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London Irish have contracted seven players to their senior Academy programme for the 2014/15 season. ...

Toulon unravelled Saracens to win the Heineken Cup final 23-6 at the Millennium Stadium, but what did we learn from Saturday's match? Power of four: Steffon Armitage won four turnovers against Saracens on Saturday With Bakkies Botha and Danie Rossouw lurking menacingly on their front line, Toulon were never going to be scared of …Continue reading » ...

Wales and Lions captain Sam Warburton got his thinking cap on and gave RW six of the best opensides he’s played with or against. It’s not too shabby… On the way back: Sam Warburton picks the best opensides he played against Best for game intelligence -  Martyn Williams (Wales) “Martyn was my hero growing up. He was the first person I …Continue reading » ...

Shark centre Paul Jordaan says that the current Super Rugby leaders are brimming with confidence after their tour of Australia and New Zealand. ...

Crusaders captain Kieran Read looks set to return to playing Super Rugby this weekend against the Western Force following the All Blacks' second training camp in Wellington. ...

Chiefs Super Rugby winning centre Charlie Ngatai has re-signed with the current back-to-back champions for the next two years. ...

Super Rugby organizers SANZAR have suspended Cheetahs captain Adriaan Strauss for three weeks for a lifting/spear tackle in his team's 33-0 loss to the Stormers...

England rugby coach Stuart Lancaster today included former bad boy Danny Cipriani in his 30-strong initial squad for the four-match tour of New Zealand next month....

It's that time of year again which I will announce my Super Rugby International XV of the year before the season goes into its break after the weekend....

Israel Dagg has revealed the Crusaders collectively panicked in the final minutes of their heart stopping 32-30 win over the Highlanders on Saturday...

Steffon Armitage has been voted the European Player of the Year for 2014 after playing a starring role in French club Toulon's successful defence of its Heineken Cup title....

Riki Flutey's eyes still sparkle when he talks about rugby and at 34 years of age the former British and Irish Lions back is adamant his professional career isn't over just yet....

Sam Whitelock's odometer just keeps rolling over....

Charlie Ngatai has put pen to paper, re-signing with the back-to-back champion Chiefs for a further two years....

Jerome Kaino says he's just one of four men who would happily pull on the All Blacks No 8 jersey should Kieran Read be unavailable for the first test against England....

I once described the English as ''pricks to lose to'' and at the time I hadn't even lost a test to them. But that was the sort of feeling they used to engender in the All Blacks....

Kieran Read is no longer feeling the symptoms of concussion and is fit and ready to play following the All Blacks' second training camp in Wellington....

Former British and Irish Lions and England back Riki Flutey hopes to make a come back in Super Rugby next year after signing a one year contract with the Wellington Lions. ...

Brumbies fullback Jesse Mogg has admitted that his confidence has taken a knock after he was snubbed by Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie for the June Test series....

Fly-half is included in England squad for the first time since 2008, as Stuart Lancaster calls up seven uncapped players ...