The SaberCats of MLR have opened their own stadium. It's not the only example of US cities building homes for foreign sports.

The U.S. men's rugby sevens team opened the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series season with the goal of qualifying for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, a task ...

Wales and Scotland are among the countries who have received a major boost to their World Cup preparations after Premiership Rugby agreed to the early ...

If the Waratahs miss out, NSW and Queesland will have made just one Super Rugby finals appearance between them in four years.

Rugby sevens players are some of the fittest athletes in the world, but how do they train to ensure peak performance during tournaments?

In one of the remarkable Olympic sports rises this four-year cycle, the U.S. men's rugby sevens team didn't just break into the top five in the world. They are ...

It's a wide-open race to the finish of the Major League Rugby regular season, with a wide variety of possibilities for the NOLA Gold heading into their Sunday ...

The U.S. became the first men's rugby team to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, clinching its spot Saturday during penultimate leg of this season's World Series.

John Day gives his thoughts on the Super Rugby's best of the week.

MIDDLETOWN — Andrew Whiteman received the traditional sledgehammer Saturday afternoon.

World Rugby meets on Wednesday with the game at a crossroads as the Rugby Football Union considers a 13-team Premiership. Robert Kitson. Tue 21 May ...

Danny Cipriani did not lose Saturday's Premiership semi-final. Gloucester did, to a Saracens side that is more experienced and successful at this stage of the ...

Israel Folau's status as the unrivaled star of Australian rugby wasn't enough to save his job in the wake of a social media post that condemned gay people and ...

For the first time Premiership Rugby is introducing mobile tickets for the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 1 June.

After years of knockbacks, this group of disabled men finally gets the chance to take on the rough and tumble world of rugby league.

Tom James announced in January last year that he was suffering with depression and took a break from the game to receive treatment.

The USA on Saturday became the first men's rugby sevens team to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year, after winning their three games on day one ...

Rugby Australia chairman Cameron Clyne has broken his silence on the Israel Folau saga and has hinted sponsorship concerns did play a role in axing the ...

A famous rum factory in Caracas organizes rugby tournaments for impoverished young men. The factory started the program years ago as an effort to get gang ...

A Westchester company run by the late Jon Prusmack is suing USA Rugby and World Rugby for $40 million over tournament hosting rights dispute.

Much has been made of the impending exodus from southern hemisphere that is set to ensue following this year's World Cup in Japan, so here's a composite XV ...

With Japan prepping for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Hong Kong get set to take on South Korean and Malaysia.

Fall of Newcastle Falcons reflects brutality of top flight while excellence of Saracens and Exeter continue to set the gold standard.

The David Pocock-Jacques Potgieter incident in 2015 was a pivotal moment in Australian rugby history.

After a dramatic Round 22, the semi-finalists are now decided. Gloucester Rugby travel to Saracens while Northampton Saints are at table-topping Exeter Chiefs ...

It took one year of living in the valley for Abby Loucks to help fill a void she saw needed filling. After competing against men locally and traveling two hours to ...

On the last day of the season, Bath clinched sixth place with a 32-31 comeback win at Welford Road, while Sale were seventh after edging past Gloucester in a ...

With the World Rugby U20 Championship getting underway out in Argentina in just over a week's time, thoughts turn to which players will emerge as stars of the ...

Nine talking points from the weekend's Super Rugby, and a New Zealand form XV. PLAYER OF THE ROUND. Richie Mo'unga played in the Crusaders' ...

The chairman of Rugby Australia says the game has suffered reputational damage from the Israel Folau affair, but had they not axed the player for his ...

Argentina have included five European-based players in their provisional 46-man squad for this year's rugby World Cup in Japan, coach Mario Ledesma ...

For the first time since 2013, only two Kiwi teams are on track to make the playoffs.

The fledgling Major League Rugby will soon say bonjour to an international superstar. Mathieu Bastareaud, 30, will join Rugby United New York on a loan from ...

