9:52 AM BST ESPN staff Israel Folau is “exploring his options” after his multi-million dollar contract was terminated by Rugby Australia [RA] on Friday afternoon. Folau released a statement in response to his sacking roughly two hours after RA boss Raelene Castle fronted a packed media conference in Sydney to confirm the end of his
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3:51 AM BST With the Israel Folau sanction set to at last be handed down on Friday, this weekend’s Rugby World Cup camp is arguably the most important two days of Michael Cheika’s five-year Wallabies tenure. After the Reds and Waratahs do battle in Brisbane on Saturday night, Cheika will bring together 40 World Cup
2:00 AM BST Reds winger Chris Feauai-Sautia scores a try against the Waratahs in Sydney, March 9, 2019 Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Round 14 of Super Rugby is highlighted by the second Reds-Waratahs derby for the season, with both sides requiring a win to keep pace in a tight Australian conference. The actions kicks off in Wellington
May 17, 2019 England prop Mako Vunipola requires surgery on his hamstring and will be out for at least three months, the RFU have confirmed. Vunipola played just half an hour of Saracens’ Champions Cup final win against Leinster on Saturday, before succumbing to injury and leaving the field along with fellow prop Titi Lamositele,
5:12 PM BST Mako Vunipola will miss the rest of Saracens’ season after being ruled out with a torn hamstring, but is expected to recover in time for the Rugby World Cup in Japan this September. Vunipola played just half an hour of the Champions Cup final win against Leinster on Saturday, before succumbing to
8:57 AM BST Flanker Sam Cane’s remarkable bid to resume his All Blacks career begins this weekend when he returns to rugby seven months after breaking his neck. Sixty-Test veteran Cane has been named on the Chiefs’ bench for their Super Rugby match against the Blues at Eden Park on Saturday, with the 27-year-old’s recall
3:54 AM BST Few people know what’s going through Israel Folau’s mind. But if anyone can imagine what the isolation feels like, it’s Karmichael Hunt. In vastly different circumstances to Folau’s, Hunt also found himself frozen out from his Super Rugby team last year, when at the Queensland Reds before being handed a career lifeline
10:38 AM BST South African Super Rugby side the Bulls have confirmed the departure of Springboks flyhalf Handre Pollard for French Top 14 side Montpellier, but will welcome back the experienced Morne Steyn for the 2020 season. Pollard has long been linked to the Top 14 and will join several other Boks in the south
5:25 AM BST Two-time World Cup winner Dan Carter has laughed off suggestions he could make a surprise return to the All Blacks squad for this year’s tournament as New Zealand grapples with concerns over their depth at fly-half. The 37-year-old has not played for the All Blacks since the 2015 final and is not
NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson admits it will be a sad day for rugby if Israel Folau is sacked. The Waratahs and Wallabies superstar is expected to learn his fate this week, possibly as early as Wednesday, after being found guilty of a high-level breach of Rugby Australia’s professional players’ Code of Conduct. The independent