Rugby Championship

The latest news and videos from the southern hemisphere tournament involving the Springboks, All Blacks, Wallabies and Pumas

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Wallabies assistant coach Matt Taylor is seen during an Australian Rugby training session at Peffermill Sports Fields on November 03, 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Wallabies suffer coaching blow ahead of Bok battle

Rugby Australia has confirmed that defence coach Matt Taylor has stepped down from his post, one week before the Wallabies take on the Springboks in Adelaide.

Samu Kerevi of the Wallabies makes a run

Boks set sights on Sydney hoodoo

The history books will be against the Springboks in two Rugby Championship Tests in Australia, with the second to be played in Sydney where they have not beaten the Wallabies in nearly 30 years.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 10: Eben Etzebeth of the Springboks leaves the field after wrestling with Allan Alaalatoa of the Wallabies during the Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South Africa Springboks at Suncorp Stadium on September 10, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia.

Classic Clashes: Foley effect spoils Etzebeth’s party

As Bernard Foley has made his first return to the Wallabies squad since the 2019 World Cup, take a look back at when the playmaker helped Australia beat the Springboks in Eben Etzebeth’s 50th appearance.

JOC axed, Foley back to help Wallabies tackle Boks

Bernard Foley could play his first Test for the Wallabies since the 2019 World Cup after being included in a 35-man squad for the matches against the Springboks in Adelaide and Sydney.

Classic Clashes: Burke, Larkham break Bok hearts

With the Springboks and Wallabies set to lock horns next week in the Rugby Championship, rewind to 1999 when Matt Burke and Stephen Larkham combined to kick South Africa out of the World Cup.

Foster keeps New Zealand job after Ellis Park win

New Zealand Rugby has officially confirmed that All Blacks head coach Ian Foster will remain in his position until the 2023 World Cup despite a recent poor run of results.

Boks have ‘a mountain to climb’ Down Under

Jacques Nienaber is mindful of the Springboks’ woeful run of results in Australia, the world champions having not won an away Test against the Wallabies since 2013.

White: Bok changes helped All Blacks

Jake White is still baffled at the exclusion of prop Trevor Nyakane and hooker Malcolm Marx from the Springbok run-on XV in the defeat by the All Blacks on Saturday.

Read: All Blacks defused Bomb Squad

Former skipper Kieran Read says the All Blacks subdued the impact of the Springbok replacements to beat the world champions on Saturday.

Owens: Boks vs All Blacks in 2013 best I ever reffed

Renowned former referee Nigel Owens has revealed Ellis Park as the best stadium he officiated at, and “the scene of the greatest game” he ever called.