#Sonny Bill Williams

When a couple of deadly gangland shootings took place in western Sydney recently, and headlines rang out at the same time that junior rugby league matches would be scrapped "amid gang violence concerns", two stereotypes came crashing together. Penrith locals say Rugby league and the western suburbs both struggle to break free of negative…

The official men's World Rugby rankings have, for some time now, been widely dismissed. Too often the prescriptive modelling does not accurately reflect the true balance of power. At present World Rugby's top fivereads: 1. South Africa (90.61) 2. France (88.88) 3. All Blacks (88.75) 4. Ireland (88.22) 5. England (84.50) This week, following the…

JARRYD Hayne's stunning decision to retire from NFL to chase an Olympic gold medal in rugby sevens caught the sporting world off guard. It leaves fans from three sports - NFL, rugby union and rugby league - with a mountain of questions about what Hayne's reasons were and what his future might look like. We analyse the five biggest questions from…

The All Blacks have been the dominant team of world rugby yet again in 2012. With their season having drawn to a close, it's now time to rate each players performance. Israel Dagg: 7.5/10 Dagg looked dangerous every time he touched the ball, was lethal on the counterattack and very good under the high ball. He was also outstanding in clearing the…

Pierre Spies is the best No 8 to have played in Super Rugby, writes Mark Keohane, who picks his all-time Super Rugby XV. I was privileged to report live from the ground on 14 of the 16 South African Super Rugby matches in Australia and New Zealand in 1996. The reason I couldn't be at all 16 was because of the schedule and of being in Australia on…