The Rugby Championship

The Springboks came as close as anyone has in a while to toppling the almighty All Blacks in New Zealand on Saturday as they eventually went down 14-10 in Wellington.

New Zealand inside centre Ma'a Nonu has been ruled out of rugby for the rest of the year after having surgery on his broken forearm.

The start of the season in the Northern Hemisphere and the end of the season in the Southern Hemisphere; that is where we find ourselves as rugby union fans.

Manuel Montero, or “Panther” as he has been aptly nicknamed in his homeland of Argentina, is not just the latest Jonah Lomu-inspired, powerhouse winger to grace the pitches of world rugby, but rather Los Pumas’ greatest hope for establishing themselves as perennial challengers to the likes of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

The rugby season is in full flow worldwide, and this weekend sees a massive game in Wellington in The Rugby Championship

We have featured two excellent pieces on referees in our rugby news section over the past four weeks, looking at the shares and the views, Rugby Union Fans are interested in the role and how it can influence high profile games.

This weekend the Rugby Championship is back after a week off. There have been three close games and one blowout with the All Blacks thrashing the Wallabies in Round 2. But what lies in store this weekend?

Beauden Barrett will make his first Test start at fly-half for New Zealand when the All Blacks take on Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.

No AC/DC this weekend for the AB's so it's over to BB. So AC equals Aaron Cruden and DC equals Dan Carter but is Beauden Barrett a firing BB gun?

Australia coach Ewen McKenzie has made four changes to his side to face South Africa as the Wallabies look to bounce back from their Rugby Championship drubbing against New Zealand.

As two rounds of international rugby from the southern hemisphere have already flown by, Talking Rugby Union’s Scott Donaldson brings you the team of round 2…

New Zealand laid down a Rugby Championship marker as they thrashed Australia 51-20 at Eden Park to retain the Bledisloe Cup.

South Africa survived a huge scare before making it back-to-back wins over Argentina at the start of their new Rugby Championship campaign.

The game of rugby seldom feels like a fairytale. Rugby is an intense and high impact game that would be difficult to draw parallels to bedtime stories; some might say it is more like a nightmare.

It is usually difficult to criticise the All Blacks but the selection policy for The Rugby Championship seems to offer little in terms of delivering the New Zealand public the Rugby World Cup in October 2015.

The first round of the Rugby Championship was played in difficult conditions across the southern hemisphere with two enthralling encounters sparking the competition into life.

As we hurtle past the opening weekend of the Rugby Championship and immerse ourselves, once again, in southern hemisphere rugby, one of Talking Rugby Union's men in the sub-continent, Scott Donaldson, looks at the gap between the World Champion All Blacks and the rest of the world…

Beale not Foley was on most people's minds leading into the first weekend of the southern hemisphere's premier competition. There was also a suspicion that Argentina were being discounted too easily.

South Africa got their Rugby Championship campaign up and running with victory over Argentina, although it was far from easy for the Springboks in testing conditions at a rain-drenched Loftus Versfeld.

Australia foiled New Zealand's bid to win an historic 18th consecutive Test as the Bledisloe Cup rivals played out a 12-12 stalemate at the ANZ Stadium.