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Bill Beaumont is fighting back, releasing his vision for the election battle with Agustin Pichot to be World Rugby chairman. Incumbent Beaumont, the former England lock, is even promising an independent review of t
A domestic Super Rugby competition featuring the five New Zealand Super Rugby teams is likely to happen. TVNZ News reports that the competition could even be underwritten and only funded by SANZAAR but no formal de
SANZAAR CEO Andy Marinos has suggested that Super Rugby and the Rugby Championship could be run simultaneously in a bid to save the 2020 rugby season. Traditionally Super Rugby has run until July with the Rugby Cha
Highlanders CEO Roger Clark says the return to the playing field remains uncertain for New Zealand's Super Rugby franchises even as the country moves closer to the end of its lockdown period but the NRL's aggressive app
Highlanders recruit Vilimoni Koroi who has links to Fiji is among a quartet of rising stars who must make a wrenching decision whether to pursue their Olympics dream in 2021 or concentrate on the 15-man game in a bid to
The National Rugby League has rejected suggestions it has not received official approval for proceeding with its proposed 28 May restart. After the Project Apollo innovations committee announced on Thursday that th
Former Argentinian halfback Agustin Pichot has made a late dart at becoming the new boss of World Rugby. Pichot is challenging incumbent chairman Bill Beaumont, promising to shake up the 'old boys' club. In hi
A letter from the New South Wales government proves the NRL has the green light to resume play next month, although it must meet a number of safe workplace requirements. The letter, dated April 8th and signed off b
Rugby Australia and Rugby Union Players' Association are still yet to agree on a player pay deal after a critical meeting yesterday. The two parties met for upwards of three hours as they attempted to bridge the ga
NRL players will have their temperatures taken before they can go on the field, and checked at least three times on game day, in a bid to stop any spread of coronavirus. The NRL will implement a number of strict ne
Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle says she will get another 15% pay cut from her AUD815,000 annual salary. Castle had already taken a 50% cut, but yesterday she revealed that she was taking another 15% off. F
Top professional rugby players in Wales have agreed to take a 25 percent pay cut for three months as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The Welsh Rugby Union Professional Rugby Board and Welsh Rugby Players' Assoc
Fiji Airways Flying Fijians fullback Kini Murimurivalu says when things return to normality, the first thing he will do is take his family out for dinner at their favourite restaurant. Murimurivalu told Fiji Rugby
Warren Gatland has proposed his British & Irish Lions play the All Blacks in a one-off test ahead of their tour of South Africa next year. With the Lions and All Blacks drawing their 2017 series in New Zealand,
Fiji Rugby Union Chief Executive Officer John O’Connor confirms the board has endorsed cost-cutting measures to ensure the financial integrity and sustainability of the union long term and to ensure rugby will be read
The Crusaders have spoken to a group of players that were filmed together at a Christchurch park. The gathering, which included All Black first five Richie Mo'unga, is against the rules set out by the New Zealand g
Dave Rennie could walk away as the Wallabies coach even before coaching a single game if under siege Rugby Australia Chief Executive Raelene Castle is sacked. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “sources clos
Sacked Wallaby Israel Folau's big payout from Rugby Australia could reportedly be at risk if the governing body goes under due to the coronavirus pandemic. The former fullback sued Rugby Australia for religious dis
All Blacks and Crusaders star Richie Mo'unga has announced through an Instagram post that he and his wife Sophie are expecting their first child, a baby girl. The post read halfway to meeting our little princess.
Fiji Airways Flying Fijians lock, Api Ratuniyarawa has signed a new contract with the Northampton Saints Premiership club. Ratuniyarawa has featured in two Rugby World Cups and has scored five tries in 79 appearanc
