NSW stalwart Rob Horne rejected the big money lure of Europe once before, but a deal with a UK Premiership club has proved too good to resist.

Wales overcame a poor start to cruch Italy 33-7 in their opening Six Nations encounter in Rome on Sunday.

Joost van der Westhuizen, the former South Africa captain, remains in a critical condition in hospital with motor neuron disease (MND) which has been battling for seven years.

Code-hopper Marika Koroibete has reportedly been ruled out of Melbourne's Brisbane Global Tens rugby campaign this weekend with a knee injury.

Men's and women's games could be played across all three days at next year's Sydney Sevens given the option is being left open for the tournament to be moved ahead of the Wellington Sevens.

Australian men's sevens coach Andy Friend says ill-discipline prevented his side from scaling the same heights as last year's Sydney Sevens event after they finished fourth on Sunday.

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England's growing strength in depth was underlined in bold at Twickenham as the influx of replacements in the last 20 minutes dragged the initiative from France and helped the Six Nations champions battle out a 19-16 victory.

Young Brumbies scrumhalf ready to come in if Tomas Cubelli ruled out with knee injury.

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All the action from the Sydney Sevens as Australia's men chase history.

Australian coach Andy Friend believes anything can happen on the final day of the Sydney Sevens after his men set up a quarter-final outing with Wales following victories against Scotland and Papua New Guinea.

All the action from the Sydney Sevens as New Zealand look to defend their title in the mens competition.

The ACT Brumbies will sweat on scans to see if Tomas Cubelli will be fit for the Super Rugby season this year.

The Brumbies will report a financial loss at the club's AGM on Wednesday, but it could have been a profit if not for a turbulent year.

Australian women's sevens coach Tim Walsh has described his side's shock loss to Canada in the semi-finals of the Sydney Sevens as "devastating" and "simply not good enough" and conceded the pressure of playing at home may have got to the squad.

Wallabies captain Stephen Moore has backed Ben Barba to succeed in rugby union but warns his new club Toulon will expect big things from him in the wake of Matt Giteau's departure.

Atlanta Falcons NFL head coach Dan Quinn will look just about anywhere for a winning edge ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in Houston, and said he has been hugely inspired by the extraordinary legacy of the New Zealand rugby team.

The Aussie women cruised into the quarter finals after day one of the Sydney Sevens, but challenges await.

Put a Super Rugby team in Fiji? News to us, say competition bosses.

Andrew Muirhead spends his mornings delivering parcels in Canberra, but his goal is to win a Super Rugby contract.