SARU rugby bosses are taking action over what they consider to be bias against the Springboks.

All Blacks coach Graham Henry says Bakkies Botha was lucky not to get a harsher sentence.

South African lock Bakkies Botha has been suspended for nine weeks after headbutting Jimmy Cowan last night.

Sky Television will be paying more to screen live rugby games under a new five-year deal from 2011.

Australia is upping the ante as the biggest threat to New Zealand's rising rugby talent.

New TV deal expected to yield 20 per cent more cash than existing contract.

It is not just the All Blacks' season in the dock at Marseille on Sunday morning, the game itself is facing an increasingly hostile jury.