Alice Soper is a sports columnist for the Herald on Sunday. A former provincial rugby player and current club coach, she has a particular interest in telling stories of the emerging world of women's ...

Flankers are the players who line up on the edges of the scrum, either guarding possession or looking to steal it. These players are split into two sub-positions. In the majority of teams, flankers ...

The new edition Gentlemen of Aspen offered a rugby tutorial Saturday as they blitzed visiting Steamboat Springs in the home opener at Rio Grande Park. The Gents, with a roster filled with college ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Former Wallabies flanker Phil Waugh has been appointed chief executive of Rugby Australia. A veteran of 79 test matches for Australia, Waugh’s appointment as a replacement for Andy ...

The Lions legend transitions to Dragons coaching role. Dan Lydiate, a celebrated flanker for Dragons RFC , the British and Irish Lions, and Wales, will retire from professional rugby at the end of the ...

The tenth installment of my Greatest Ever series is here! In this series I will look at the greatest talents to grace various sports. This time I continue to look at Rugby Union, and, following my ...

Richie McCaw has been the undisputed king of world rugby for the past decade. No player has had a bigger influence on his team's success than the All Black openside flanker and his record remains ...

France flanker Axelle Berthoumieu has had her ban for biting Ireland’s Aoife Wafer reduced on appeal, though she will still miss the remainder of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Manaé Feleu, the France ...

All Blacks and Hurricanes flanker Ardie Savea has confirmed he will miss a big chunk of the 2020 Super Rugby season after he undergoes surgery for a knee injury he suffered at the World Cup in Japan.