Wallabies honour big hearted Tomos – Brisbane Times
If keen rugby player Tomos Massey was to have a “position” in his home life, it would be the hooker holding together the family pack. For all of his life, 13-year-old Tomos has helped look after his dad Don after a horrific truck accident 23 years

England downcast after Twickenham humbling – Times Online
England head to Manchester this week for the start of their two-international series against Argentina, with Martin Johnson having to contend with injuries, changes to his squad, the disappointment of defeat by the Barbarians and the realisation that

Wallabies lock Horwill re-signs for 2 years – PR Inside
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) – Wallabies lock James Horwill celebrated his 24th birthday Friday by re-signing with the Queensland Reds and the Australian Rugby Union until the 2011 World Cup. Horwill is likely to partner Nathan Sharpe in the Australian

Schoolboy carer relishes Wallabies’ reward – ninemsn
Brisbane schoolboy and rugby fanatic Tomas Massey got the surprise of his life when two of his rugby heroes turned up on his doorstep. “You just see two really great Wallaby players come up the driveway and it’s like, what?” the 13-year-old told Nine

After spending the last few months committing lineout calls and rugby plays to memory, Isaac Ross was more concerned with the alphabet as New Zealand…

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JWT London has created 20 idents to support HSBC’s sponsorship of the Lions tour in 2009.The idents are set in South Africa (the country hosting the tour) and feature 5 of the greatest Lions players ever to play coaching, …

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O’driscoll remains confident: Sport: Rugby: LionsinSA. Brian O’Driscoll has said that he is not worried about the performance of the British and Irish Lions in their SA tour opener.

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Local broadcasters must take responsibility for promoting rugby – Herald
Consider how much excitement would be generated within the Irish media if Celtic and Rangers were to be involved in a domestic league with their best clubs. Consider, by comparison, the attention given by Scotland’s mainstream television companies to

Scottish highland boy is true Blue – News.com.au
JAMES McManus was easy to spot this day. He was the tall, bare-footed kid from Scotland with the confused look on his face. The 10-year-old wandering around the school playground with his mates, trying to get involved but not really knowing how. It’s

Flower of Scotland is ‘embarrassing’ – Sunday Herald
ONE OF the greatest players Scottish rugby has ever produced has said the stadium song Flower of Scotland has become an embarrassing anti-English rant and should be ditched as the nation’s sporting anthem. Finlay Calder, captain of the British Lions

Fiji win but South Africa take title – scrum.com
The day after clinching their first IRB Sevens World Series title at Murrayfield, South Africa were pipped to the Edinburgh title by Fiji in another superb Cup final, 20-19. Fiji’s victory at the Edinburgh Sevens takes them above England into second

Dan Parks set to sign two-year deal to remain with Glasgow – Times Online
Dan Parks, the Scotland fly half, is about to again confound his critics when Glasgow, his club, reveal that he has signed a two-year deal to stay. Despite a loss of goalkicking form in the second half of the season which cost him his starting place

Lamont jumps at chance of return to sevens heaven – Herald
They may have lost out on the rugby Rolls Royce that is Thom Evans, but Scotland’s sevens management have been able to call upon the prototype that was built to rather different specifications in the shape of Sean Lamont. Evans, Scottish rugby’s

SBW won’t disappoint: Wallabies coach – ninemsn
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans expects a composed Sonny Bill Williams to disappoint anyone expecting him to be out of his depth when he plays for the Barbarians against Australia in Sydney next week. The former New Zealand and Bulldogs rugby league

Horwill re-signs with Reds, Wallabies – West Online
Wallabies lock James Horwill celebrated his 24th birthday by re-signing with Queensland and the Australian Rugby Union through to the 2011 World Cup. Reds skipper Horwill re-committed for a further two years in a move which the Queensland Rugby Union

Wallabies wary of ’scary’ Sonny – The Australian
RYAN Cross has described Sonny Bill Williams as “scary” as the Wallabies prepare to take on the former rugby league star in the Barbarians match in Sydney on Saturday night. While Cross was referring to the powerful Williams’ knock-out of Gary Gurr

Schoolboy carer relishes Wallabies’ reward – ninemsn
Brisbane schoolboy and rugby fanatic Tomas Massey got the surprise of his life when two of his rugby heroes turned up on his doorstep. “You just see two really great Wallaby players come up the driveway and it’s like, what?” the 13-year-old told Nine

Italy hit by tour withdrawals – West Online
Italy’s already treacherous tour to Australia and New Zealand has been hit by the withdrawals of experienced prop Martin Castrogiovanni, scrum-half Simon Picone and full-back Andrea Marcato. Leicester Tiger Castrogiovanni and Marcato are injured

Wallabies honour big hearted Tomos – Brisbane Times
If keen rugby player Tomos Massey was to have a “position” in his home life, it would be the hooker holding together the family pack. For all of his life, 13-year-old Tomos has helped look after his dad Don after a horrific truck accident 23 years

Wallabies to play for new trophy – ninemsn
The Wallabies will play the Barbarians for the inaugural Nick Shehadie Trophy in their ground-breaking clash at Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday week. Sir Nicholas Shehadie is a Wallabies legend, a former Test captain and a past Australian Rugby