Wales secure a vital win against nearest rivals Japan in their bid to remain in the top 14 of the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Friends of a rugby league player who fell three storeys from a car park say they've had "some good news" on his condition. Niall Costello has told Radio 1 ...

The World Rugby U20 Championship is taking place in Argentina next month.

The Green Bay Youth Rugby club is gaining popularity in the area and program organizers see a lot of potential for even more growth.

Tributes are flowing in for former Canberra and New Zealand forward Quentin Pongia, who has died from cancer aged 48.

Not long ago he was playing for Bridgend, now he's just helped send his club to the Gallagher Premiership final.

Powerhouse Australian sprinter Trae Williams has made the switch to rugby sevens, little more than a year out from the Tokyo Olympics.

A FORMER Scotland rugby international has been accused of producing an “outrageous” poster in response to a new one-stop shop for homeless…

World Rugby has been running a Pacific Islands Combine in recent years.

Let the debate begin.

After Australia Sevens signed former sprinter Trae Williams recently, the belief was that the USA's Carlin Isles was about to lose his title as the fastest player in ...

FC Barcelona's iconic Camp Nou stadium will host its first ever rugby league match this weekend - with the Catalan Dragons, holders of the Challenge Cup, ...

Super Rugby has reached its final month of regular season competition. It's been one of the most even playing fields in recent years and almost every team still ...

The Sharks return to Super Rugby at Kings Park, with the Lions visiting Durban for a South African derby on Saturday. Follow live updates.

Later this year, Japan faces a daunting specter, as tens of thousands of rugby fans from around the world descend on the country to attend the Rugby World Cup ...

(CNN) Indian actor Rahul Bose has starred in multiple feature films, directed some of his own and was even described by Time Magazine as the "new face of ...

Robbie Henshaw says that Leinster's defeat in the Champions Cup final gave the province an added incentive before their Pro14 decider with Glasgow.

(CNN) Australian rugby star Israel Folau has compared any return to the sport in the wake of a homophobic social media post as like being tempted by Satan.

Lost in Israel Folau's pointed swipe at Rugby Australia was the message that he wants to keep playing rugby. Sports journo Andrew Webster threw a curveball in ...

The grand final is confirmed after Exeter Chiefs put in a complete second-half performance to down a spirited Northampton Saints. The power and pressure of ...

The 58-year-old is a huge rugby fan and looked every inch the glamorous supporter as she cheered on her team.

World Rugby has upped the ante in an attempt to secure agreement for its controversial Nations Championship proposal by increasing the original offer of £5 ...

A New Zealander who fatally stabbed his neighbour's dog in Perth faces a possible jail term after abandoning his trial and pleading guilty to both charges ...

Scottish Rugby will look "very, very closely" at any proposals for promotion and relegation in the Six Nations.

A. Jon Prusmack — the inventor, entrepreneur and artist who died at 76 on Dec. 21, 2018 — was the unofficial Johnny Appleseed of American Rugby Sevens, ...

A rugby player with 64 caps for South Africa is preparing for the final stages of the training to become a financial adviser after he plays at the Rugby World Cup ...

Former Test referee Owen Doyle writes that not enough is being done for player welfare.

Watch action from the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in London.

Brumbies coach Dan McKellar admits David Pocock's Super Rugby season could be over, with a decision to be made in the coming days.

"We are a top-four side but we are just not finishing teams off like a top four side should."

Never before has one position been required to do so much, or at least be capable of doing so much. The modern-day midfielder, in particular the outside centre, ...

The rugby league posts are up at Anfield as the annual Super League festival - Magic Weekend - heads for Merseyside with six matches over two days.

Cal rugby player Christian Dyer noted in the video above that he and his teammates had finals recenty that slowed the transition from rugby 15s to rugby 7s.

The Reds' slim Super Rugby finals hopes took another hit as they were edged 19-13 by the Chiefs in a willing, if limited, encounter in Hamilton.

A rugby player has died in Switzerland following a Swiss second league match (Excellence A) in the town of Yverdon on Saturday.

Rugby league legend Quentin Pongia has been farewelled at an emotional send-off in Greymouth on Saturday. Tough, respectful and a family man were among ...

