Rugby
Rugby Championship: No tension, no drama, no fun
Sports Call - This year's Rugby Championship was about as exciting as watching grass grow. Joe Porter ponders what's gone wrong with the Southern Hemisphere's flagship competition.
Wallabies down Pumas in Mendoza
The travel-weary Wallabies have rounded out their 2017 Rugby Championship campaign with a hard-earned 37-20 win over Argentina in Mendoza.
Read warns All Blacks to be wary of Boks
All Blacks captain Kieran Read has restated his side's desire to complete a second successive Rugby Championship with a 100 percent record but warned team mates not to underestimate beleaguered hosts…
Research shows there's bone problems for elite rugby players
More bad news for rugby players with bone problems being found later in life for elite players. Audio
Cooper to face Wallabies
Wallabies discard Quade Cooper will have a chance to reaffirm his international credentials when he captains the Barbarians against Australia's Test side.
Sinckler banned for 7 weeks for eye gouging
The England prop Kyle Sinckler will miss two rugby internationals after being handed a seven-week suspension by the RFU for eye gouging.
Travel taking its toll on All Blacks
The inclusion of Argentina into the rugby championship has left Australia, New Zealand and South Africa stretched when it comes to end of year tours to Europe, said All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.
Peter Burke passes away
The former All Black and All Blacks coach Peter Burke has died aged 90.
Fifth title in six years for All Blacks
New Zealand celebrated their fifth Rugby Championship in six years on Saturday, beating the Pumas, in Argentina, 36-10. Although there's still one round of the competition to go, the Springboks can… Audio
All Blacks seal title with 36-10 win over Pumas
The All Blacks celebrated their fifth Rugby Championship in six years with four tries in the first half to beat Argentina 36-10 at Velez Sarsfield on Saturday.
Lion dines on Osprey
Welsh hooker Scott Baldwin has apologised after being bitten on the hand while trying to pet a lion in South Africa.
ABs make friends and enemies in Buenos Aires
Opinion - In Argentina, rugby writer Jamie Wall discovers the one thing that translates, despite his terrible Spanish: the All Blacks.
Heroine's welcome for Black Ferns' World Cup win
Hundreds of fans, mostly young women and girls, turned out to a noisy, inspiring, and sometimes very funny welcome at the Vodafone events centre in Manakau. Video, Audio
Rousing reception for victorious Black Ferns
The Black Ferns have brought the women's Rugby World Cup home to fans in Auckland - and revealed they call her Nancy.
Black Ferns finally get their celebration. Is it enough?
Aucklanders get their chance to celebrate with the Women's Rugby World Cup winners, the Black Ferns, today in Manukau. It has taken a month to organise this event for New Zealand's most successful… Audio
Home detention for teenager who killed rising rugby star
Peyo Crus died after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a tree. Kobus Alberts, 18, had been drinking and was today sentenced to home detention for a year. Video, Audio
A call to take contact out of school rugby
Tiny Carruthers of John McGlashan College talks about the two sides to contact sport. Audio
Female referees to control men's internationals
Female referees Alhambra Nievas and Joy Neville will both take charge of men's international matches this year, becoming the first women to do so.
Programme launched to protect Pacific rugby players in France
A group of current and former rugby internationals from Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, have launched the Pacific Rugby Players Welfare, or PRPW, in France, to protect young rising stars. John Campbell… Video, Audio
Midday Sports News for 26 September 2017
Jonah Lomu's sons back France as the 2023 Rugby World Cup host. Audio
