces the tournament's field to just three teams contesting six matches beginning next month in Australia.
Rugby Championship organizers SANZAAR have given World Cup champion South Africa an additional 48 hours to decide whether they will compete in the four-nation tournament in Australia from next month. Australia, Argentina and New Zealand are locked in but the participation of the Springboks, the ...
New Zealand expecting 47,000-strong crowd for second Bledisloe test
New Zealand Rugby is expecting a "near-capacity" crowd of some 47,000 to pack into Auckland's Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup international against Australia on Sunday. Pictures of 31,000 fans without masks cheering on the three-time world champions in the first test in Wellington ...
Springboks delay decision on Rugby Championship participation
The participation of world champion South Africa in the 2020 Rugby Championship hangs in the balance after a statement released Saturday said a decision would be made next week. A coronavirus-induced ban on international sport by the South African government was lifted recently and the ...
All Blacks, Wallabies relaunch test rugby in thrilling Bledisloe draw
Rugby union's first international match since the start of the pandemic took place before over 30,000 fans in Wellington.
New coaches pick new players in Wallabies and All Blacks squads
New All Blacks head coach Ian Foster has selected Richie Mo’unga at flyhalf and included three new caps on the bench in his squad for Sunday’s first Bledisloe Cup test against Australia. Foster opted for the in-form Mo’unga at No. 10 ahead of the incumbent ...
Hiroki Yuhara, a former member of the Japan national side and the Toshiba Brave Lupus forwards coach, died at the age of 36 on Monday, the Top League club announced. The cause of death has not been revealed, although sources with knowledge of the incident ...
The South African Rugby Union decided Tuesday to withdraw its top club teams from Super Rugby in favor of playing in Europe's PRO14 league, and blamed New Zealand for the sudden breakup of the southern hemisphere competition. The decision was made after a vote of ...
