The Rugby Championship News

Georgia will host the tournament for the first time. The pool stages will be played on 31 May, 4 and 8 June, with the semi-finals on 13 June and the final at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi on 18 June. 

The All Blacks scored 26 points in the second half for a comprehensive 41-13 fourth round victory over South Africa in Christchurch.

The match day 23 features just two changes from the team that played Argentina last weekend: Ardie Savea comes in for the injured Sam Cane in the starting 7 jersey, with Matt Todd coming into the 23 as loose forward cover; while Lima Sopoaga comes into the match day 23, replacing Aaron Cruden, who has a groin strain.

Pieter-Steph du Toit and Vincent Koch are included in the Springbok starting line-up to face the All Blacks at AMI Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday, when Francois Louw will play in his 50th Test for South Africa.

There is no denying the All Blacks’ status as the best international rugby team in the world right now as they sit almost seven points clear of England in the World Rugby Rankings and more than 11 points clear of any other Southern Hemisphere nation. 

The third round of The Rugby Championship kicks off this weekend and by Sunday morning we’ll have hit the halfway mark of the tournament. Each team faces a tough challenge in the run home towards the top of the table, but each also has their own unique brand of rugby with which they hope to attain the trophy.

New Zealand claimed a third successive bonus-point victory in the Rugby Championship on Saturday as they defeated Argentina 57-22 in Hamilton.

The All Blacks side has been named to play the third Test in the Investec Rugby Championship against Argentina at FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton, on Saturday 10 September.

Pumas head coach Daniel Hourcade has had to make several changes to his squad due to injuries for the round three clash against the All Blacks in Hamilton.

New Zealand secured a bonus-point win over Australia for the second time in a week in the Rugby Championship, triumphing 29-9 in Wellington.

Anton Lienert-Brown will win his first Test cap after he was named in New Zealand's starting XV to face Australia in Wellington.

Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika has named Quade Cooper to start at fly-half for the Test with the All Blacks in Wellington.

A breathtaking performance by New Zealand saw them demolish Australia 42-3 in a one-sided Rugby Championship opener in Sydney.

Beauden Barrett will start at fly-half for New Zealand in the first game of the Rugby Championship against Australia in Sydney.

Australia coach Michael Cheika has dropped flanker Scott Fardy from his starting XV for the Bledisloe Cup Test with New Zealand in Sydney.

New Zealand full-back Israel Dagg said his side are 'dying' to keep the Bledisloe Cup ahead of their Rugby Championship clash with Australia.

With the 2016 Rugby Championship just around the corner the respective national coaches have named their preliminary squads.

All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen has been reappointed through until 2019, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has confirmed.

Two referees – Angus Gardner of Australia and Mathieu Raynal of France – will take charge of their first Rugby Championship matches.

They might have won the series by a combined score of 121-49 but the All Blacks were tested by a Wales team that few expected to challenge the World Champions.