Rugby

Champions Cup organisers have launched an investigation into a mass brawl between Saracens and Munsters players on Saturday. Defending champions Saracens defeated Munster 15-6 at Allianz Park but the game was marred when almost 30 players from both sides were involved in a brawl in the second half. The European Professional Club Rugby released a

Bryan Habana believes South Africa’s stunning Rugby World Cup triumph in Japan has created heroes who can inspire an entire generation and help the Blitzboks bid for Olympic rugby sevens gold in Tokyo next year. Habana expects to see tangible evidence of the feel-good-factor generated by the Springboks victory over England in the World Cup

Scotland and British and Irish Lions winger Tommy Seymour has announced his international retirement, Scottish Rugby said in a statement. Seymour is Scotland’s fourth-highest try scorer, with 20 tries in 55 appearances, and played at the last two World Cups, as well as the drawn 2017 Lions tour of New Zealand. “Playing for Scotland has

New Zealand Rugby has opted for continuity by choosing Ian Foster over Scott Robertson to succeed Steve Hansen as All Blacks coach. Foster, who has been appointed for two years, has been assistant head coach of the New Zealand team since 2012 and takes over the top job from Hansen, who stepped down after the

Racing 92 have sacked Fiji international Leone Nakarawa after the player returned to the club late following his involvement in the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Nakarawa was due back at the club on Oct. 28 but instead returned over two weeks later without permission, with the club saying that the 31-year-old showed a “total lack

Former rugby players in New Zealand are being asked to donate their brains to research when they die as part of a study aimed at learning about the long-term effects of concussion and head injuries from contact sports. The Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at the University of Auckland launched the initiative on Friday and

The British and Irish Lions are set to play in front of a record crowd when they travel to South Africa in 2021. The first test will be played at the 88,000 capacity FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on July 24 where a sell-out crowd would surpass the Lions’ previous attendance record of 84,188 against Australia

3:11 AM GMT ESPN staff Israel Folau and Rugby Australia have ended the biggest feud in Australian sport, after the two parties reach a confidential settlement following the former Wallabies star’s social media posts and his subsequent sacking. A Rugby Australia statement on Wednesday afternoon said both parties acknowledged the harm they had caused one

Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen on Monday confirmed his long-expected move to Japan, where he will take up a role as coaching consultant for Top League side Toyota Verblitz. The 60-year-old stepped down from his position as New Zealand head coach following his side’s third-place finish at the Rugby World Cup. He spent 16

All Blacks and Hurricanes flanker Ardie Savea has confirmed he will miss a big chunk of the 2020 Super Rugby season after he undergoes surgery for a knee injury he suffered at the World Cup in Japan. Savea, who was also named on the six-man shortlist for the World Rugby Player of the Year, suffered

Former Italy coach Conor O’Shea will join the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as director of performance rugby next year, it was announced on Friday, while director of professional rugby Nigel Melville said he will step down in December. O’Shea left his role with Italy after the team’s pool-stage exit from this year’s Rugby World Cup

Former Italy coach Conor O’Shea will join the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) as director of performance rugby next year, it was announced on Friday, while director of professional rugby Nigel Melville said he will step down in December. O’Shea left his role with Italy after the team’s pool-stage exit from this year’s Rugby World

Kurtley Beale is the frontrunner to fill the five-eighth hot seat as the NSW Waratahs prepare for life after Bernard Foley. With Foley, NSW’s most-capped No. 10, among several senior figures to head overseas following this year’s World Cup, the Waratahs will enter the 2020 Super Rugby season seriously short on experienced playmakers. But new

England trio Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and Billy Vunipola will play for Saracens for the first time since the Rugby World Cup after being named in the side to face Bath in the Gallagher Premiership as they seek to repair the damage from their 35-point deduction for breaching the league’s salary cap. Saracens will not

England and Bath back Anthony Watson will be out of action for at least four weeks after sustaining a knee injury in his side’s Champions Cup defeat to Harlequins on Saturday. Watson underwent an MRI scan on Monday, which revealed the 25-year-old will not require surgery, but he is not expected to return before Christmas.

Rugby Australia’s year from hell has been capped off with sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau entering a new multi-million-dollar legal claim against the sporting body just days after it was revealed rugby’s broadcast deal is in limbo. In new court documents, Folau says he is set to lose $14 million (AUD) as a result of

Australian Scott Wisemantel, who was England’s attack coach at the Rugby World Cup, has decided to move on after his contract expired and looks set to join Dave Rennie’s staff at the Wallabies. England coach Eddie Jones, who brought Wisemantel into his setup for last year’s tour of South Africa before extending his deal to

Matt To’omua is putting his hand up to wear the Wallabies No. 10 jersey in 2020 after the departures of a swag of veteran Test playmakers. The loss of Christian Lealiifano, Bernard Foley and Quade Cooper to play overseas means locking in a new five-eighth will be a top priority for incoming Wallabies coach Dave