Rugby News by Country

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  • Sunday, 6. November, 2011

    Hansen 'ready' for top job

    Having had eight years as an 'apprentice' under Graham Henry, Steve Hansen feels he is ready to step into the most prized job in New Zealand.

  • Sunday, 6. November, 2011

    English players wanted to strike

    England's disastrous World Cup campaign was struck by yet another bomb of the players' off-field petulance.

  • Saturday, 5. November, 2011

    O'Driscoll is not done yet

    Veteran Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll has brushed off suggestions that he will retire from international rugby soon as he eyes another chance to make history in New Zealand next year.

  • Saturday, 5. November, 2011

    Big Jenkins wants four more years

    Fearsome loosehead prop Gethin Jenkins is determined to be part of one more Welsh World Cup campaign and he is hopeful that his front row partner Adam Jones will be there with him in four years time.

  • Saturday, 5. November, 2011

    Wallabies to take a giant leap

    According to utility back Adam Ashley-Cooper the ambitious Wallabies are not going to wait until the next World Cup to prove that they are the best team in the world.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011

    Former Bears Pursue Oxford Blue

    University of California graduates and 2011 national collegiate champion co-captains Derek Asbun and Jason Law are the seventh and eighth former Golden Bear rugby players to pursue graduate studies at Oxford University, and are trying to become the fourth and fifth former Bears to earn Blue jerseys against Cambridge in the 130th Varsity Match to be played Dec. 8 at Twickenham Stadium in London.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011
    De Villiers to apply for SA job

    De Villiers to apply for SA job

    Peter de Villiers has confirmed he will "definitely apply" to remain as South Africa's coach.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011

    Cal's 1971 Tour Honored for 40th Anniversary

    In the summer of 1971, the University of California rugby team made its mark as one of the best in program history when it beat Queensland University in Ballymore Stadium and Australia Capital Territories in Canberra, returning with a 5-4 record on its tour of Australia and New Zealand.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011

    Div wants another chance with Boks

    Peter de Villiers has revealed that he has a strong desire to coach the Springboks again and will apply for the position of Bok coach when his current contract runs out at the end of the year.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011
    Wales set to face Wallabies

    Wales set to face Wallabies

    World Cup semi-finalists Australia and Wales will meet in a three-match series Down Under in 2012, the Wallabies announced on Friday.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011

    Brunel to rely on old hands

    New Italian coach Jacques Brunel says there will be no revolution when he lines up his first team for the Six Nations opener against France in Paris in February.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011
    Scotland confirm Wallabies clash

    Scotland confirm Wallabies clash

    Scotland will meet Australia in a one-off Test next June, the Scottish Rugby Union have confirmed.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011

    Newcastle welcomed to Test arena

    The Australian Rugby Union on Friday announced an historic one-off International between the Wallabies and Scotland at the Ausgrid Stadium in Newcastle next year.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011

    Tradition & Hunter region on Aus radar

    The Australian Rugby Union today announced on Friday that the Wallabies will return to playing traditional June Tests next year - with Scotland and Wales to tour Down Under.

  • Friday, 4. November, 2011

    McCaw to undergo surgery

    World Cup-winning All Black captain Richie McCaw is to undergo surgery on his injured foot and will definitely miss the early round of the Super Rugby season next year, the New Zealand team doctor confirmed Friday.