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Super Rugby Star Arrested After Assault On Teammate

Today at 03:54 pm - Scrap. Melbourne Rebels star Amanaki Mafi was arrested over the weekend and will face charges of assault after an incident with teammate Lopeti Timani in New Zealand, Rugby Australia has confirmed. The altercation occurred following the Rebels’s 43-37 loss to the Highlanders in their Super Rugby fixture in Dunedin on Saturday. "Rugby Australia and the Melbourne Rebels are aware of an incident in...

World Rugby To Meet And Discuss Changes In Two Key Problem Areas

Today at 03:42 pm - Back to the drawing board. World Rugby are set to meet up next week to discuss two problem areas in the game that have caused huge controversy in recent months. Rugby’s governing body are set to sit down and the discuss the role of the TMO as well as the ruling on intentional and accidental fair play for contests in the air going forward. In recent months we have seen the TMO’s influence on th...

USA overcoming the challenges of time zones and limited funding under head coach Gary Gold 

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Cheetahs sign Dries Swanepoel

Today at 03:14 pm - The Cheetahs have announced that Bulls centre Dries Swanepoel will be joining the Bloemfontein-based outfit on a two-year contract. Similar to Grey College school mates and Cheetah stalwarts, Francois Venter and William Small-Smith, Swanepoel joined the Blue Bulls where he played for their U19 team in 2012. He received a call-up to the SA U20 side for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship and sco...

Caleb Timu and Ed Quirk handed two-week bans

Today at 02:22 pm - Queensland Reds flanker Caleb Timu and Sunwolves' Ed Quirk have been handed two-week suspension following the recently concluded Super Rugby game between the two teams at Suncorp Stadium....

Crusaders prop Joe Moody to miss quarter-final clash against Sharks

Today at 01:01 pm - Crusaders prop Joe Moody has been ruled out of the upcoming Super Rugby quarter-final clash against Sharks next weekend after he failed to recover from a knee injury....

MPs hail the impact of the Premiership Rugby Parliamentary Community Awards

Today at 12:14 pm - MPs showed their support for the Premiership Rugby Parliamentary Community Awards and praised the inspirational people who were recognised at the House of Commons last Wednesday. Every year, hundreds of volunteers up and down the country give their time to help run Premiership Rugby initiatives, including Aviva Tackling Numbers, HITZ, Project Rugby and Move Like […] The post MPs hail the impact ...

Planet Rugby Quiz: Jerome Kaino

Today at 11:45 am - Blues stalwart Jerome Kaino bowed out of New Zealand rugby last weekend. Here’s a quiz on the flanker. var VUUKLEEMOTESIZE = ""; VUUKLEEMOTEIFRAME = "" var EMOTETEXT = ["HAPPY","INDIFFERENT","AMUSED","EXCITED","ANGRY","SAD"]The post Planet Rugby Quiz: Jerome Kaino appeared first on Planet Rugby....