European clubs to thwart plans for global season?

Europe’s top rugby clubs could oppose plans for a global season, according to a report in the Times.

Gatland: Now or never for global calendar

British & Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland says if a global rugby calendar cannot be agreed now, it never will be.

Laser beams to monitor offside line?

World Rugby executive committee member Brett Robinson says the organisation is investigating whether laser beams could be used to police the offside line.

SA Rugby registers spike in transformation progress

SA Rugby’s annual audit has shown that the governing body has registered a 22% increase in its transformation progress in the 2019 calendar year.

England prop: Racism still rife in sport

England prop Ellis Genge says both he and coach Eddie Jones suffered racial abuse before a match against the Springboks in 2018.

Rewind to a different time when Boks hammered Wales

Look back at when the Springboks scored 15 tries, including a hat-trick from Pieter Rossouw, to thump Wales 96-13 at Loftus Versfeld in 1998.

Kolisi documentary in the works

Roc Nation Sports president Michael Yormark says his agency didn’t sign Springbok captain Siya Kolisi because he is a star athlete but because of the man he is and what he stands for.

Global calendar talks progress

SA Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux says talks over the global calendar have progressed and an agreement could be reached as early as July this year. DYLAN JACK reports.

Burgess: Ford was a snake

Sam Burgess has sensationally called Mike Ford a ‘snake’, claiming his former Bath coach sabotaged his career and England’s 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign.

Smith wants Italy to develop new DNA

Newly appointed national head coach Franco Smith says he wants to create a new DNA for Italian rugby.