New Zealand Rugby offers emergency funding to Super Rugby teams as officials take pay cuts
New Zealand Rugby will make an emergency grant of $150,000 to each of its five Super Rugby teams to help them weather the next three months while the southern hemisphere tournament is suspended because of the global pandemic. Chief executive Mark Robinson said the grant ...
Odd decisions, big questions amidst crises in Japanese rugby
With rugby seemingly done for the season, it is time to look back on a crazy few months that have seen Japanese rugby go from the highs of the 2019 Rugby World Cup to a state of confusion in which even a former Brave ...
Professional rugby union teams in New Zealand and Australia have ceased training as efforts to establish alternative domestic competitions after the suspension of Super Rugby failed in the face of government moves to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Rugby Australia hoped to launch on ...
Uncertainty for Sunwolves, others as Super Rugby put on hold
Japan's Sunwolves epitomize the uncertainty hanging over Super Rugby following governing body SANZAAR's decision to suspend the tournament "for the foreseeable future" because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Sunwolves, who have already been most hard-hit by the virus outbreak having moved home matches from Tokyo, ...
Super Rugby to be suspended after weekend's fixtures completed
Super Rugby organizers decided Saturday to suspend the competition indefinitely after the weekend's games because New Zealand players returning home from matches overseas faced being forced into self-isolation for two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. SANZAAR, the southern hemisphere rugby body that runs Super ...
The Sunwolves suffered their fifth straight loss on Saturday, falling 49-14 in a Super Rugby match to the defending champion Crusaders at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. In a game originally slated for Tokyo's Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground but moved as a result of ...
Fullback Jordie Barrett kicked a penalty four minutes after the full-time siren Friday to give the Wellington-based Hurricanes a 27-24 win over the New Zealand Conference-leading Chiefs in Super Rugby. The Hurricanes carried the ball through 37 phases before winning a penalty for a late ...
Fans barred from Jaguares-Highlanders Super Rugby game over virus
Fans will be locked out of this weekend's Super Rugby clash in Buenos Aires, officials said on Friday, making it the first game in the competition to go behind closed doors over the new coronavirus. Two Sunwolves games have been moved from Japan to Australia ...
The Sunwolves remained rooted to the bottom of the Australian Conference in Super Rugby on Friday, falling 47-14 to the Brumbies in Wollongong, Australia. The game was originally slated to be played at Osaka's Hanazono Rugby Stadium but was moved as a result of the ...
Asian rugby tested as COVID-19 wipes out schedules
Rugby across Asia is feeling the full brunt of the coronavirus outbreak with games and tournaments getting called off at a rate of knots. Such is the speed of things that decisions are seemingly being made on an hourly basis, but as it stands this ...
The Queensland Reds overwhelmed the visiting Sunwolves at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, winning 64-5. The Sunwolves are 1-2 in this year's Super Rugby competition. Starved of possession, Naoya Okubo's team wilted defensively to allow the young Reds team, whose average age was just over 23, ...
The Sunwolves suffered their first loss of the Super Rugby season Saturday, losing 43-17 to the Chiefs. In an entertaining game in front of 18,708 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, the rugged, hard work of the Chiefs pack and the mercurial skills of Damian ...
