Changes to the rules of rugby bring the law of unintended consequences into play.
Bernard Lapasset has retained his position as International Rugby Board chairperson after winning elections against vice-chair Bill Beaumont.
New Zealand and South Africa are hurting before the third leg of the IRB Sevens World Series in Indian Ocean city Port Elizabeth from Friday.
Fiji rallied from 12-7 down at halftime to beat reigning world champion New Zealand 26-12 in the final of the Gold Coast Sevens.
The Western Province Rugby Football Union has refused to allow Saracens to play their Heineken Cup match against Bairritz at the Cape Town Stadium.
New Zealand remained officially the world’s best team after the latest edition of the IRB rankings was published ahead of the World Cup semifinals.
The International Rugby Board responded to a possible New Zealand withdrawal from the next World Cup by saying "everyone is replaceable".
Fans clamoured have condemned the leniency of Rugby World Cup organisers toward England after fining Samoa for wearing the wrong mouthguard.
The scheduling row that has soured the World Cup took on a new dimension with a Samoan player accusing the IRB of exploitation akin to "slavery" and
The IRB says referee Wayne Barnes could have asked for television replays to check whether a penalty kick in the SA vs Wales game was successful.
The IRB has declared New Zealand ready to host an "extraordinary" Rugby World Cup despite questions about the tournament’s make-up and unsold tickets.
The International Rugby Board chief has warned price gouging during the Rugby World Cup threatens to sully New Zealand’s reputation with tourists.
The International Rugby Board on Wednesday said five pool matches have been moved from Christchurch because of damage caused by the earthquake.
The hosts of the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and 2019 will be announced on Tuesday and England and Japan are hot favourites.
Agreement on the most contentious of rugby’s experimental laws is close and will produce the ”perfect game”, says Wallabies coach Robbie Deans.
This week marked 500 days to the start of the Soccer World Cup and the closer we get, the further behind rugby will fall in the popularity stakes.
The rugby union World Cups of 2015 and 2019 have attracted a record number of countries interested in launching official bids.
Kiwi flyhalf Dan Carter was the only southern hemisphere player announced on Wednesday in the list of nominees for the IRB Player of the Year award.
SA have slipped to third place in the IRB rankings after their fourth defeat in five Tri-Nations matches on Saturday, when they lost to Australia.
The 2015 World Cup must be held outside a rugby union stronghold if the sport is serious about becoming a truly global game, according to a report.
