The Blues had the most changes as the five New Zealand Super 14 franchises unveiled their 2010 rugby squads during this month. There are nine changes to the 28-man Blues squad who underperformed in the 2009 tournament, with most changes coming in the their problem area of inside backs and loose forwards. As widely expected, [...]

Here are all the weekend results: Paris 18-22 Toulon Castres 34-6 Biarritz Clermont 32-8 Bourgoin Toulouse 17-12 Montauban Montpellier 3-25 Brive Bayonne v Perpignan Racing-Métro 92 9-6 Albi Fixtures Round 15 Fri 4 Dec 19:45 Montauban v Clermont Sat 5 Dec 13:15 Brive vToulouse Sat 5 Dec 13:30 Bourgoin v Castres Sat 5 Dec 13:30 [...]

Here are all the results from this weekends games: Sale Sharks p London Wasps Newcastle Falcons 8-28 Northampton Saints Worcester Warriors 12-12 Saracens Harlequins 35-29 Gloucester Rugby Leicester Tigers 39-6 Leeds Carnegie Bath Rugby 0-16 London Irish Fixtures Round 10 Fri 4 Dec 19:30 Leeds Carnegie v Harlequins Headingley Carnegie Sat 5 Dec 15:00 Gloucester [...]

Wales trio Jamie Roberts, Andy Powell and Leigh Halfpenny have been named in the Barbarians squad to play New Zealand at Twickenham on 5 December. Wallabies Matt Giteau and Rocky Elsom, plus Springboks Bryan Habana, Fourie du Preez and Victor Matfield are also in. Italy head coach Nick Mallett will take charge of the invitation [...]

We thought our readers would like to see the special jerseys that Edinburgh will wear for their two cup games against Glasgow Warriors on 27 December and 2 January. Edinburgh who are the current cup holders have launched these shirts as their third strip. Special Jersey Edinburgh have described their new neon kit for the [...]

Here are all the weekend results: Albi 24-23 Perpignan Bayonne 38-13 Montauban Bourgoin 20-13 Montpellier Racing-Métro 92 20-18 Paris Toulon 19-10 Brive Castres 30-10 Toulouse Clermont 13-16 Biarritz Fixtures Round 14 Fri 27 Nov 18:45 Paris v Toulon Sat 28 Nov ? Castres v Biarritz Sat 28 Nov ? Clermont v Bourgoin Sat 28 Nov [...]

Here are all the results from this weekends games: Gloucester 12-9 Leicester Tigers Worcester Warriors 12-12 Bath Northampton Saints 26-17 Harlequins Leeds Carnegie 17-24 Sale Sharks London Irish 11-15 Newcastle Falcons Saracens 22-6 London Wasps Fixtures Round 9 Fri 27 Nov 19:45 Sale Sharks v London Wasps Edgeley Park Fri 27 Nov 20:00 Newcastle Falcons [...]

SANZAR has announced Melbourne as the 15th Super Rugby Team to join the competition when expansion occurs in 2011. The decision for Melbourne over the Southern Kings of South Africa was very much decided because of the greater broadcasting revenue expected from the Aussie teams inclusion. This will give Australia 5 teams, Brumbies, Weston Force, [...]

Two ex New Zealand Provincial coaches are providing coaching clinics for up and coming coaches in Malaysia. The coaches are part of a initiative from Canterbury Asia and NZ Rugby Resources and the MD of Rugby Resources James Iverson a former North Harbour coach said: (quote) We are looking to position ourselves strongly in the [...]

Canterbury made it back-to-back national interprovincial titles for the first time with a nail-biting 28-20 win over Wellington in their Air New Zealand Cup final at AMI Stadium, Christchurch, on Saturday night. It was Canterbury’seventh championship in the 34-year history of the NPC and for Wellington their poor record in finals continued. It was the [...]