McGeechan: Rugby is hugely lopsided
Former British & Irish Lions coach Sir Ian McGeechan says rugby needs to address the issue of inequality at both international and club levels.
Former British & Irish Lions coach Sir Ian McGeechan says rugby needs to address the issue of inequality at both international and club levels.
Local players could lose just under half of their salaries to help stabilise SA Rugby and the local unions’ finances during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rob Penney has been sacked as Waratahs head coach, but his assistants Chris Whitaker and Matt Cockbain have retained their jobs.
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff has been converted into a 2,000-bed field hospital to help Wales fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Welsh Rugby Union has announced that its leading rugby players will take a 25% pay cut as the sport deals with the financial impact of Covid-19.
Premiership Rugby has announced that the 2019-20 season will now be suspended indefinitely due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
New Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has urged South Africans to take special care of the elderly and those who are frail among families, friends and communities amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stormers and Wales centre Jamie Roberts has volunteered his services as a medical doctor to the National Health Service amid the raging coronavirus pandemic.
All Blacks players are set to take a 10% pay cut and forego most incentives and bonuses due to the strains on New Zealand Rugby as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
All Blacks flyhalf Richie Mo’unga has apologised for breaking New Zealand’s lockdown but says his presence at an informal Crusaders session was coincidental.