RUGBY UNION – Daily Express
MARTIN CORRY will defy his specialist’s advice to say his farewell to English rugby at Twickenham tomorrow as Barbarians captain. Corry, 35, has been told his body is in no fit shape to carry on playing but after the frustration of having to watch

Local broadcasters must take responsibility for promoting rugby – Herald
Consider how much excitement would be generated within the Irish media if Celtic and Rangers were to be involved in a domestic league with their best clubs. Consider, by comparison, the attention given by Scotland’s mainstream television companies to

Carl Hayman named Newcastle captain – Stuff
New Zealand prop Carl Hayman will captain his English rugby club Newcastle next season. World class tighthead Hayman, one of the best performers in the recently completed English Premiership, takes the skipper’s arm band from Phil Dowson, who is

CORRY EXPECTS EMOTIONAL GOODBYE – Sporting Life
Martin Corry will bid an emotional farewell to English rugby at Twickenham amid a sense of fulfilment that enables him to retire without regret. His body battered from 14 years of professional rugby, Corry hopes to last the distance when he leads the

Kiwi lad rising up England’s cricket ranks – Stuff
Christchurch-born Ben Stokes, the son of a former New Zealand rugby league international, could hardly have bagged a bigger scalp in his English county cricket debut. The England under-19 training squad all-rounder skittled the stumps of former

Corry and Lewsey ready for final rugby bow – Bangkok Post
Martin Corry and Josh Lewsey will make an emotional farewell to English rugby at Twickenham on Saturday as the World Cup winners prepare to retire. England rugby international Josh Lewsey holds the ball during a training session in Twickenham, west

Adam Poole – Bleacherreport.com
Short of having a qualification to prove it, Sports journalism flows through Adam’s blood. With a strong passion for Formula One and English Rugby League, Adam covers his stories from the heart and with as much energy as possible. Adam’s main writing

Celtic rugby continues to blossom – Daily Telegraph Blogs
According to one of our contributors, Leinster were lucky to beat Harlequins in the quarter final of the Heineken Cup. I dare say they were lucky to beat Leicester in the final. Oh, and of course, Cardiff Blues were fortunate to beat Gloucester in

Baabaas outclass England – Sportal.com.au
Martin Corry and Josh Lewsey bade a victorious farewell to English rugby at Twickenham as the Barbarians held on for a 33-26 victory despite a late England comeback. Martin Johnson’s youthful England side let in five tries – including two for former

Aucklander killed by truck while on Golden Oldies rugby trip to – New Zealand Herald
A Mangere rugby club is in mourning after a member was killed on a Golden Oldies trip to Rarotonga. Duncan Barrowman, a father of four, died after a truck hit him as he was returning to the hotel of his Manukau Rovers team. The 43-year-old, a

Rugby: Bulls prove themselves best by far – New Zealand Herald
They say no one ever remembers who comes second. For reasons both good and bad, they just might remember that it was the Chiefs who claimed that honour in the 2009 Super 14. While Chiefs followers will prefer to dwell on the good – a first final for

Vickery: Game was wake-up call – Western Telegraph
Phil Vickery believes the British and Irish Lions have been handed a reality check by an unheralded Royal XV. The Lions’ laboured 37-25 victory over a team drawn from South African rugby’s second tier will hardly set alarm bells ringing in the

South African media delight in Bulls’ win – Stuff
The Chiefs were spared no blushes in the aftermath of their Super 14 final hiding with the South African media putting their disappointing effort into context against “The Incredi-Bulls”. The locals took delight in the efforts of their side as the

Rugby-Revised England squad for Argentina matches – Reuters UK
LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) – Revised 34-man England squad for the matches against Argentina at Old Trafford, Manchester on June 6 and in Salta, Argentina on June 13. England coach Martin Johnson on Sunday called up Bath winger Matt Banahan as a

WRU appoints new National Academy chief – Leisure Opportunities
Former Wales rugby union international, Phil Davies, has been appointed by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) to lead its new National Academy, which has been launched to develop new talent. The academy, which will be based at the WRU National Centre of

Hines sees red on eve of Lions team selection – Bangkok Post
Lock Nathan Hines admitted on Wednesday that the thrill of being included in the British and Irish Lions squad touring South Africa had given way to a desire to wear the famous red jersey. Lock Nathan Hines, seen here on May 13, 2009, admitted on

Wales fly-half James Hook handed surprise Lions call-up as injured – Daily Mail
Wales’ James Hook has been called up to the British and Irish Lions squad as a replacement for the injured Leigh Halfpenny. Lions tour manager Gerald Davies confirmed this morning fly-half Hook will replace Halfpenny with the latter returning to

TheStar.com | Sports | Canada welcomes world-class rugby foe this – Toronto Star
There are bigger dates to come, but Canada is treating Saturday’s rugby test match with Wales as a true test of their place in the sport’s pecking order. There was a notion at Thursday’s press conference for the two sides that the Welsh – a

Rugby: 10 things the Chiefs did right – New Zealand Herald
Waikato-based Super 14 finalists have a steep hill to climb against the rampant Bulls in South Africa this weekend, but the New Zealand team carry in plenty of positives. 1 Backed their Super coach It wouldn’t be a Super Rugby season without