The Waratahs are clinging to hope they can give some of their biggest names the farewell they deserve despite falling to their eighth loss of the season against ...

Hey there rugby fans, welcome on in to our live blog of the Crusaders v Blues Super Rugby match in Christchurch. Feel free to jump in with any considered ...

Rugby Australia have released a statement after it was reported that Wallaby hooker Tolu Latu has been arrested for drink driving.

Australian sprinter Trae Williams is now the fastest man in rugby after ditching the track for the oval ball with an eye on the Tokyo Olympics as party of the ...

The repercussions of heavy hits in rugby have been widely acknowledged, it's fair to say. But is the rugby community reacting efficiently to startling trends?

Ben O'Keeffe will be the only Māori referee at the Rugby World Cup later this year. As a young referee still climbing the world rankings, he's hoping that...

At the Chingisiin Huree camp south of Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, amidst the yurts where bone-breaking and horseback archery remain popular activities, ...

The Sharks and Lions will put plenty on the line in their Round 15 Super Rugby clash, with both teams in a struggle to qualify for the finals. Join The Roar for live ...

It's been a very varied career both on and off the field.

Piers O'Conor and Mat Protheroe step up for Bristol, Newcastle left down and out while leaky Leicester require urgent repairs. Guardian sport. Mon 6 May 2019 ...

Everything you need to know about Spark Sport and their streaming of the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Cal coach Jack Clark notes in the video above that rugby 7s is a fast-paced version of rugby that reqards speed. He notes that players that are "evasive" and ...

The ball passed along the line like a stone hopping on water. St Munchin's Junior Cup squad were enjoying themselves. The cup campaign was well over but ...

The New Zealand Deaf Blacks started a three-test rugby series against Argentina in Auckland today.

Injured All Blacks and Crusaders prop Owen Franks might only get one hit out before the Super Rugby playoffs.

In Year 2 of its existence, the Utah Warriors and Major League Rugby have lofty dreams.

TAKE a bow Hastings Rugby and Sports! Despite playing with 14 men for 50 minutes after lock Jessie Lesa-Sipaia was sent off for foul play Auto Super Shoppe ...

The inaugural 'Rugby X' tournament will feature a host of Olympic medallists after England, Ireland, USA and France all signed up for the international ...

The Melbourne Rebels have kept alive their hopes of qualifying for their maiden Super Rugby finals series after smashing the Sunwolves 52-7 in Tokyo.

In the Sunday Independent on May 19, 2019, an article written by Neil Francis falsely stated that Munster Rugby "sacked" its coaches, Felix Jones and Jerry ...

World Rugby has increased its offer to the international unions by US$1.26 billion in a bid to push through its plans for a unified Nations Championship and ...

Rugby Australia says Israel Folau's contract will be torn up, after he has not lodged an appeal before the 72-hour window expired. Wallaby Folau had until ...

Shane Williams says "inhospitable conditions" on Everest meant the game was "incredibly tough".

Jansin Turgut has broken every bone in his face and has broken hips, broken legs, broken knees, a broken arm and broken hands.

When a dreadlocked George Smith stormed onto the Test scene in November 2000 at the tender age of 20, and then helped Australia derail the British and Irish ...

As the Wallabies come to terms with Israel Folau's sacking in the build-up to the World Cup, teammate Kurtley Beale says he hopes the dual international will not ...

Rugby players are tougher than the calculus test you failed in high school. The sport is often described as legal, organized violence, but one player on D.C.'s ...

IRFU performance director says outgoing coach Schmidt very focused on final task.

Highlights of Saturday's Super Rugby action that saw the Rebels, Crusaders and Jaguares claim respective wins against the Sunwolves, Blues and Waratahs.

We asked our resident statistician Stuart Farmer to crunch the numbers and come up with 25 fascinating facts from the 2018-19 season. They include some new ...

IN an article written by Neil Francis and published by us on Sunday, May 19, 2019, it was falsely stated Felix Jones and Jerry Flannery had been "sacked" from ...