The Rugby Championship News

Highlanders Assistant Coach and former All Black Scott McLeod has been appointed as a new Assistant Coach of the All Blacks.

Australia got their June international campaign off to an impressive start on Saturday as they saw off Fiji 37-14 at AAMI Park in Melbourne.

South Africa got their 2017 Test campaign off to a superb start when they secured a 37-14 victory over France in the First Test in Pretoria.

A sensational late try to the visiting English saw them defeat Argentina 38-34 in an epic Test match in San Juan.

New Zealand cruised to a 78-0 thrashing of Samoa at Eden Park on running in 12 tries in their warm-up for the Lions series.

The British and Irish Lions suffered their second defeat of the tour as they lost in a close encounter 23-22 to the Highlanders in Dunedin.

The British and Irish Lions ended the Crusaders' unbeaten year with a dominant defensive display, winning 12-3 in Christchurch.

Sonny Bill Williams was the creator of Ihaia West's try with six minutes to go that helped the Blues defeat the British and Irish Lions 22-16 at Eden Park.

The British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand got off to a shaky start after they scraped past the Provincial Barbarians with a 13-7 win in Whangarei.

The 'sold-out' sign for the opening match of the Lions Series has been put up as Toll Stadium, Whangarei prepares for the eagerly awaited match between the British & Irish Lions and the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians.

Warren Whiteley has been named the 58^th Springbok captain and will get his first opportunity to lead the team when a much-changed squad, which includes eight uncapped players, gets together for the June Test Series against France at a training camp in late May.

New Zealand and South Africa have been placed in Pool B together, while Australia is in Pool D with Wales. Argentina find themselves in Pool C with England and France.

The pool draw for Rugby World Cup 2019 will take place on Wednesday 10 May in the historic Japanese city of Kyoto at the iconic Kyoto State Guest House. Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa await which Pool they will be drawn into for the tournament.

Perth Stadium will play host to the state’s first ever Bledisloe Cup match when the Wallabies and New Zealand clash at the new 60,000-capacity Western Australian venue in 2019.

The Wallabies led at the interval but a strong second half by England, who were aided by some key Wallaby errors, saw the home side record a 37-21 victory at Twickenham.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has made four changes ahead of the clash against England at Twickenham Stadium in London.

Eddie Jones’ side stretched their unbeaten run to 13 games as England continued their winning run with a courageous victory over Argentina, having played 74 minutes of the game with 14-men.

Finishing the season with a 24-19 win against a resurgent France the All Blacks retained the Dave Gallagher trophy to reflect on a pretty successful year.

The new look Springbok team started out frenetically and showed glimpses of promise late in the game but they weren’t consistent enough to prevent the Welsh from inflicting a 27-13 defeat in Cardiff.

An electrifying second half resurgence hasn't been enough to keep Australia's hopes of a Grand Slam alive after a 24-27 defeat to a spirited Ireland in Dublin.