Rugby News

The Hurricanes won their first Super Rugby title with a 20-3 win over the Lions in Wellington on Saturday.

Last season’s treble winners Leeds Rhinos started their Super 8s Qualifiers campaign with an emphatic 62-6 victory at Featherstone.

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Australian Mitch Brown scored two tries on his debut as Leigh held off a late onslaught from London Broncos to start their campaign in the Super 8s Qualifiers with a 34-30 victory at Leigh Sports Village.

Catalans Dragons turned around a five-match losing run with a home victory over Widnes to keep the pressure on St Helens above them in the Super 8s.

Hurricanes captain Dane Coles dedicated his side's first Super Rugby title to the generation of players who had struggled for more than two decades to bring the championship to New Zealand's capital city.

South Africa head coach Allister Coetzee has named his 31-man squad for the first two matches of this year’s Rugby Championship, with uncapped hooker Malcolm Marx one of nine Lions included.