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He’s yet to make his starting debut but Izaia Perese is already drawing comparisons to one of Queensland rugby’s favourite sons, Digby Ioane. At 180cm and 91kg, Perese has a near identical frame to Ioane, who he will mark when he makes his run-on debut on Saturday night. That’s not where the similarities end, though, […]

Jono Lance will make his return from injury in the Force’s opening 2017 trial on the Gold Coast next week. Lance was a late inclusion in the team’s Brisbane Tens squad earlier this week and has worked his way back from a broken arm sustained in last year’s Wallaby XV match against the French Barbarians. […]

Queensland Reds captain James Slipper will return home from the team’s tour of South Africa and Argentina immediately, after suffering a ruptured Achilles in his side’s loss to the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday. He will be replaced on the tour by prop Phil Kite, who trained with the squad throughout the pre-season. Reds head […]

The Turkey international was the man taken to the Italian capital as a Serie A heavyweight sought to fill the void created by a deal with Liverpool Cengiz Under has embraced the responsibility of filling Mohamed Salah’s shoes at Roma, with the Turkey international telling Goal that he is happy with the impact he has […]

Just two years ago, Esera Chee Kam was looking down the barrel of an NRL career, playing with two brothers in Manly’s SG Ball team. The teen and brothers Livingston and Michael, now a Wests Tigers centre,l were touted as rugby league’s next family dynasty, in the same vein as the Burgess family, growing up […]

RUPA has stepped up its efforts to campaign for the retention of five Australian teams, launching an online petition on Thursday afternoon. The players’ association launched a petition on Thursday afternoon through the website strongerasfive.com, to campaign to the ARU to veto the possibility of axing a team. A petition is close to the strongest […]

Click: A potentially serious knee injury to Kyle Godwin has compounded a disastrous night of Super Rugby for the finals-bound ACT Brumbies. The Queensland Reds snatched a 16-15 win over the Brumbies courtesy of a last-gasp Quade Cooper penalty in Friday’s clash at a dreary Suncorp Stadium. It was just the sixth time the Reds […]

All Blacks five-eighth Lima Sopoaga has confirmed he is leaving New Zealand to play rugby in the UK at the end of the year. Unconfirmed reports on Wednesday suggested that the Highlanders No.10 would be heading to the Coventry-based Wasps side. On Thursday, the 26-year-old announced he would be leaving New Zealand with a “heavy […]

A dark cloud may be hovering over the Western Force and Southern Kings, but it didn’t stop the two endangered franchises from producing a 12-try thriller in Sunday’s Super Rugby clash at nib Stadium in Perth. Kings fullback Malcolm Jaer scored a hat-trick, but the Force overcame a 13-point deficit with just 15 minutes remaining […]

The Waratahs of Friday night’s loss against the Kings were a team devoid of confidence, not talent, centre Rob Horne says. Click Here: mochila fjallraven Horne, speaking to media on Monday afternoon, said his initial reaction to the loss was that players weren’t going with their guts. “For me, when you come off the field […]