Chris Noakes knows how Simon Hickey is feeling.Noakes has been dropped twice this season after starting in the away defeats against the Highlanders and Lions. Now he gets another turn in tomorrow's match against the Hurricanes in...

Blues coach John Kirwan says the team's atrocious away record under his reign needs addressing.However, the question for him must be: Where do you start without making it even more of a mental issue?His team's 26-9 defeat to the...

A witness has described an incident where a rugby player almost lost his ear in a ruck as "the worst example of an attack on a player'' he had ever seen.Gisborne's High School Old Boys' (HSOB) halfback Sione Tamale is due to appear...

Israel Folau once again wreaked havoc with the fortunes of fantasy players in round nine of Dream Team Fantasy Super Rugby, reminding gamers of the grave risk in backing injured stars.Despite all reports that Folau would take the...

LONDON (AP) Dan Carter has unfinished business at the Rugby World Cup.A deep desire to lead the All Blacks to victory in a final has driven the superstar flyhalf to extend his career to the next World Cup in England next year.To...

Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett has largely kept the status quo with his Hurricanes line-up for Friday's game against the Blues at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.Riding a two-match winning streak, Hammett's only tweak to his starting...