The 2027 Super Rugby Pacific season features 10 Sunday afternoon games as the new 10-team format throws up a series of changes to the 30-year-old tournament.
Darren Walton
Wallabies coach Les Kiss is backing youth over experience - for now - and keeping veteran playmakers James O'Connor and Bernard Foley on the backburner.
Western Force will fly out of Perth just five times across an almost four-month spell during the 2027 Super Rugby Pacific season amid an expanded fixture. CLICK TO SEE THEIR SCHEDULE.
Ben Smith
The Wallabies have welcomed back a player who hasn’t appeared in the jersey in three years for this month’s battle with world champions South Africa.
Marco Monteverde
Precocious outside back Jordan Petaia is back in the Wallabies squad for the first time since the 2023 Rugby World Cup as Australia brace for the Springboks.
Western Force star Ben Donaldson is firming for a starting berth when the Wallabies host South Africa at Optus Stadium next Sunday - but he is not the only Force fly-half in contention.
Western Force’s five-year absence from Friday nights at HBF Park is over with the side set to host three games in the primetime slot in 2027.
Aaron Kirby
South Africa have overpowered New Zealand 43-28, in neutral Baltimore, in the final Test of rugby's Greatest Rivalry series.
Staff Writers
Australia's rugby women held a shock halftime lead but their dream of beating England's seemingly invincible world champions was eventually buried.
Ian Chadband
Fiji and Japan have advanced to the final of rugby's Pacific Nations Championship with big semi-final wins.
Tom Lynagh's successful return from injury has given Wallabies selectors food for thought ahead of this month's Test against world champions South Africa.
Murray Wenzel
New Zealand have made several changes to their squad for the final Test of their four-match series against world champions South Africa.
England selectors have made several changes for their WXV Global Series opener against Australia at CorpAcq Stadium.
Duncan Bech
Waratahs winger Amelia Whitaker and Reds captain Jemma Bemrose are set to make their Wallaroos debuts in the WXV Global Series opener against England.
Melissa Woods
Tom Lynagh will return for the Queensland Reds in a pre-season fixture days after teammate and fellow Wallabies flyhalf Carter Gordon broke his leg.
Australia are about to enter a crucial period of their season, and contracts are lingering in the back of Wallaroos players' minds ahead of a series of Tests.
Sebastian Tan
Western Force’s cross-code star Zac Lomax says he is eager to repay the club’s faith after knocking a rival offer on the head over the off-season.
Damian Willemse and Morne van den Berg have been brought into the South African XV for the fourth and final Test against New Zealand in the US city Baltimore.
The Wallabies' playmaking stocks have taken a hit, with Carter Gordon's leg injury likely ruling him out of a clash with South Africa and the Bledisloe Cup.
Carter Gordon is under an injury cloud after the Wallabies settled for a frustrating Test draw that still secured them a historic series win in Argentina.
South Africa and New Zealand will fly together to Baltimore to conclude their epic rugby Test series without key players after injuries struck.
Harry Wilson knows better than to use all his tricks at Test level as the skipper returns to a competitive backrow in a side chasing five-straight wins.
First Nations and Pasifika captain Triston Reilly has made a passionate case for annual action for the side after their big win in rugby-mad Tonga.
Ben Donaldson will wear the Wallabies' No.10 for the first time in two years while Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and Len Ikitau have been returned to the centres.
