Rugby
Super Rugby set for a longer 17-week regular season Nations Championship: rugby launches a new North-South showpiece Antoine Dupont will miss opening rounds of the inaugural Nations Championship Continuing a sporting trend, International Tennis Federation is now World Tennis Ardie Savea picked as captain in Dave Rennie's 1st All Blacks squad of 2026
Veteran Australia prop Slipper returns to international rugby for the Nations Championship
James Slipper 'unretires' from international rugby and could play in July
Hurricanes, Chiefs to meet in the Super Rugby final
English rugby official resigns after discriminatory post
Australia women win rugby sevens world series
BORDEAUX, France (AP) – Australia won the rugby sevens world series when it saved its best for last and beat season-long front-runner New Zealand 26-19 in the Bordeaux women’s final on Sunday.