I come around to asking the same question – are the IRFU digging deep enough on this conundrum? It warrants a serious deep ...

"Siya is going to run out 10 seconds earlier [than the rest of the team], and that's it." Five takeaways from Rassie Erasmus' team to face France. #FRAvRSA ...

Outside of the flyhalf, the inside centre, the man who wears the No 12, is the key decision-maker at the back, with there being a good reason that for a long time New Zealanders referred to the ...

FORMER Australian international Matt Giteau will captain a World XV against South Africa this weekend. The former Australia international will play at flyhalf and is joined in the world team by Toulon ...

“You’ve scrummed in the World Cup, but now you are scrumming in the Currie Cup!” Those were the words of the late Tommy Loubscher, the tough as teak and as strong as an ox late West Coast farmer when ...

Kevin Sorrell is leaving Saracens following a 30-year playing and coaching career at the London club. The backs coach debuted in the midfield just as the sport turned professional in the mid-1990s, ...

All Blacks prop Ethan de Groot will be available for the Highlanders’ final Super Rugby Pacific game of the season after escaping a citing for an incident at the weekend. The loosehead, who has become ...

This is a story about tending to the tallest tree in venture capital. But let’s start with something smaller—much smaller. In Japanese gardening, there are few challenges that demand more thoughtful ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - South Africa’s Manie Libbok passes the ...

“If you have a Bakkies Botha or a Victor Matfield, I’d be a Bakkies Botha,” says the 25-year-old with a smile. “An ‘enforcer’ lock, if that’s what you want to call it.” Botha and Matfield, together a ...

Jeff Toomaga-Allen's All Blacks test career lasted 12 minutes. The tall tighthead prop was a late replacement in 2013 as New Zealand beat Japan 54-6 in Tokyo. In his brief action, Toomaga-Allen made ...

“It was a great honor to play for Ireland but I didn't grow up as a young boy watching (Ireland lock) Paul O'Connell play rugby thinking, ‘Jeez, I want to play in his jersey.’ I was watching Bakkies ...