Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has hailed the emergence of a young group of "genuine Test players" he believes will serve Australia well following mixed results on the spring tour.

MURRAYFIELD man-of-the-match Sean Lamont says Scotland still have plenty of momentum going into this season's Six Nations rugby championship despite losing 6-9 to Argenti

Watch video highlights of the action from the match between Ayr and Rotherham on Friday 27 November.

Paul Martin, Greenbank: "It was like last week's game in reverse. Argentina did to us what we did to Australia."

Scotland 6 Argentina 9

STEWART'S MELVILLE rugby coach Graeme Moffat has hailed the battling qualities of his players, who posted a crucial 25-20 league victory over Edinburgh Accies at Raeburn P

PORTOBELLO and North Berwick's great campaigns continued on Saturday as the top two in Scottish Hydro East One progressed in rugby's Regional Cup.

Volunteer walk leaders across the area have been honoured for their hard work getting Rugby healthy.

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says a strategy needs to be adopted urgently to ensure that the country's top rugby players are carefully managed over the next two seasons and leading into the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

If you needed further proof that Rugby Union is in a bad state heading into the weekend you would have seen all you needed to see in the diabolical game between the Springboks and Ireland at Croke Park.

The Springboks have accused Ireland number eight Jamie Heaslip of eye-gouging flanker Heinrich Brussow during Saturday's Test match at Croke Park.The Springboks have asked citing commisioner Dougleas Hunter to look at the incident which took place during the first half

Rene Howe has returned to Peterborough United after Chris Sutton cut his unsuccessful loan spell short. Howe came to Sincil Bank with a reputation as a man who could get goals in League Two, despite that, he scored just five

Clever-dick critics who think they know best may want a new manager at Hartlepool United, but Chris Turner says that he won’t be leaving the role, no matter how loud his detractors shout their "advice" from the terraces and on

Longer than War and Peace, it's the latest chapter in my musings.

Five England internationals have been named on the shortlist for the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year, One of these candidates is Kelly Smith who has made the shortlist for the FIFA Women's World player of the year 2009.

Wayne Rooney has spoken about the day he led England for the first time, and admitted that he never dreamed he would wear the armband for his country.

We're approaching the turn of the year and City still in a cup competition (for a change), it is important that we still concentrate on the League. That starts with a visit from improving Port Vale. Vale have an excellent

As I watched the players warming up I was surprised that the Emirates pitch was not being watered, after all it was only a torrential downpour. It was cold and damp and no doubt memories of last season's 4-1 defeat

The trouble with Premiership rugby these days, is that it’s all just about penalties, aerial ping-pong and defences. And as all the scribes and commentators have frequently pointed out, English players, their coaches, and their league system are conspiring to

RAMPANT Coventry turned on the style in a scintillating first half as they recorded an emphatic nine try British & Irish Cup victory over outclassed Scottish visitors Heriot’s at the Butts Park Arena last night. With half-backs James Thomas who