Dual international Sonny Bill Williams has leapt to the defence of unwanted Australia playmaker Quade Cooper, accusing the Wallabies hierarchy of 'finger pointing' and declari. . .    More

Australia veteran George Smith is a chance to make a Lazarus-like comeback in time for next month's British and Irish Lions series after scans revealed his knee injury is not . . .    More

While Test teams in the Southern Hemisphere often base their games around a heady amalgamation of domestic tactics combined with some enhancements from the international coach. . .    More

There was more than one Kiwi eyebrow raised when some suggested, post a Reds Super Rugby title and Wallabies Tri Nations win, that Quade Cooper had superseded Dan Carter as th. . .    More

Paul O'Connell has backed Sam Warburton as British & Irish Lions captain. The Irish second-row was the famous tourists' skipper in South Africa four years ago and was tipp. . .    More

As the countdown begins to the Women’s Rugby World Cup in France in August 2014 England Women are embarking on their busiest ever summer of international rugby. England . . .    More