The Rugby Championship

Late tries allows Springboks defeat Argentina 30-23

Springboks scored two tries in the last 10 minutes as they defeated Argentina 30-23 in their Rugby Championship encounter at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.
20 August 2016

Listening device in All Blacks hotel room leads to investigation

New Zealand Rugby has reported that the All Blacks room where the team meetings were held ahead of the opening game of the Rugby Championship against Australia had a listening device in it.
20 August 2016

Dominant All Blacks complete seven-try romp over Australia

The All Blacks once again came up with a dominant performance as they trounced the Wallabies by 42-8 in the opening game of the Rugby Championship at ANZ Stadium on Saturday.
20 August 2016

Springboks announce team for Rugby Championship opener against Argentina

South Africa head coach Allister Coetzee has included prop Julian Redelinghuys for the first time in the starting XV for the Rugby Championship opening game against Argentina at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.
18 August 2016

New Zealand announce squad for Rugby Championship game against Australia

New Zealand have announced a 32-man squad that will travel to Sydney for the opening game of the Rugby Championship game against Australia on Saturday.
15 August 2016

Sonny Bill Williams included in All Blacks squad for Rugby Championship

New Zealand centre Sonny Bill Williams will join the All Blacks squad for the Rugby Championship on completion of his current stint with the Sevens national team in the upcoming Rio Olympics.
1 August 2016

Matt Giteau joins Wallabies camp ahead of Rugby Championship

Wallabies star player Matt Giteau has been reported to have joined the Australian training camp in Sydney ahead of the Rugby Championship.
1 August 2016

Australia await Matt Giteau's return ahead of Rugby Championship

Wallabies are hopeful that their veteran utility back Matt Giteau will return to the side ahead of the 2016 Rugby Championship scheduled to be played in the next month.
27 July 2016

Rugby Championship Test between Argentina and Australia to be staged at Twickenham

Twickenham will stage the Rugby Championship Test match between Argentina and Australia later this year.
6 April 2016

Seven things we learnt from the 2015 Rugby Championship

The Rugby Championship 2015 is over with the Wallabies the unlikely winners given that they started the competition as the third ranked team. Here are seven things we've learnt over the last month.
9 August 2015

The Rugby Championship: Midweek Report

New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina began their preparations for the Rugby World Cup in serious fashion this weekend as a condensed Rugby Championship got underway.
22 July 2015

The Rugby Championship 2015: Round One Preview

Ahead of the opening weekend of the Rugby Championship, Talking Rugby Union previews Round One’s encounters.
16 July 2015

How important is the Rugby Championship in a World Cup year?

Regardless of what you achieve in a World Cup year, stepping out and competing for the Webb Ellis Trophy is the pinnacle of the season.
16 July 2015

The Rugby Championship 2015 Preview

We won’t find out until October 31st who is the best international team on the planet, but the Rugby Championship, which begins this weekend, will give us a slight indication at how well the Southern Hemisphere teams are shaping up.
16 July 2015

The Rugby Championship XV - Statistics are like a Bikini

This time next year we will be talking Rugby World Cup and be eagerly debating the perennial rugby union question: Northern or Southern Hemisphere ascendancy.
8 October 2014

Pumas end hunt for victory in the Rugby Championship

Argentina ended their search for a victory in the Rugby Championship at the 18th attempt, defeating Australia 21-17 in Mendoza.
5 October 2014

The Rugby Championship Round 6 Preview - The Grand Finale

The Rugby Championship Round 6 is here with two epic games with the two lower ranked teams hosting their better ranked opponents.
4 October 2014

New Zealand crowned Rugby Championship winners

New Zealand clinched the 2014 Rugby Championship with a bonus-point 34-13 win over Argentina in La Plata.
29 September 2014

New Zealander's view of The Rugby Championship - "Stars and Bars"

TalkingRugbyUnion's Scott Donaldson didn't make the trip to Argentina this weekend to witness the penultimate round of The Rugby Championship, instead our New Zealand-based reporter watched the game at home.
28 September 2014

The Rugby Championship Round 5 - boarding now

We asked Scott Donaldson to cast his eye over the penultimate Rugby Championship Round.
27 September 2014