AUSTRALIA line-out ace Dan Vickerman plans to make a welcome return from injury in club rugby on Saturday as he prepares for next week's Tri Nations opener against South Africa in Perth.

PETERO Civoniceva has escaped for a four-day break with his family as he recovers from the racial scandal that has damaged rugby league.

PARRAMATTA believe they have identified the culprits who allegedly racially taunted Petero Civoniceva and say they should be banned for life unless they apologise to the Penrith captain.

THIS season has been a living hell for the North Queensland faithful, but Gorden Tallis believes a club sometimes has to go through tough times to improve.

ENGLISH Super League side Hull have completed the signing of former Hull KR half-back James Webster.

HIGH-FLYING St George Illawarra will welcome back star centre pairing Mark Gasnier and Matt Cooper in their bid for a record-equalling eighth straight NRL win against Canberra on Sunday.

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Several times this year, Nick Heidfeld has demonstrated that he is one of the best drivers on the Formula One grid when it comes to overtaking. At Silverstone, the 31-year old passed two of his rivals at a time -

There's a touch of animal magic about the EDF Cup draw for Gloucester, who face matches against Wasps, Falcons and Dragons in Pool A. They'll be at home in two of the games and make the long jouney to Newcastle's

JIM HAMILTON has confirmed he's ready to unleash six months of pent-up rugby frustration in Edinburgh's cause when the new season gets underway.

THE host nations for the 2015 and 2019 World Cups will both be unveiled in July next year.

TO DELVE into the pen-pictures section on Scottish Rugby's website is to find reference to a 42-cap utility back going by the name of Hugo "Finaly" Southwell.

BRISBANE half-back Peter Wallace believes the club can claim a top-four NRL finals berth as long as the players adopt the hard-edged mentality which characterised their start to the season.

PETERO Civoniceva's heartbroken father has called for Parramatta officials to take harsh action against spectators who racially taunted his son.

DARREN Lockyer has been named in Brisbane's squad to play the Bulldogs this weekend after returning to the training paddock on Tuesday morning.

AS the search continues for the ultimate legal performance enhancer, a terrible mistake has been made.

WESTS Tigers have suffered a blow ahead of Monday's NRL match against reigning premiers Melbourne with half-back Mathew Head ruled out due to injury.

We've received a heap of requests to extend our popular Bok XV game into a World version. So, still licking our wounds from the previous version, SARugby.com presents the World XV game!

One of the major criticisms levelled against Springbok management after defeat in the first Tri-Nations encounter in Wellington is that we had the wrong players for the poor conditions.While it's hard to tell whether Peter de Villiers and his entourage

Anthony Boric and John Afoa have been included in the starting XV as part of two changes by All Black coach Graham Henry.