Rugby News

Eighteen Tests, two pools, one very long November Bucharest on a Friday night in November is where this thing restarts. World Rugby published the full Nations Cup programme on Tuesday: 18 Tests, nine per pool, scattered across Europe and Hong Kong, with two titles at the end of it. Romania host Tonga on 6 November…

Rassie Erasmus rarely praises administrators. He made an exception for World Rugby’s maul guideline, and explained why it is pushing try counts up across the game.

Newcastle Red Bulls have named Tom Christie club captain after 23 new arrivals at Kingston Park. The former Canterbury skipper brings three Super Rugby titles with him.

World Rugby has locked in all 18 November Nations Cup Tests. Two trophies are up for grabs, and several of the home teams are playing a very long way from home.

A second of footage nobody can stop watching Man of the match. And yet here we are. Cheslin Kolbe spent Sunday defending something that lasted barely a second. He had already been taken off in Cape Town on Saturday when he ended up on the deck. Leroy Carter, his New Zealand opposite number, took a…

Cheslin Kolbe was Player of the Match in Cape Town. Hours later, footage of a left hook aimed at Leroy Carter has supporters calling for a ban. No citation has been issued yet.

Nigel Owens has reviewed the two Springboks yellow cards from the Greatest Rivalry opener. His verdict landed this morning, and South Africa will not like it.

A broken hand cost him most of last season. Suleiman Hartzenberg now leaves Cape Town for Durban, where JP Pietersen keeps adding to his Sharks squad.

Newcastle Red Bulls have signed Argentina tighthead Francisco Moreno, a 143kg debutant who was scrummaging in Super Rugby Americas a few months ago.