VICTORY over Queensland will guarantee New South Wales a Super 14 home semi-final after the Blues did the Waratahs an almighty favour in Auckland.

A SUPER 14 season which started well and finished brilliantly for Western Force has been labelled a wasted opportunity by coach John Mitchell.

THE grand old gentleman of Australian rugby league, South Sydney great Jack Rayner, passed away at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, at midnight aged of 87.

MIKE Blair has been named Scotland's player of the season at the 2008 Scottish Rugby Awards.

TONY Stanger is still best remembered by many Scots for scoring the try against England in 1990 which clinched Scotland's last Grand Slam triumph, but the former Hawick wi

The Blues' epic 19-17 victory over the Hurricanes in Auckland on Friday threw a proverbial spanner in the works and did the Stormers and Sharks a huge favour. Although the Hurricanes scored a bonus point for finishing within seven points,

A lack of tries and distaste for entertainment could cost the Sharks this season. But going into the final round of Vodacom Super 14 action, their hopes are still - thinly - alive.Last year's finalists host the Chiefs in Durban,

The Vodacom Blue Bulls are R1 million richer after they beat the Free State Cheetahs 25-21 in a pulsating climax to an excellent Vodacom Cup competition at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night. The American maxim of feeling like a million

The Western Force came back from 22-0 down to beat the Brumbies 29-22 in a thrilling game at the Subiaco Oval.

IF there is a single expression that Queensland rugby insiders always use with undisguised derision, it's "next big thing".

THE decision on rugby union's Olympics future will be taken in October 2009, International Rugby Board president Bernard Lapasset said.